At least seven killed in attack that took place moments before Iran launched a barrage of rockets at Israel. The armed wing of the Palestinian group Hamas has claimed responsibility for a shooting attack in Jaffa, near the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, that left seven people dead and many ...

As the war enters its 950th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Wednesday, October 2, 2024. Fighting At least six people were killed and three injured in the southern city of Kherson, which lies on the western bank of the Dnipro river, after Russian ...

Hurricane Helene's flooding has subsided, but health risks are growing in hard-hit regions of the North Carolina mountains, where many people lost access to power and clean water. More than 150 deaths across the Southeast had been attributed to Hurricane Helene within days of the late ...

EXPLAINER Israel promises to retaliate after barrage of Iranian missiles fired in response to killings of Hamas, Hezbollah leaders. Iran has launched an unprecedented attack against Israel, firing a barrage of missiles at the country in the latest escalation amid weeks of soaring ...

By Clement Chinedu A bus carrying dozens of primary school children has crashed and caught fire just outside Bangkok, leaving over 20 feared dead. The bus was returning from a school trip in the northern province of Uthai Thani when ...

By Francis Ugwu   Ex-President Donald Trump has said that President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are to blame for Iran’s attack on Israel. The development comes after the Israel Defense Forces, IDF, announced that Iran had ...

By Francis Ugwu President Masoud Pezeshkian of Iran has said that the country’s missile strike on Israel was in defense of Iran’s interests and citizens. Pezeshkian warned on X saying that the operation on Tuesday was “only a portion of our ...

NATO must ensure that Ukraine prevails in its war against Russia, the new head of the transatlantic military alliance said after he took charge. Mark Rutte branded Ukraine his “top priority” as he formally became NATO secretary-general at a ceremony in Brussels on Tuesday. The former Dutch ...

As the war enters its 948th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Tuesday, October 1, 2024. Fighting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, following a more than two-and-a-half-hour meeting with his top military commanders, said that the situation on ...

  JERUSALEM — The Israeli military said Sunday it has killed another high-ranking Hezbollah official in an airstrike as the Lebanese militant group was reeling from a string of devastating blows and the killing of its overall leader, Hassan Nasrallah. The military said Nabil Kaouk, the ...

By Chris Johnson Residents in Nepal’s flood-hit capital began returning to their homes on Sunday to survey the devastation after heavy monsoon rains caused severe flooding that has claimed at least 104 lives across the country. ...

The Dragon spacecraft, by SpaceX, will reach the ISS on Sunday to bring back Suni Williams and Barry Wilmore. A SpaceX spacecraft has lifted off to rescue two astronauts stranded at the International Space Station (ISS) due to technical issues. NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian ...

Israel's military spokesperson declined to comment on speculation that the airstrike on south Beirut may have used US-made Mark 84 heavy bombs. Israeli air force carried out a major strike on Beirut on Friday which caused at least 4 building blocks to collapse Israel carried out its ...

The Lebanese group Hezbollah has confirmed the death of Hassan Nasrallah, its longtime leader, in an air strike on the group’s underground headquarters near the capital, Beirut. Hours after Israel claimed killing the 64-year-old Nasrallah, the Iran-backed Hezbollah on Saturday said its ...

Government deploys more than 3,000 security personnel to assist rescue efforts with helicopters and motorboats. At least 32 people have been killed and 12 others reported missing, according to officials, as incessant rains in Nepal have unleashed floods and landslides during the last 24 ...

By Chris Johnson At least 10 people, including two children, have died following an explosion at a service station in Russia’s Caucasus republic of Dagestan on Friday. The blast, which occurred near the ...

The ex-defence minister has won the leadership election of Liberal Democratic Party which holds a majority in parliament. Shigeru Ishiba has won the leadership election of Japan’s governing Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and is set to become the country’s next prime minister. The ...

Beirut, Lebanon – Umm Hassan* says she was ready to die in her home when Israel began carpet bombing south Lebanon earlier this week. Shrouded in her black abaya, she explains that the “resistance” – a reference to the Lebanese armed group, Hezbollah – ordered her to leave the governorate ...

As the war enters its 945th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Friday, September 27, 2024. Fighting Ukraine’s military said Russian forces fired 78 attack drones and six missiles over various regions during an hours-long attack from Wednesday into ...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been charged with accepting bribes and soliciting illegal foreign donations to his election campaign, according to a federal indictment that was unsealed on Thursday. He is the first sitting New York mayor in modern history to face criminal charges. The ...

The United States, France and several Arab and European countries have called for an immediate 21-day ceasefire across the Israel-Lebanon border following intense discussions at the United Nations. The pause in hostilities would apply to the Blue Line, the demarcation line between Lebanon ...

Beirut, Lebanon – Beirut is filling up, possibly way past its capacity, as thousands of people stream into its neighbourhoods, seeking refuge from Israel’s unpredictable air raids. When it seemed to have been concentrating on bombing the south, Israel soon bombed the north. Then it hit ...

Ukrainian president singles out China, Brazil for pushing what he called ‘half-hearted settlement plans’. Ukraine’s president has urged global leaders to stand with his country and not seek “a lull” instead of a “real, just peace” more than two years into Russia’s war. Volodymyr ...

Marcellus Williams, whose murder conviction was called into question by a prosecutor, has been executed by lethal injection. Williams was put to death shortly after 23:00 GMT at a prison in Bonne Terre in Missouri, despite objections from the victim’s family and prosecutors who sought to ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that Russia could respond with nuclear weapons if it were attacked with conventional arms in the latest changes to the country’s nuclear doctrine. In a televised meeting of Russia’s Security Council, Putin announced that under the planned ...

Attack launched as world leaders, including Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, gather in New York for the UN General Assembly. Russia has hit the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv with guided bombs, killing at least three people and wounding dozens, according to Ukraine’s President ...

Hurricane John hit the same coastal area of Mexico where Hurricane Otis ravaged Acapulco last year, killing 47 people. Hurricane John has struck Mexico’s southern Pacific coast with fierce winds and heavy rainfall after strengthening from tropical storm to major hurricane in a matter ...

World leaders are sounding the alarm about a “full-fledged” war, calling for de-escalation after devastating Israeli air strikes in Lebanon ratcheted regional tensions amid Israel’s ongoing war on Gaza. The attacks, which started on Monday and continued into Tuesday, were Israel’s fiercest ...

By Chris Johnson An Israeli airstrike on the southern suburbs of Beirut has killed Ibrahim Qubaisi, a Hezbollah commander in charge of the group’s rocket division, along with five others, according to local sources. The strike, which took place on Tuesday, ...

Ties between Egypt and Somalia have grown this year over their shared mistrust of Ethiopia. An Egyptian warship has delivered a second major cache of weaponry to Somalia including anti-aircraft guns and artillery, officials said, in a move likely to stoke further friction between the ...

Florida prosecutors expected to request that would-be Trump assassin Ryan Routh remain detained at US court hearing on Monday. The man accused in the apparent assassination attempt of former US President Donald Trump at a golf course in Florida left behind a note saying that he ...

Former President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he doesn’t “think” he’d run again for president in 2028 if he falls short in his bid to return to the White House in 2024. “No, I don’t. I think that will be, that will be it,” Trump said when journalist Sharyl Attkisson asked him if he’d run ...

Escalating clashes between Israel and Hezbollah threatened to overshadow United States President Joe Biden’s final appearance at the United Nations’ signature annual event on Tuesday as diplomats scrambled to avert an all-out regional war. The gathering of dozens of ...

Ukrainian president begins high-stakes trip with visit to weapons factory in Pennsylvania. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has begun a high-stakes visit to the United States during which he will present Kyiv’s plan to end the more than two-and-a-half-year-old war against invading ...

As the war enters its 940th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Sunday, September 22, 2024. Fighting At least 12 people were reported injured in Kharkiv after Russian forces struck a multistorey building in Ukraine’s second-largest city, Mayor Ihor ...

Democratic VP says she hopes Republican ex-president will join her on debate stage in October, just weeks before vote. Kamala Harris has challenged Donald Trump to a second debate before the United States presidential election, saying she “will gladly accept” to go head-to-head again ...

Military judge releases King for good behaviour and time served after sentencing him to 12 months of confinement. United States soldier Travis King, who fled to North Korea and was taken into custody there, was sentenced to one year of confinement and then freed based on time already ...

Indonesian police say Mehrtens has been flown out of mountainous Nduga and appears in good health. New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has been freed by rebels in Indonesia’s troubled eastern region of Papua 19 months after he was kidnapped. “Today, we have picked up pilot Phillip, who ...

At least 13 people, including children, were killed in Israeli attacks on two homes in Rafah, medical sources say.Israeli forces have killed at least 27 Palestinians in tank and air attacks across Gaza, as tanks advanced further into northwest Rafah near the border with Egypt. The unrelenting ...

Harrods, now under Qatari ownership, issues apology for abuse of power when store was under al-Fayed’s control. Thirty-seven women have accused the late Mohamed al-Fayed, former boss of the London department store Harrods, of rape and sexual assault as their lawyers say they expect ...

Israeli forces killed at least seven Palestinians in a raid on the occupied West Bank town of Qabatiya, with video footage showing soldiers pushing what appeared to be dead bodies off a rooftop. The military stormed Qabatiya on Thursday, backed by bulldozers, fighter jets and drones in an ...

Israeli defence minister says Hezbollah to ‘pay an increasing price’ as group promises retaliation over device attacks. Israel has intensified attacks on southern Lebanon, launching dozens of air raids amid fears of a wider escalation in the region. Israeli warplanes targeted the towns ...

UN committee says horrific impact on children from Israel’s war on Gaza will have an ‘extremely dark place in history’. A United Nations committee has accused Israel of severe breaches of a global treaty protecting children’s rights, saying its military actions in Gaza have had a ...

 By Francis Ugwu A yet-to-be identified Nigerian professor has been detained over the alleged facilitation of illegal entry and transit of immigrants from Africa through Russia to European Union countries. This comes after Russia’s ...

Chu Kai-pong is the first person to be convicted under Article 23, the China-ruled city’s tough new national security law. A Hong Kong man has been sentenced to 14 months in jail for wearing a T-shirt and a mask with protest slogans deemed “seditious”, the first person to be convicted ...

As the war enters its 937th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Thursday, September 19, 2024. Fighting At least one person was killed and a 90-year-old woman injured in a Russian attack on the central city of Kropyvnytskyi, regional authorities said. ...

Influential union backed every Democratic presidential candidate since 2000, but declines to make endorsement this year. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, one of the largest labour unions in the United States, has said that it will not endorse any candidate in the upcoming US ...

International body demands an end to Israel’s illegal presence in the Palestinian territories within 12 months. The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has overwhelmingly adopted a resolution calling on Israel to end its illegal occupation of the Palestinian territories within a ...

Beijing tells Washington to ‘stop conniving and supporting Taiwan independence’. China has imposed sanctions on nine US defence firms over sales of military equipment to Taiwan. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing announced the measures on Wednesday. The move comes as China ...

Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy said he was ‘outraged’ over the detention of his country’s ‘champion’ in Poland. Undisputed heavyweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk has been released after a brief detention by law enforcement officers at Poland’s Krakow airport, Ukraine’s President ...