JERUSALEM: Nearly 700 people have been killed in Lebanon this week, according to Lebanon’s health ministry. Israel has dramatically escalated strikes, saying it is targeting Hezbollah’s military capacities and senior Hezbollah commanders. Top Israeli officials have threatened to repeat the destruction of Gaza in Lebanon if the Hezbollah fire continues, raising fears that Israel’s actions […]
UNITED NATIONS: The United States, France and several Arab and European countries have called for an immediate 21-day ceasefire across the Israel-Lebanon border following intense discussions at the United Nations. The pause in hostilities would apply to the Blue Line, the demarcation line between Lebanon and Israel, and would allow the warring parties to negotiate […]
DAMASCUS: Thousands of Lebanese and Syrian families fled Lebanon for Syria as Israeli airstrikes continued, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said. According to a statement issued by the UN Refugee Agency, hundreds of vehicles were backed up in queues at the Syrian border, with many people arriving on foot, […]
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that Russia could respond with nuclear weapons if it were attacked with conventional arms in the latest changes to the country’s nuclear doctrine. In a televised meeting of Russia’s Security Council, Putin announced that under the planned revisions, an attack against the country by a non-nuclear power with […]
TOKYO: Japan has sent a destroyer through the Taiwan Strait for the first time, Japanese media reported, amid increasing military activity around Japan by China. The Sazanami entered the strait from the East China Sea on Wednesday morning, spending more than 10 hours sailing south to complete the passage, public broadcaster NHK and the Yomiuri […]
NEW DELHI: Arctic sea ice reached its annual minimum extent on September 11, 2024, marking another year of significant ice loss in the Northern Hemisphere. According to researchers at Nasa and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), this year’s minimum extent was 4.28 million square kilometers, continuing the decades-long trend of shrinking and […]