The White House in a statement said President Joe Biden has directed U.S. forces to aid Israel’s defence against Iran, which launched missile attacks against the Jewish state. Sean Savett, U.S. National Security Council spokesperson said Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris “are monitoring the Iranian attack against Israel from the White House Situation Room…
Israel has launched fresh series of attacks on the Lebanese capital of Beirut on Wednesday. The army made the announcement on social media platform X, saying it was attacking terrorist targets in Beirut. The army issued multiple evacuation orders for people living in several buildings in Beirut’s southern suburbs in the early hours of Wednesday….
The Iranian-backed Lebanese Hezbollah movement has said its fighters clashed at dawn on Wednesday with Israeli forces in southern Lebanon. The militia added in a statement that its fighters had confronted an Israeli infantry force that had attempted to infiltrate the town of Adaisseh in southern Lebanon and forced it to retreat. There were casualties…
A military court in eastern Russia on Wednesday sentenced 13 young men to long prison terms over acts of sabotage on the country’s war effort. In a statement, the court in Chita, east of Irkutsk, said it imposed sentences of 23 years on the men, aged between 17 and 20 years old when they were…
Myanmar has deported over 50,000 illegal foreigners from October 2023 to August 2024, the state-run media the Mirror reported on Wednesday. During this period, a total of 54,433 individuals from 28 countries and regions were expelled under established procedures, the report said. The remark was made during an event to mark the 60th anniversary of…
A detailed report on sexualised violence in the Catholic diocese of Osnabrück in Germany has identified more than 400 victims since 1945. “It is clear that there is a large dark field – the highest estimate is 10 times this number,” legal scholar Hans Schulte-Nölke said on Wednesday while presenting the final report. During this…
Eight people have been killed in a boat accident in eastern Afghanistan, including children and women, local media reported on Wednesday. The incident occurred in the Kuz Kunar district of Nangarhar province. According to the local authorities, a boat carrying 14 people capsized due to strong winds. Residents of Kuz Kunar district have long faced…
Shots were fired at the Israeli embassy in Stockholm, the police force in the Swedish capital confirmed to the news agency TT on Wednesday morning. Emergency calls were made on Tuesday evening due to a loud bang on the street where the embassy is located, in the Östermalm district of Stockholm. The police said during…
Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo has called for the immediate evacuation of Indonesian citizens in Lebanon following the escalating Israeli attacks in the Middle Eastern country. The president made the call during his working visit to the province of East Nusa Tenggara on Wednesday. He stated that he has instructed Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi to take…
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has appealed for the violence to end now with war ramping up across the Middle East. Guterres, in a statement on Tuesday, condemned the broadening of the Middle East conflict, with escalation after escalation. “This must stop. We absolutely need a ceasefire.” Iran fired waves of ballistic missiles at Israel on…
