LONDON (AA) – The British Army is “no longer regarded” as a leading global fighting force and is “unable to protect the UK and our allies,” a US general has reportedly said. Citing defense sources, Sky News reported on Monday that Defense Secretary Ben Wallace was told by the US general that the country’s fighting...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army on Monday killed a young Palestinian man in the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. The ministry identified the Palestinian man as Nassim Nayef Salman Abu Fouda, 26, who was killed by “a bullet in the head fired by the […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – At least three people died and more than 800 were injured in a 5.9 magnitude earthquake that struck northwestern Iran’s West Azerbaijan province on Saturday, officials said. Jafar Miadfar, the head of Iran’s National Medical Emergency Organization, said that three deaths and 816 injuries had been confirmed. Moha...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The US has denied involvement in the drone attack on a military facility in Iran, according to an Israeli media report. Iran’s Defense Ministry said several drones targeted a military complex in the central Isfahan late on Saturday but there were no casualties or major damage. “Washington had no hand in the […]
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AA) – At least 32 people, including policemen, were killed and nearly 150 injured after a suspected suicide bomber blew himself up during midday prayers in a mosque in northwestern Peshawar city on Monday, authorities and local media reported. Mohammad Asim, a spokesman for Peshawar’s Lady Reading Hospital where the ...
SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) has sealed an office of one of the factions of the pro-freedom organization, Hurriyat Conference, after a court in New Delhi ruled that allegations of anti-India activities against one of its undertrial members warranted that his property be under control of t...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran says it thwarted drone attacks on a military complex in the central Isfahan province late on Saturday. Iran’s Defense Ministry said one of its facilities came under attack from several micro aerial vehicles (MAVs) at around 11:30 p.m. local time (0200GMT) but air defenses successfully repelled them. “One of the [&helli...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AA) – A far-right Danish politician torched copies of the Holy Quran near a mosque Friday and outside the premises of the Turkish Embassy in Copenhagen. Rasmus Paludan, known for his Islamophobic extremism, staged a similar stunt Jan. 21 and announced he would burn the holy book of the Muslims every Friday until [&he...
ANKARA (AA) – At least seven people were killed in an attack Friday night on a synagogue in a Jewish settlement in occupied East Jerusalem, according to local authorities. On Twitter, Israel’s national emergency medical service Magen David Adom said five people were killed on the scene in the attack that took place in the […...
Gaza City, Palestinian Territories (AFP): Israel has launched air strikes on Gaza as part of the deadliest army raid on the occupied West Bank in years. Israel said it had carried out at least two rounds of strikes targeting the Hamas resistance movement. Israel alleged that the massive attack has been launched in response to […]
