Moscow said its forces hit what it called military plants in retaliation against attacks on Russian civilian infrastructure. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Thursday that Russia would “continue to increase pressure on the Kyiv regime in order to achieve our set goals”. Ukraine accused Moscow of targeting civilian areas and said it would…
Allan Madrigal, a paramedic with the Costa Rican Red Cross, told journalists at the site that Gil had “emerged just perfect” from the ordeal. Madrigal is the rescuer who heard Gil’s faint cries for help emerging from the rubble on Sunday. “It was an emotional moment,” he recalled, explaining that at first he had not…
GAZA — Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip completed one thousand days on Thursday. Throughout this period, Gaza has remained the epicenter of extraordinary humanitarian devastation, mass displacement, destroyed infrastructure, severe shortages of food and medicine, and continued military tension.According to United Nations estimates, more than 73,000 Palestinians have been killed and approximately 173,500…
TEL AVIV — Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, has given preliminary approval to a bill aimed at restricting the broadcast of the Islamic call to prayer (adhan) through mosque loudspeakers. According to Israeli media, the 120-member Knesset voted 50 in favor and 36 against on Wednesday.The bill was introduced by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s Otzma…
NEW YORK — The FIFA World Cup 2026, being held across the United States, Canada and Mexico, has become more than a football tournament — it has turned into a global platform of solidarity with Palestine. Although the Palestinian national team failed to qualify, thousands of fans from various countries have carried Palestinian flags, chanted…
Residents of an Ethiopian town have been forced to kill hundreds of their own dogs after three children died from rabies. Powerful community groups in the central town of Hossana told residents they would be fined and arrested if their dogs were not killed, even if the animals had been vaccinated for rabies, residents told…
ISLAMABAD — The Ministry of Commerce has decided to grant a temporary 60-day exemption on specific export items to Iran in order to facilitate trade between the two countries.According to sources, the exemption will remain in effect from July 2 to August 30, 2026. Officials say the decision was made because the absence of a…
DAMASCUS — A powerful explosion ripped through a café in the Syrian capital of Damascus, killing five people and injuring sixteen others, according to local reports.The blast reportedly occurred during regular business hours as customers were present, causing panic in the surrounding area and partial damage to nearby buildings.Ambulances and rescue teams rushed to the…
A man has been rescued alive after being trapped for eight days in the rubble of a building that collapsed after twin earthquakes in Venezuela. Emergency workers managed to free Hernán Gil more than 100 hours after they had first located him under 140 tonnes of rubble. Almost 2,300 people are confirmed to have died…
A diplomatic row has erupted between South Africa and Ghana, over claims that a Ghanaian man was killed during anti-migrant protests, which South African officials deny. Ghana’s Foreign Affairs ministry said it had received with “profound shock” reports that Bashiru Isak, 40, had been shot dead on Tuesday in Cape Town’s Khayelitsha’s township. It said…
