ABIDJAN: Cote d’Ivoire’s ruling party, the Rally of Houphouetists for Democracy and Peace, began its second ordinary congress on Saturday in Abidjan, which is expected to designate its candidate for the Oct 25 presidential election, Xinhua reported. According to Amedee Kouacou, chairman of the organising committee, the congress is being held in two phases. The…
JERUSALEM: Three areas of Israel including coastal hub Tel Aviv were hit Sunday morning during waves of Iranian missile attacks, with at least 23 people injured, according to rescue services and police. Several buildings were heavily damaged in the Ramat Aviv area in Tel Aviv, with holes torn in the facades of apartment blocks. “Houses…
BRUSSELS: European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas on Sunday urged all sides to step back and return to the negotiating table, after U.S. forces struck three Iranian nuclear sites. “Iran must not be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon,” Kallas said in a post on social media platform X. “I urge all sides to…
WASHINGTON: The United States carried out attacks on three nuclear sites in Iran on Sunday, joining Israel’s bombing campaign after days of speculation over US involvement in the conflict. “Iran’s key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated. Iran, the bully of the Middle East, must now make peace,“ Trump said in a…
TOKYO: Japan spotted Chinese vessels sailing near disputed islets in the East China Sea for a record 216 consecutive days, Tokyo’s coast guard said Sunday. The Tokyo-administered islands, known as the Diaoyu in China and Senkaku in Japan, have long been a sore point between the neighbours. On Sunday, Japan said it observed four Chinese…
WASHINGTON: For nearly a half-century the United States has squabbled with Iran’s Islamic Republic but the conflict has largely been left in the shadows, with US policymakers believing, often reluctantly, that diplomacy was preferable. With President Donald Trump’s order of strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites, the United States — like Israel, which encouraged him —…
CARACAS: Bolivian Labor Minister Erland Rodriguez Lafuente has died, prompting authorities to open an investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death, the government said on Saturday in a statement shared on social media. President Luis Arce said on Facebook that Rodriguez had always showed his commitment to the Bolivian people. Rodriguez, appointed labor minister in…
WASHINGTON: The U.S. Air Force’s B-2 Spirit stealth bombers were involved in strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites on Saturday. Three Iranian nuclear sites were struck in a “very successful attack,“ President Donald Trump said on Saturday, adding that the crown jewel of Tehran’s nuclear program, Fordow, is gone. The B-2 is one of America’s most…
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said US air strikes on Sunday had “completely and totally obliterated” Iran’s main nuclear enrichment facilities, and warned of more attacks to come if Tehran does not seek peace. In a televised address to the nation from the White House after the United States joined Israel’s air campaign against Tehran, Trump…
NEWARK: Mahmoud Khalil, one of the most prominent leaders of US pro-Palestinian campus protests, pledged Saturday to keep campaigning after he was released from a federal detention center. “Even if they would kill me, I would still speak for Palestine,“ Khalil said as he was greeted by cheering supporters at Newark airport, just outside New…
