ISTANBUL: French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot reiterated on Friday the country’s determination to recognise the State of Palestine, Anadolu Ajansi (AA) reported. France would “uphold the rights of the Palestinian people to self-determination by recognising the State of Palestine,“ Barrot said during his speech at the civil society event, Paris Call for the Two-State Solution,…
RENNES: Four people were killed and nine others seriously injured in a motorway accident Friday in western France involving a bus carrying a group of Ukrainian students, authorities said. Local prosecutors said later Friday that the two Ukrainian drivers had been detained on suspicion of manslaughter and “involuntary wounding”. All four people who died were…
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump urged Iran Friday to make a deal or face “even more brutal” attacks by Israel, as Washington said it was helping its key ally defend itself against Iranian retaliation. But Trump also kept the door open for negotiations on Tehran’s nuclear program, as the president who boasted he had “no…
WASHINGTON: For President Donald Trump, few goals on the world stage have been more explicit — he will not drag the United States into another “forever war.” Yet Israel’s massive strikes on Iran will test that promise as never before, potentially setting up a showdown with his base as Trump decides how much support the…
KIGALI: At least 52 people have been confirmed dead, and dozens remain missing after two passenger boats capsized on Lake Tumba in the western Democratic Republic of the Congo, officials said on Friday, Anadolu Ajansi reported. The boats sank overnight between Wednesday and Thursday near Bikoro, about 128 kilometres (79 miles) from Mbandaka in Equateur…
JERUSALEM: Israel’s firefighting service said its teams were responding to several “major” incidents resulting from an Iranian missile attack, including efforts to rescue people trapped in a high-rise building. “Firefighting crews are handling several major incidents, mainly in the Dan region” around Tel Aviv, a statement said, adding that “firefighters are working in a high-rise…
TEHRAN: Israel began feeling Iran’s wrath on Friday evening as the Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces launched a wave of strikes on Israel. According to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), the strikes came hours after the Israeli regime, in what Iran described as unprovoked aggression, targeted locations inside Iranian territory, including residential buildings….
HAMILTON: The United Nations (UN) on Friday warned of serious regional and global consequences following Israel and Iran’s exchange of airstrikes, urging restraint and renewed diplomatic efforts, Anadolu Ajansi reported. “The impact of these attacks has already been felt throughout the region, with neighbouring countries closing their airspace and putting their security forces on high…
Iran is reeling from Israel’s unprecedented attack – and it is only the start Israel’s “Operation Rising Lion”, as it calls its attack on Iran, is unprecedented. It is vastly more extensive and ambitious than anything that has come before, including the two missile and drone exchanges it had with Iran last year. For Iran,…
Israel says it has launched a fresh wave of air strikes on Iran, after hitting nuclear and military sites overnight. On Friday evening the Israeli Air Force said it was continuing “to attack missile launchers and infrastructure” in Iran. There are reports of explosions across the country. The BBC has verified at least one evening…
