7 Iranian militia fighters killed in suspected U.S. airstrikes in Syria
Tehran: Seven Iranian-backed militia fighters were killed in suspected U.S. strikes on Iranian targets in eastern Syria before daybreak Tuesday, a war monitor reported. A series of explosions rattled Syria’s eastern province of Deir al-Zour, coinciding with the presence of unidentified drones flying overhead. The blasts were accompanied by intensified airstrikes targeting military installations belonging […]
Palestine Red Crescent says Israeli military blocked entrance to Al Amal hospital in Gaza
Gaza: The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said on Tuesday that Israeli troops forced the evacuation of the remaining staff and patients of Al Amal Hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip and then blocked the entrance to the facility. On Sunday, the PRCS said that it lost communication with its staff in […]
Death Toll from Terrorist Attack near Moscow rises to 143 – Simonyan
Russia: The number of those killed in the terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall in the Moscow Region has risen to 143 people, Margarita Simonyan, the editor-in-chief of RT and the Rossiya Segodnya media group, said on Saturday. “There are already more victims than in [the 2002] Nord-Ost [siege of the Dubrovka Theater […]
Russia: 115 hospitalised after attack on Crocus City Hall
Moscow: A total of 115 people, including five children, have been hospitalised after a terrorist attack on the Crocus City Hall in the Moscow Region, Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said. “As of now, 115 people have been injured in the terrorist attack, we have hospitalised them, five of them are children, one child is […]
6.0-magnitude earthquake jolts off Indonesia’s East Java
Jakarta: An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale struck off Indonesia’s province of East Java on Friday without triggering a tsunami, the country’s meteorology, climatology, and geophysics agency said. The undersea quake rocked at 11:22 a.m. Jakarta time (0422 GMT), with its epicentre situated 132 km northeast of Tuban regency and a depth of […]
Portugal’s prez names Luis Montenegro as new PM
Lisbon: Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said Wednesday night he has named Luis Montenegro as new prime minister, official media reported. The information was announced by the Presidential Office minutes after Montenegro, leader of Portugal’s opposition center-right Democratic Alliance, ended a meeting with the president, according to Lusa News Agency.
11 students killed in road crash in Kenya
Nairobi: At least 11 university students were killed and 42 others injured in a grisly road accident Monday along a busy highway in southern Kenya, the police confirmed Tuesday. Voi sub-county police commander Dasala Ibrahim said the accident at Voi along the Nairobi-Mombasa highway involved a bus belonging to Kenyatta University and a truck. Ibrahim […]
Singapore’s oppn leader pleads not guilty to charges of lying to parl
Singapore: Singapore’s leader of the opposition and chief of the Workers’ Party, Pritam Singh, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges of lying to a parliament committee, according to a statement issued on his social media. Singh noted that he was charged with two counts under the Parliament (Privileges, Immunities, and Powers) Act for providing […]
Palestinian death toll in Gaza climbs to 31,726: ministry
Gaza: The Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip due to the ongoing Israeli attacks has risen to 31,726, with 73,792 others wounded, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said in a press statement on Monday. The Israeli army killed 81 Palestinians and wounded 116 others during the past 24 hours, according to the ministry. The […]
Putin leading in presidential election in Russia with 87.33 pc of vote – EC
Moscow: Vladimir Putin is leading in the presidential election in Russia with 87.33% of the votes, according to data from the Russian Central Election Commission after processing 99.01% of ballots. Nikolay Kharitonov, the chairman of the lower house Far East and Arctic development committee, has received 4.31% of votes, Leonid Slutsky, the chairman of the […]