12 killed in Lebanon as Israel strikes oil storage in Tehran
Israel struck southern Lebanon and Beirut early Sunday, killing 12, the Lebanese Health Ministry reported, as the Middle East conflict intensifies. Israeli officials said the...
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Ukraine issues nationwide air alert, 10 wounded in Kharkiv
Ukraine issued a nationwide air alert early Saturday, as Russian strikes wounded 10 people in the Kharkiv region, authorities said. Kharkiv regional military chief Oleg...
Nepal’s Balendra Shah holds unassailable poll lead for seat
Nepal’s rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah held an unassailable lead against ousted prime minister KP Sharma Oli Saturday in the highly contested face-off in the southeastern district...
Lanka to treat Iranian sailors according to int’l law
Sri Lanka will treat Iranian sailors rescued from a torpedoed frigate according to international law, a minister said Saturday, following reports Washington was pressuring Colombo...
UAE says intercepted 15 missiles, 119 drones
The United Arab Emirates said it intercepted 15 ballistic missiles and 119 drones on Saturday as Iran kept up its attacks on its Gulf neighbour....
Flash floods in Nairobi kill 23
Aid workers pulled bodies from floodwaters across Nairobi on Saturday after flash floods that began overnight killed at least 23 people, swept away dozens of...
Cuba next on agenda after Iran: Trump
President Donald Trump said Friday Cuba was next on his agenda after Iran, predicting that the communist-run island, crippled by a U.S. energy blockade, is...
Trump rejects negotiations without Iran’s ‘unconditional surrender’ as Israel expands attacks
US President Donald Trump said Friday that he would only consider an agreement with Iran if the country agreed to an “unconditional surrender.” His statement...
Sri Lanka denounces war deaths, houses Iran sailors
AFP : Sri Lanka on Friday denounced the toll of the Mideast fighting, as the nation opened its arms to over 200 Iranian sailors...
Moscow, Kyiv exchange 300 POWs each: Russian army
AFP : Moscow and Kyiv exchanged 300 POWs each on Friday, Russia’s defence ministry said, the second round of a swap that has seen 500...
‘It doesn’t matter to us how long this war lasts’
Reuters : Iran has pledged to continue its military operations until its objectives are met, as tensions in the Gulf escalate. Iranian General Kioumars Heydari,...
56 Afghan civilians killed in conflict with Pakistan since last week
AFP : The United Nations rights chief said Friday that 56 Afghan civilians had been killed — nearly half of them children — since...