TEHRAN (AFP) – Iran staged mourning processions on Thursday, with cries for vengeance following the assassination of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran in an Israeli-claimed strike. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Islamic republic’s supreme leader, led prayers for Haniyeh ahead of his burial in Qatar, having previously warned “harshRead More →
Ulaan Baatar (AFP): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Mongolia on Thursday, marking the end of a 10-day visit of Asia, welcoming improving ties with the landlocked democracy sandwiched between autocratic heavyweights China and Russia. His lengthy journey, which also included visits to Southeast Asia and Japan, wasRead More →
MADRID (Reuters) – Hundreds of firemen, backed up by waterbomber aircraft, attempted to put out two wildfires that had been raging in eastern Spain since Tuesday, and much of the rest of the nation is on red alert for heat and fire. When a fire broke out in neighboring hillsRead More →
(Web Desk) – During the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024 exercise, the US Air Force tested Quicksink, a guided bomb that targets marine vessels like a torpedo. During RIMPAC 2024, participant ships and planes carried out long-planned live-fire sinking exercises (SINKEXs), sinking the decommissioned USS Dubuque (LPD 8) andRead More →
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Discrimination and violence against Muslims and Palestinians increased by over 70% in the United States in the first half of 2024, owing to increased Islamophobia caused by Israel’s war in Gaza, according to the Council on American-Islamic Relations advocacy group on Tuesday. Human rights groups have documentedRead More →
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, INDIA (Reuters) Landslides in the hills of India’s southern Kerala state killed at least 41 people and injured scores more, according to local media, with rescue attempts hampered by the collapse of a vital bridge in the area. According to State Health Minister Veena George, more than 70 peopleRead More →
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – A boat capsized on a river in Ethiopia’s northwest, resulting in at least 19 fatalities, according to a state-run media site on Sunday. According to the state-run Ethiopian Press Agency (EPA), the tragedy happened on Saturday in the Amhara area while a group of people wereRead More →
ANKARA (Reuters) – Though he did not specify what kind of intervention he was proposing, President Tayyip Erdogan stated on Sunday that Turkey might enter Israel as it had done in the past in both Libya and Nagorno-Karabakh. Erdogan, a vocal opponent of Israel’s Gaza offensive, brought up the subjectRead More →
TOKYO(Reuters) — At high-level security discussions in Tokyo on Sunday, the United States will unveil a substantial overhaul of its military command structure, as well as other measures to strengthen defense ties with its Asian ally, according to a US official. The redesign comes as Tokyo plans to construct aRead More →
Florida (AFP) – In Florida on Friday, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump greeted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu while criticizing his Democratic opponents and promising to stabilize the Middle East. Meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Florida on Friday, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump strongly blasted his DemocraticRead More →
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