DAMASCUS: A shooting and suicide bombing at a Damascus church during a packed service on Sunday killed at least 22 people, authorities said, blaming a member of the Islamic State group for the unprecedented attack. The international community condemned the attack, the first of its kind in the Syrian capital since Islamist-led forces toppled longtime…
SYDNEY: Australia backs the United States’ air strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities but wants to avert a spiral into “full-scale war” in the Middle East, the government said Monday. “Iran cannot be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon. We support action to prevent that from occurring, and this is what this is,“ Foreign Minister Penny…
JERUSALEM: The Israeli army said it carried out strikes on Iranian military targets, including missile launch and storage sites, on Sunday. “Approximately 20 (Israeli airforce) fighter jets conducted intelligence-based strikes using over 30 munitions on military targets in Iran,“ the Israeli army said in a statement posted to Telegram. The attacks were carried out on…
UNITED NATIONS: United Nations chief Antonio Guterres warned Sunday against yet “another cycle of destruction” and retaliation following the US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, which he said marked a “perilous turn” in the region. “I have repeatedly condemned any military escalation in the Middle East,“ the secretary-general told an emergency meeting of the UN…
JERUSALEM: Israel is “very, very close” to achieving its goals in Iran after US President Donald Trump ordered overnight bombing raids on the Islamic republic’s nuclear sites, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday. Restating his objectives as destroying Iran’s nuclear and missile capabilities, Netanyahu told journalists: “We are moving step by step towards achieving…
AUSTIN: Tesla deployed a small group of self-driving taxis picking up paying passengers on Sunday in Austin, Texas, with CEO Elon Musk announcing the “robotaxi launch” and social-media influencers posting videos of their first rides. The event marked the first time Tesla cars without human drivers have carried paying riders, a business that Musk sees…
ISTANBUL: The Iranian parliament has approved a measure to close the Strait of Hormuz to naval traffic following United States (US) strikes on three nuclear facilities, a senior lawmaker said on Sunday, Anadolu Ajansi (AA) reported, citing local media. “The parliament has reached the conclusion that the Strait of Hormuz should be closed,” Major General…
Decoy flights and seven B-2 stealth bombers – how US says it hit Iran’s nuclear sites A 37-hour round-trip flight, multiple mid-air refuelings, and a series of decoys – this is how the mission to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities played out, according to four-star General Dan Caine, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,…
‘Necessary’ or ‘unfounded’? Americans in Texas respond to US strikes The BBC asked Texans and those visiting the state what they make of US President Donald Trump’s decision to bomb three nuclear sites in Iran. Trump told the nation in a televised address on Saturday night that the US had carried out “massive, precision strikes”…
An unprecedented moment – but what the US and Iran do next could be even more momentous For decades, the United States and Iran have carefully avoided crossing a dangerous red line into a direct military confrontation. One American president after another held back from deploying their military might against the Islamic Republic for fear…
