BEIRUT (AA) – The Israeli army targeted several areas in southern Lebanon with phosphorus bombs on Monday, state media reported. The attacks targeted Al-Awaida Hill between the towns of Odaisseh and Kfarkela in southern Lebanon, Lebanon’s official news agency NNA reported. An Israeli drone targeted a car with a guided missile on the Dabs...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 23,084 Palestinians have been killed and 58,926 others injured in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, the Health Ministry in the besieged enclave said Monday. A ministry statement said that 249 people had been killed and 510 others injured in the Israeli onslaught in the […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – In a big relief for some politicians in Pakistan, the top court of the South Asian nation on Monday ended lifetime disqualification of lawmakers. The Supreme Court of Pakistan, however, ruled that convicted parliamentarians can be barred from holding public office for five years. The judgement comes as a big relief for [&hellip...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Israel hit targets in south Gaza and across its border with Lebanon, the army said Monday ahead of a visit by the top US diplomat who is seeking to avert a wider war. Gaza’s health ministry said 73 dead and 99 wounded had arrived at Al-Aqsa hospital in central Gaza’s Deir […]
Beirut, Lebanon – AFP Israel killed a top commander of the Hezbollah group in a strike on south Lebanon, a security source told AFP Monday. Hezbollah later announced the killing of a “commander”, naming him as Wissam Hassan Tawil. It said he died “on the road to Jerusalem” — the phrase used for fighters kill...
Peshawar, Pakistan – AFP A roadside bomb killed at least five police officers deployed to protect polio vaccination workers in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, officials said. “A police truck transporting around 25 policemen for anti-polio campaign duties was targeted by an IED (improvised explosive device),” Anwar ul Haq, a ...
Dhaka, Bangladesh – AFP Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday dismissed the opposition’s criticism of the country’s general election as “illegitimate” as she celebrated securing her fifth term in power. Hasina has presided over breakneck economic growth in a country once beset by grinding pover...
ANKARA/DOHA, Qatar (AA) – Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani called Sunday for an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip and the delivery of humanitarian aid to the blockaded territory. His remarks came during a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who arrived in Doha as part of a regional tour. Talks […]
Ramallah, Palestinian Territories – AFP An early morning strike by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank killed six Palestinians, while an Israeli police officer died when a roadside bomb hit her vehicle Sunday, sources on both sides said. Violence in the West Bank since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza has surged to […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Several thousand Rohingya people were left homeless in bone-chilling winter after a massive fire burnt down tents in the southeastern city of Cox’s Bazar early Sunday. At least 1,040 refugee tents and shelters were completely burnt down, Atish Chakma, the Cox’s Bazar fire service deputy assistant director, told Anadolu...
