US President Joe Biden is expected to hold a phone call on Wednesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about any plans to strike Iran, Axios reported late on Tuesday, citing three US officials. “We want to use the call to try and shape the limitations of the Israeli retaliation,” a US official was quoted as…
Russia’s air defense units destroyed 47 Ukrainian drones targeting its west, the defense ministry said on Wednesday, while regional officials said the attacks caused no casualties. About 24 drones were downed over the southwestern border region of Bryansk, with the rest destroyed over the regions of Belgorod, Kursk, Rostov and Krasnodar and the waters of…
Hezbollah militants targeted Israeli soldiers near the Lebanese border village of Labbouneh with artillery shells and rockets on Wednesday, the group said in a statement, a day after Israel said it had killed two successors to Hezbollah’s slain leader. Sirens sounded in northern Israel on Wednesday, the Israeli military said, adding three Israeli military personnel…
Israeli strikes killed at least 12 Palestinians, including nine members of the same family, in northern and central Gaza, the Palestinian Authority’s official news agency WAFA reported early on Wednesday. The nine family members were killed in a strike targeting their apartment at the Shejaia neighbourhood in northern Gaza, WAFA said citing medics from Palestinian…
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te is escalating tensions with “sinister intentions”, China’s government said, ahead of a keynote speech Lai will give in Taipei that could set off a Chinese military response. Lai, who took office in May after winning election in January, is detested by China which calls him a “separatist”. Beijing claims democratically governed Taiwan as…
North Korea’s Army said it will completely cut off roads and railways connected to South Korea starting from Wednesday, and fortify the areas on its side of the border, state media KCNA reported. The announcement heralds a further escalation in activity close to the demarcation line separating the two Koreas, which had been rare in…
British Foreign Secretary David Lammy will this week meet with leaders in Bahrain and Jordan as part of Western diplomatic efforts to prevent further escalation in the Middle East. Lammy will arrive in the region on Wednesday to “reaffirm the importance of working with regional partners to press the case for restraint and will demand Iran…
Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin said Monday that he had spoken to Saudi Arabia’s Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman to affirm Washington’s commitment to the Kingdom’s defense and to thank him for Riyadh’s work to promote calm in the Middle East. Prince Khalid said the pair reviewed the Saudi-US strategic partnership and ways to bolster defense…
Russian and Chinese navy warships have practiced anti-submarine missions in the northwestern Pacific Ocean as part of a joint patrol in the Asia-Pacific region, Russian news agencies reported on Tuesday. “A tactical group of warships maneuvered and formed a marching order to organize anti-submarine defense,” Interfax agency cited the press service of the Russian Pacific…
Israel cannot confirm whether the potential successor to the slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has been killed, a government spokesperson said on Monday Asked if Israel could confirm the death of Hashem Safieddine, spokesperson David Mencer told an online briefing: “We don’t have that confirmation yet. When it is confirmed, as and when, it will…
Russia’s air defense units destroyed 16 Ukrainian drones overnight, the Russian defense ministry said on Tuesday. Fourteen of the drones were downed over the Belgorod region, bordering Ukraine, and two over the Black Sea, the ministry said on the Telegram messaging app. Kyiv said Monday its forces had struck a large oil terminal overnight on…
Another $4.86 billion has been spent on US-led fight to deter Houthi attacks in Red Sea, according to new report The Biden administration has provided Israel with at least $17.9 billion in military aid since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack last year and spent at least another $4.86 billion on its fight against Yemen’s Houthis, according to…
Xi, Kim exchange congratulatory messages over 75th anniversary of China-DPRK diplomatic ties. SEOUL, Oct 6 – Leaders of China and North Korea on Sunday traded a vow of enhanced bilateral cooperation on the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, state news agency KCNA reported. Chinese President Xi Jinping and…
CAIRO, Oct 6 – At least 24 people were killed and 93 others wounded when Israeli airstrikes targeted a mosque and a school sheltering displaced people in the Gaza Strip early on Sunday morning, the Hamas-run Gaza government media office said. Gaza’s civil defense agency said Sunday an Israeli strike on a mosque-turned-shelter in central…
Hezbollah said it launched rockets at a defense company in northern Israel Saturday, the latest attacks after Israel intensified its bombing campaign last week, nearly a year into cross-border clashes with the group. The Iran-backed group said in a statement that it launched “a rocket salvo” towards a “military industries company” east of Acre.
