GAZA: Hamas on Saturday launched an unprecedented attack against Israel, killing at least 100, according to BBC. At least 40 people have been killed in Israel during fighting with Palestinians on Saturday, the Magen David Adom emergency medical services said in a statement. “Since the morning hours, MDA teams provided medical care to ...
Qamishli, Syria – AFP A drone strike Thursday on a Syrian military academy killed more than 60 people, a war monitor said, with state media blaming “terrorist organisations” for the attack in government-held Homs. Separately, in the war-torn country’s Kurdish-held northeast, Turkish strikes on military and infrastructur...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Israeli forces killed two Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, the Palestinian health ministry said. The health ministry said two men were killed by “occupation (Israeli) bullets near Tulkarem” in the northern West Bank. They were named as Abdul Rahman Atta, 23, and Huthaifa Faris, 27...
IDLIB, Syria (AA) – Five civilians, including three women, were killed and another was injured in an attack by Syrian regime forces in the northwestern province of Aleppo on Thursday, according to sources in the Syrian opposition’s Civil Defense. The victims belonged to the same family. Regime forces and Iran-backed groups stationed in K...
Malé, Maldives – AFP The president-elect of the Maldives, Mohamed Muizzu, has marked his victory with a pledge to end the foreign military presence in his small but strategically placed atoll nation. Muizzu, 45, addressing his first public rally after winning Saturday’s runoff election stopped short of naming India, the only foreig...
Port Harcourt, Nigeria – AFP At least 18 people, including a pregnant woman, died in southern Nigeria when an illegal oil refinery exploded into flames, a security official and residents said on Tuesday. The blaze, late on Sunday in Rivers State, occurred when a home-made refinery ignited a nearby oil reservoir, leaving victims severely ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Indonesia on Monday launched South Asia’s first high-speed train. “I declare ‘Whoosh’ is ready to be operated,” President Joko Widodo said about the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway (HSR) train at a ceremony. “Whoosh” signifies the sound of a fast train and stands for “time-saving, optimal operat...
ANKARA (AA) – At least two children were killed and another injured in an explosion in northern Afghanistan, state media reported on Monday. The incident took place in the Darzab district of Jawzjan province, which borders Turkmenistan, on Sunday, Bakhtar news agency reported, citing local officials. Children in war-torn Afghanistan often come...
Ismailia, Egypt – AFP A huge fire broke out at a police headquarters in the Egyptian city of Ismailia on Monday, injuring at least 38 people before it was put out, according to the health ministry. No fatalities were immediately reported but the building was fully staffed with policemen when the fire broke out before dawn. […]
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AA) – An Azerbaijani soldier was killed by cross-border sniper fire, the country’s Defense Ministry said late Saturday. In the village of Asagi Ayrim in Azerbaijan’s Kalbajar province, Vusal Orucov was killed by sniper fire from across the border coming from the village of Zerkend in the Armenian province of Basargecer (Varde...
