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…
Black box found at Air India crash site as families wait for answers A black box has been found at the site of the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad, India’s civil aviation minister said on Friday. The flight data recorder was recovered within 28 hours by India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), Ram Mohan…
CAIRO: The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas said Iran, its strategic ally, was “paying the price” for supporting militant groups in Gaza in their decades-long struggle against Israel, after Israel launched large-scale attacks on Friday against Iran. Hamas leaders have repeatedly thanked Iran for its military and financial support to the group in its fight against…
PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday said Israel had the right to protect itself and called for “maximum restraint” from all parties following Israel’s wave of strikes on Iran. “France reaffirms Israel’s right to defend itself and ensure its security,“ Macron said in English on X. “To avoid jeopardising the stability of the entire…
