Washington, United States – AFP American and allied forces shot down six drones launched by Yemen’s Houthis that were likely targeting warships in the area, the US military said Thursday. The Iran-backed Houthis have continued attacks on shipping despite repeated American and British strikes aimed at degrading their ability to thre...
Jenin, Palestinian Territories – AFP Israeli troops killed three Palestinians during an overnight raid in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, the military said on Wednesday. The Palestinian health ministry confirmed at least one death in the Israeli operation, the latest in a months-long military crackdown across the occupied West Bank...
Damascus, Syria – AFP An Israeli strike Wednesday on a residential area of Damascus killed at least two people, Syrian official media reported, the latest fatalities as hostilities increase during the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. “At least two killed”, Syria’s state TV said, in what it earlier described an “Israeli a...
Beijing, China – AFP China warned Wednesday that a US decision to veto a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza pushed the conflict into an “even more dangerous” situation. Washington on Tuesday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution drafted by Algeria, which demanded an immediate humanita...
ANKARA (AA) – The number of Palestinian deaths in Israel’s war on Gaza since Oct. 7 has risen to 29,313, the Health Ministry in Gaza said on Tuesday. The Gaza-based ministry made the statement as the Israeli onslaught against Gaza entered its 138th day. It also said that 69,333 other people have also been injured […]
GENEVA (AA) – The World Health Organization has said that it led two life-saving missions to transfer 32 critical patients, including two children, from Nasser Medical Complex in southern Gaza on February 18-19. “The high-risk missions were conducted in close partnership with the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) and the United Natio...
ATHENS (AA) – The UN’s World Food Program (WFP) on Tuesday announced that it had halted food distribution in northern Gaza until safety conditions there improve. “The decision to pause deliveries to the north of the Gaza Strip has not been taken lightly, as we know it means the situation there will deteriorate further and […]
SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that Article 370, which granted the disputed Jammu and Kashmir region a special status in the Constitution, was like a wall that had blocked progress for decades and was dismantled for good by his party. “Because Article 370 is gone, I […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – The ongoing war on Gaza caused the Israeli economy to contract 19.4% in the last quarter of 2023, reported the country’s Central Bureau of Statistics on Monday. “The contraction of the economy in the fourth quarter of 2023 was directly affected by the outbreak of the Iron Swords War on October 7,” […]...
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – Yemen’s Houthis claimed Monday to have targeted a British vessel in the Gulf of Aden and downed a US military drone in Hodeidah in the western part of the country. “Yemeni Naval Forces targeted the British vessel RUBYMAR in the Gulf of Aden, using a number of appropriate naval missiles,” Houthi-run [...
