Iran-backed fighters on alert in east Syria after US strikes
Beirut: Iran-backed fighters were on alert in eastern Syria on Saturday, a day after US forces launched retaliatory airstrikes on sites in the war-torn country, opposition activists said. The airstrikes came after a suspected Iran-made drone killed a US contractor and wounded six other Americans on Thursday. The situation was calm following a day in […]
US launches airstrikes in Syria after drone kills US worker
Beirut: A strike on Thursday by a suspected Iranian-made drone killed a US contractor and wounded five American troops and another contractor in northeast Syria, the Pentagon said. American forces said they retaliated soon after with “precision airstrikes” in Syria targeting facilities used by groups affiliated with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, with activist groups saying they […]
Russian strikes in Ukraine kill 10 civilians, wound 20 more
Kyiv: Russian long-range strikes killed at least 10 civilians and wounded 20 others in several areas of Ukraine on Friday, Ukraine’s presidential office said, as a senior Moscow official warned that the Kremlin’s forces were prepared for an expected Ukrainian counteroffensive in the coming weeks. Five people died in Kostiantynivka, a town in eastern Ukraine’s […]
UK demonstrators protest Israeli leader’s visit to London
London: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak welcomed Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu to London on Friday while demonstrators gathered nearby to protest against the Israeli government’s right-wing policies. Israel faces a national crisis over the government’s plans to overhaul the judicial system. They have ignited Israel’s biggest protests in history and sparked rare dissent from across […]
North Korea claims ”radioactive tsunami” weapon test at sea
Seoul (South Korea): North Korea claimed on Friday to have tested a nuclear-capable underwater drone designed to generate a gigantic “radioactive tsunami” that would destroy naval strike groups and ports. Analysts were skeptical that the device presents a major new threat, but the test underlines the North’s commitment to raising nuclear threats. The test this […]
Russia’s security chief blasts West, dangles nuclear threats
Moscow: A top Russian security official warned on Thursday about the rising threat of a nuclear war and blasted a German minister for threatening Russian President Vladimir Putin with arrest, saying that such action would amount to a declaration of war and trigger a Russian strike on Germany. Dmitry Medvedev, the 57-year-old deputy secretary of […]
UK central bank hikes rates like Fed amid financial turmoil
London: The Bank of England focused on fighting inflation, announcing an 11th consecutive interest rate increase Thursday despite concerns about the economic fallout from troubles in the global financial system. Britain’s central bank boosted its key rate by a quarter-percentage point to 4.25 per cent, a day after the US Federal Reserve approved a similar […]
China’s Xi invites Spanish PM on state visit next week
Madrid: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has accepted an invitation from Chinese President Xi Jinping to make a state visit to Beijing as Xi tries to galvanise support for China’s peace proposal for Ukraine. Sánchez plans to be in China on March 30-31, Spain’s minister for the presidency, Félix Bolaños, said late on Wednesday, citing […]
UN: 26% of world lacks clean drinking water, 46% sanitation
United Nations: A report released on the eve of the first major UN conference on water in over 45 years says 26 per cent of the world’s population doesn’t have access to safe drinking water and 46 per cent lacks access to basic sanitation. The UN World Water Development Report 2023, issued Tuesday, painted a […]
Missiles, drones hit civilian buildings in Ukraine
Kyiv: Ukraine’s president posted a video on Wednesday showing what he said was a Russian missile slamming into an apartment building in the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, after Russia launched launched exploding drones that killed at least four people at a student dormitory near Kyiv before dawn. Just hours earlier, Japan’s prime minister left the […]
