Hezbollah warns Israeli residents to evacuate areas near border
Hezbollah has warned Israeli residents living within 5km (3 miles) of the Lebanon border to leave the area. The warning was issued early Friday...
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UK defense minister heads to Cyprus amid Middle East war
AFP : Britain’s defense minister John Healey is headed to Cyprus, a defense source told AFP, after a drone strike on a UK air...
Tourism on hold as Middle East war casts uncertainty
AFP : Cancelled flights, postponed trips and a great deal of uncertainty: the war in the Middle East is casting a long shadow over...
200 Afghans released from Pakistani jails
Agencies : A total of 200 Afghan prisoners were released from detention centers in Pakistan last week and have returned to Afghanistan, the country’s...
100,000 fled Tehran in first 2 days of war: UN
AFP : The United Nations on Wednesday said an estimated 100,000 people fled Tehran in the first two days of the US and Israeli strikes...
Russia may halt EU gas supplies earlier than planned
Agencies : Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia could stop supplying natural gas to European Union countries sooner than expected, citing commercial reasons. In a...
More than 80,000 evacuated from southern Lebanon
Agencies : Tens of thousands of Lebanese people have been displaced following evacuation orders put out by the Israeli military declaring 8 percent of the...
Iran launches missiles toward Israel; drone shot down over Hamedan
Iran launched several missiles toward Israel early Thursday, the Israel Defense Forces said, amid escalating tensions between the two countries. According to Israel’s emergency...
Hezbollah’s entry into Iran crisis deepens its isolation at home
Reuters : Hezbollah’s decision to enter the Middle East war in support of its patron Iran has opened a rift with its main political ally...
Children must not be ‘collateral damage’ in Mideast war: UN experts
AFP : The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child insisted Wednesday that children must be protected during the war in the Middle East,...
Canadian PM calls Iran war an example of a rupturing world order
AP : Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday he regretted the Iran war was an extreme example of a rupturing world order in which...
Kathmandu empties as about 800,000 Nepalis head home to vote
BBC : Some 800,000 Nepalis have left the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal’s most populated region, for their hometowns over the past week to vote in tomorrow’s...