BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA): A Palestinian group based in Lebanon said Wednesday that five of its members were killed in an Israeli airstrike. In a statement, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC) said the airstrike targeted a position of its military headquarters in Beqaa Valley near the Syrian border late Tuesd...
JERUSALEM (AA): An Israeli settler was shot and later died of his wounds from an attack in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, according to local Israeli media. Israeli Army Radio said the attack took place close to the Hermesh settlement near the city of Tulkarem. It did not mention his name but said he […]
Moscow, Russia (AFP): A swarm of drones hit Moscow on Tuesday in an unprecedented attack, while Russian drones struck Kyiv for a third straight day as Ukraine gears up for a major offensive against Russian forces. The Russian defence ministry blamed Kyiv for the attacks that saw three drones crash into residential buildings in Moscow. [&hellip...
Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): Warring generals in Sudan have agreed to extend by five days a humanitarian ceasefire they repeatedly violated and which failed to deliver promised aid corridors. Residents told AFP they could hear gunfire after dark on Monday, shortly before the ceasefire extension was announced. Earlier, they reported street battles in...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): A Palestinian was killed and seven others injured by Israeli gunfire during a military raid in the West Bank city of Jenin on Monday, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. Clashes erupted when Israeli forces moved into Jenin early Monday, the Wafa news agency said, citing Palestinian security sources. A ma...
Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): The governor of war-torn Sudan’s western Darfur region, Mini Minawi, on Sunday called on citizens there to “take up arms”, six weeks into the brutal conflict. Much of the heaviest fighting has raged in the capital Khartoum and in Darfur, near the border with Chad, since the conflict erupted on April 15....
TEHRAN, Iran (AA): At least two Iranian border guards were killed and two others injured in fierce clashes with the Taliban at a border outpost in southeastern Iran on Saturday. It was not immediately clear what triggered the clashes, which came amid fresh tensions between the two neighboring countries over a long-running water dispute. The [&...
Baghdad, Iraq (AFP): Iraq on Saturday presented an ambitious plan to turn itself into a regional transportation hub by developing its road and rail infrastructure, linking Europe with the Middle East. Once completed, the $17 billion project known as the “Route of Development” would span the length of the country, stretching 1,200 k...
ISLAMABAD (AA): Pakistani authorities handed over 33 civilians to the military for trial in military court over their alleged involvement in May 9 violent protests, the interior minister said Friday. Speaking to reporters in the capital Islamabad, Rana Sanaullah said that so far, 499 first information reports (FIRs) had been registered across ...
TORONTO (AA): Sporadic clashes continue in Sudan despite a short-term cease-fire between the warring parties, a UN spokesperson said Friday. “The latest information is that there’s still some sporadic fighting. We are not officially monitoring the truce,” Stephane Dujarric said at his press briefing when asked about the statu...
