Lebanese official media said an Israeli air strike Sunday had destroyed a mosque in the war-torn south, the latest attack as Israel intensified its bombardment campaign on the country in recent weeks.
“At around 3:45 am (1245 GMT) enemy aircraft carried out an airstrike targeting the old mosque in the center of the village of Kfar Tibnit, completely destroying it,” the National News Agency reported.
A Russian Mi-28 attack helicopter crashed in the Leningrad region during a scheduled training flight, the Russian Defense Ministry confirmed on March 18. The crash resulted in the deaths of both crew members. According to the ministry, the helicopter went down in an uninhabited area, away from populated locations. Local media sources also confirmed the…
Vladimir Putin has rejected a proposal for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine but agreed to halt attacks on energy and infrastructure. Russia has repeatedly damaged Ukraine’s energy grid since its invasion in February 2022. After what the Kremlin called a “frank” phone call with Donald Trump, the two leaders agreed that formal negotiations on a 30-day…
Yemen’s Houthis will not “dial down” their action against Israeli shipping in the Red Sea in response to US military pressure or appeals from the group’s allies such as Iran, the Yemeni militant group’s foreign minister said. Jamal Amer spoke to Reuters late on Monday after the US launched a wave of strikes in areas of Yemen…
The foreign ministers of South Korea, China and Japan will hold a meeting in Tokyo on Saturday, Seoul’s foreign ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul and his Japanese and Chinese counterparts, Takeshi Iwaya and Wang Yi, will discuss cooperation since the last trilateral leaders’ summit in May last…
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas called Tuesday for the international community to “compel” Israel to end its “aggression” in Gaza, after a wave of overnight Israeli strikes killed more than 400 people, according to the territory’s health ministry. Abbas’ spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh condemned the strikes in a statement and called on “the international community to…
