Khamenei acknowledges Tehran hit little in attack on Israel
Iran’s supreme leader on Sunday dismissed any discussion of whether Tehran’s unprecedented drone-and-missile attack on Israel hit anything there, a tacit acknowledgment that despite launching a massive assault, few projectiles actually made through to their targets. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s comments before senior military leaders didn’t not touch on the apparent Israeli...
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Israeli strikes on southern Gaza city of Rafah kill 22, mostly children
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Ukrainian and Western leaders laud US aid package
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The House on brink of giving nod to aid for Ukraine, Israel
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UK’s India Gate to commemorate role of Indian soldiers from World Wars
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North Korea tests ‘super-large’ cruise missile warhead, anti-aircraft missile
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Shehbaz Sharif set to visit Saudi to advance investment talks
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Army to maintain peace during Pak bypolls today
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US sanctions 4 firms for providing ballistic missile components to Pak
The US has slapped sanctions on three Chinese companies and one from Belarus for supplying missile-applicable items for Pakistan’s ballistic missile programmes, including its long-range missile programme, the State Department has announced. The names of the companies are Xi’an Longde Technology Development, Tianjin Creative Source International Trade and Granpect Co. Ltd...
Man who set himself on fire outside Trump trial succumbs
A man who doused himself in an accelerant and set himself on fire outside the courthouse where former President Donald Trump is on trial has died, police said. The New York City Police Department said the man was declared dead by staff at an area hospital. The man was in Collect...
Moscow shoots down 50 Ukrainian drones
Ukraine launched a barrage of drones across Russia overnight, the Defence Ministry in Moscow said Saturday, in attacks that appeared to target the country’s energy infrastructure. Fifty drones were shot down by air defences over eight Russian regions, including 26 over the country’s western Belgorod region close to the Ukrainian border....
6 kids among 9 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrike in Rafah
An Israeli airstrike on a house in Gaza’s southernmost city killed at least nine people, six of them children, hospital authorities said on Saturday, as Israel pursued its nearly seven-month offensive in the besieged Palestinian territory. Israel’s war against the Islamic militant group Hamas has led to a dramatic escalation...
Trial underway for Panama Papers case
Eight years after 11 million leaked secret financial documents revealed how some of the world’s richest people hide their wealth, more than two dozen defendants are on trial in Panama for their alleged roles. The repercussions of the leaks were far-ranging, prompting the resignation of the prime minister of Iceland and...
3 dead in UAE floods
Three people have died in the United Arab Emirates as a result of heavy flooding caused by record-setting rains this week, officials said Friday. A statement by the Philippine’s Department of Migrant Workers said two women suffocated inside their vehicle during the flooding, while a man died when his vehicle fell...
Xi Jingping launches Information Support Force for military
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday launched an Information Support Force, a new wing of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), which he said will be a “strategic branch” and a “key pillar” of the army. Xi, who also heads the Central Military Commission (CMC), the overall high command of the...
