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The Israeli military has warned residents in part of Iran’s capital to evacuate ahead of Israeli strikes.The latest salvo comes after a weekend of escalating tit-for-tat attacks between Israel and Iran that raised fears of a wider, more dangerous regional war. Israel launched the attacks on Ir...
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Islamabad has rejected Iranian media claims that it plans to send around 750 non-nuclear ballistic missiles to Iran to support its conflict with Israel.A senior official from Pakistan's Foreign Ministry, speaking to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity, dismissed the reports, stating t...
AP, Abuja, Nigeria: At least 100 people have been killed in a gun attack on a village in Nigeria’s north-central Benue state, Amnesty International Nigeria said Saturday.The attack took place between late Friday and the early hours of Saturday in Yelewata, a community in the Guma area of the s...
Dubai, UAE: Israel unleashed airstrikes across Iran for a third day on Sunday and threatened even greater force as some Iranian missiles evaded Israeli air defenses to strike buildings in the heart of the country. Planned talks on Iran's nuclear program, which could provide an off-ramp, were can...
Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Norway on Tuesday said that they have imposed sanctions on two far-right Israeli government ministers for allegedly “inciting extremist violence” against Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich face a...
Beijing: Eid-ul-Azha, one of the two major Islamic festivals, was observed across China on Friday with profound religious fervour and festive spirit.Millions of Chinese Muslims marked the occasion with dedication and joy, showcasing their devotion and community solidarity.The Hui Muslims are the mos...
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump is nominating Vice Adm. Brad Cooper to take over as the top U.S. military commander in the Middle East, the Pentagon said Wednesday. If he is confirmed, it would mark just the second time that a Navy admiral has held the job.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a...
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Palestinians in the Gaza Strip blocked and offloaded dozens of food trucks, the U.N. World Food Program said Saturday, as desperation mounts following Israel's months long blockade and airstrikes while talks of a ceasefire inch forward.The WFP said that 77 trucks carrying aid, mostly flour, were...
Israeli troops shot at people’s feet. His cousin was wounded in the left foot, he said. “The gunfire was very intense,” he said. “The sand was jumping all around us.”In a statement Thursday, GHF said no shots had been fired at any of its distribution centers the past th...
French President Emmanuel Macron has dismissed speculation around a viral video showing his wife, Brigitte Macron, seemingly pushing him away as they landed in Vietnam, saying the couple was simply joking.The footage, which quickly gained attention in France, captured the first lady placing both han...
At least 60 people were killed by Israeli strikes across Gaza in a 24-hour period, Gaza’s health ministry said Friday, as Israel pressed ahead with its military offensive and let in minimal aid to the strip.The dead included 10 people in the southern city of Khan Younis, four in the central to...
Grabbing her daughter's feeble arm, Asmaa al-Arja pulls a shirt over the 2-year-old's protruding ribs and swollen belly. The child lies on a hospital bed, heaving, then wails uncontrollably, throwing her arms around her own shoulders as if to console herself.This isn't the first time May...
A magnitude-5.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, early Friday morning, damaging over 100 homes but causing no reported injuries, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).The quake occurred at 2:52 a.m. local time (1952 GMT on Thursday), with its epicentre located offshore...
The civil war in Myanmar, maritime disputes in the South China Sea and U.S. tariff hikes will top the agenda of a two-day Southeast Asian summit next week, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said.The meeting in Malaysia, the current chair of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, ...
Nearly 280 Bangladeshi migrant workers in Malaysia are demanding unpaid wages and other compensation amounting to hundreds of thousands of dollars after their employer, a plastic parts manufacturer supplying major Japanese brands, shut down its operations.Kawaguchi Manufacturing, based in Port Klang...
A court in Beijing on Friday sentenced a prominent Chinese journalist to seven in years in prison for espionage, his family said.Dong Yuyu, a commentator and editor, was taken away by police while meeting a Japanese diplomat at a restaurant in February 2022. He has been in police custody since then....
Israeli aircraft struck Hezbollah weapons smuggling sites along Syria's border with Lebanon, the Israeli military said Saturday, testing a fragile, days-old ceasefire that halted months of fighting between the sides but has seen continued sporadic fire.The military said it struck sites that had ...
Thousands of demonstrators protesting the Georgian government's decision to suspend negotiations to join the European Union rallied outside the parliament and clashed with police for a second straight night on Friday.The night before, police used water cannons, pepper spray and tear gas to dispe...
Authorities reopened roads linking Pakistan's capital with the rest of the country, ending a four-day lockdown, on Wednesday after using tear gas and firing into the air to disperse supporters of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan who marched to Islamabad to demand his release from pris...
NATO’s new Secretary General Mark Rutte on Tuesday said the alliance “needs to go further” to support Ukraine in its fight against a Russian invasion and accused Moscow of dangerously escalating the conflict by bringing in thousands of North Korean troops. “In pursuing i...
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