Yemen Houthi rebels fire missile at US warship in Red Sea in first attack after American-led strikes
Dubai: Yemen’s Houthi rebels fired an anti-ship cruise missile toward an American destroyer in the Red Sea on Sunday, but a US fighter jet shot it down in the latest attack roiling global shipping amid Israel’s war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, officials said. The attack marks the first US-acknowledged targeting by the Houthis […]
US military strikes another Houthi-controlled site after warning ships to avoid parts of Red Sea
Washington: The US military early Saturday struck another Houthi-controlled site in Yemen that it had determined was putting commercial vessels in the Red Sea at risk, two US officials said. Associated Press journalists in Sanaa, Yemen’s capital, heard one loud explosion. The first day of strikes Friday hit 28 locations and struck more than 60 […]
Israel rejects genocide case as Mideast tensions rise after US-led strikes in Yemen
The Hague (Netherlands): In the second day of hearings Friday at the United Nations’ top court, Israel rejected allegations levied by South Africa that its campaign against Hamas amounts to genocide against the Palestinian people, saying that, if anything, it is Hamas that is guilty of genocide. Although the case is likely to take years […]
Houthi rebels say US-led strikes in Yemen killed 5 people and wounded 6, raising Mideast tensions
Dubai: US-led airstrikes on Yemen’s Houthi rebels in response to their attacks on Red Sea shipping pulled the world’s focus Friday back on the years-long war raging there, even as tensions rise across a Middle East already torn by Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The strikes killed at least five people and […]
Top UN court opens hearings on South Africa’s allegation that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza
The Hague (Netherlands): Judges filed solemnly into the International Court of Justice on Thursday to hear two days of legal arguments in a case filed by South Africa accusing Israel of genocide in its Gaza war. Israel rejects the allegation. South Africa is initially asking the International Court of Justice to order an immediate suspension […]
Blinken in Israel looks to planning for post-war Gaza as bombardment, fighting continue to rage
Tel Aviv: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken held talks in Israel on Tuesday as he seeks a plan for Gaza’s post-war future, while Israel’s military pushed ahead with its offensive in the beleaguered territory. Heavy bombardment and fighting shook refugee camps, sending Palestinians scrambling to find safety and hampering aid groups’ efforts to get […]
A Communist candidate gets approval to run in the Russian presidential election
Moscow: Russia’s national elections commission on Tuesday registered the Communist Party’s candidate to compete with President Vladimir Putin in the March election that Putin is all but certain to win. Nikolai Kharitonov joins two other candidates who were approved for the ballot last week. Kharitonov, a member of the lower house of parliament, has opposed […]
Palestinians flee from central Gaza’s main hospital as fighting draws closer and aid groups withdraw
Deir Al-Balah (Gaza Strip): Medics, patients and displaced people are fleeing from the main hospital in central Gaza as the fighting between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants draws closer, witnesses said on Monday. Losing the facility would be another major blow to a health system shattered by three months of war. Doctors Without Borders and […]
Blinken brings US push on post-war Gaza planning and stopping conflict to UAE and Saudi Arabia
Abu Dhabi: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has opened his third day of meetings on an urgent Mideast diplomatic mission to prevent Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza from exploding into a broader regional conflict. Blinken was meeting Monday with United Arab Emirates leader Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed before travelling to Saudi Arabia for […]
Israeli airstrike kills a senior Hezbollah commander in southern Lebanon, an official says
Beirut: A Lebanese security official said on Monday that an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon killed a senior commander of the militant group Hezbollah. The assassination comes as clashes between Iran-backed Hezbollah militants and the Israeli military along the Lebanon-Israel border have intensified. It comes nearly a week after an Israeli strike killed top official […]
