Palestinian medics say 22 are killed in an Israeli airstrike on Rafah that hits tents for displaced people
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian medics say 22 are killed in an Israeli airstrike on Rafah that hits tents for displaced people.
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian medics say 22 are killed in an Israeli airstrike on Rafah that hits tents for displaced people.
Israel has assassinated two dozen Hezbollah commanders in Lebanon since last fall amid an intelligence war employing cellphones, drones and fake rocks.
Kamala Harris signaled a major shift on US Gaza policy Thursday, with the presidential hopeful telling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to seal a peace deal and insisting she would not be "silent" on the suffering in the Palestinian enclave."As I just told Prime Minister Netanyahu, it is time to get this deal done," she said.
Indian soldiers and top brass gathered Friday in the remote Himalayan foothills to commemorate a battle fondly remembered among compatriots for imposing a humiliating military defeat on arch-rival Pakistan.The high-altitude confrontation began when Pakistan-backed militants crossed into Indian territory at Kargil, a remote and high-altitude outpost on the countries' shared frontier.
French intelligence sources hinted that the massive sabotage attack on rail lines leading to Paris on Friday may have been the work of Left-wing radicals.
Sheikh Hasina was seen wiping away tears in pictures taken during her visit to a metro station in Mirpur
Senior figures in Israel's government have said it is closing in on its war aims of defeating Hamas militarily and the return of hostages seized on Oct. 7. After nine months of pummelling by one of the most powerful militaries in the Middle East, Hamas is much weakened from the force that carried out the cross-border attack on Israel on Oct. 7. Early in the war, Hamas propaganda videos showed well-drilled fighters in body armour and battle fatigues, their torsos wrapped with ammunition belts.
“I served in many countries in the world, many friendly countries,” said Naor Gilon, Israel’s ambassador to India, in the aftermath of Hamas’s October 7 terror attacks on his home country. “This wide support, strong support is unprecedented. I am really moved and touched.”
Myanmar's junta and an ethnic minority armed group both claimed on Thursday they were in control of a town and regional military command in northern Shan state following days of clashes. Northern Shan state has been rocked by fighting since late last month when an alliance of ethnic armed groups renewed an offensive against the military along the highway to China's Yunnan province.
Israeli forces retrieved the remains of five Israelis, killed during Hamas's October 7 attack on southern Israel, whose bodies had been taken to the Gaza Strip, the military said Thursday.The military said the soldiers were killed in combat while fighting the militants on October 7.
The first time President Joe Biden's administration considered ordering the U.S. military to build a floating pier off Gaza to deliver aid in late 2023, it was put on the backburner. The United States was under pressure to ease the humanitarian crisis in the war-torn Palestinian enclave, which had been worsened by Israel's closure of many land border crossings, and sea deliveries were seen as a possible solution. U.S. Admiral Christopher Grady, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and a career Navy surface warfare officer, told a meeting that he was very concerned that the sea could become too rough for a pier to deliver humanitarian aid and laid out weather-related risks, a former U.S. official and a current U.S. official said.
Ukrainian forces said they destroyed 25 Russian attack drones out of 38 launched overnight
Israel’s foreign minister has reportedly warned French authorities of a possible Iran-backed plot to attack the country’s athletes at the Olympics.
Former President Trump said there should be a one-year jail sentence for anyone who desecrates the American flag in the wake of anti-Israel protests over the war in Gaza outside Union Station in Washington, D.C., that included a group burning an American flag. Trump, who has previously called for criminalizing burning the flag, scoffed at…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Nigeria's armed forces on Thursday warned against Kenya-style violence in protests planned for next week over soaring living costs, with the military saying it would head off "anarchy".President Tinubu touched on the concerns in a statement late Thursday, saying: "We are not afraid of protests.
UN human rights chief Volker Turk Thursday demanded Bangladesh disclose details surrounding the crackdown on anti-job quota protests last week that killed 193 people. Turk also called on the government to restore internet connection, which was cut off Friday in response to the student-led demonstrations. Thousands of military personnel continue to patrol the country where protests have subsided after the Supreme Court scrapped most of the government-imposed quotas. The UN rights chief called Thu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered an address to a joint meeting of Congress on Wednesday afternoon, a speech that shook Washington, divided Democrats and inflamed the political divide over the Israel-Hamas war. The address — Netanyahu’s fourth since 1996 — came more than nine months into the conflict in Gaza, which began after Hamas attacked…
President Vladimir Putin held talks with Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad in Moscow amid calls for Russian mediation to cool tensions between Turkey and Syria.Since 2022, top Syrian and Turkish officials have met for Russia-mediated talks.
Benjamin Netanyahu preached about unity but his presence in Washington stirred a firestorm, exposing deep division amongst Democrats and providing an awkward and delicate test for a party desperately trying to look like they agree with each other. The speech from Israel's leader was fiery, combative and showed little sign of any shift in policy. Netanyahu wants to reshape his image internationally and the US took the political risk of giving him their biggest stage to perform on at a deeply turbulent time in the country.
Pro-Palestinian protest leaders, and other critics of Israel’s war in Gaza, distance themselves from vandalism and violence by some protesters.
Once battered and broken, extremism experts are seeing a resurgence of ISIS-K recruitment among teens. CNN’s Nick Paton Wash reports.