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A massive blast on a road near the airport of Pakistan’s largest city killed two Chinese nationals, Beijing’s embassy said Monday, after a separatist militant group claimed an attack in the area. An AFP journalist heard the explosion in Pakistan’s southern megacity of Karachi around 11:00 pm (1800 GMT) Sunday. The regional government of southern … Read more
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Saturday returned to the venue of a campaign rally where he was nearly assassinated in July, calling his would-be assassin a “vicious monster”. He also invited billionaire Elon Musk on stage in Pennsylvania’s Butler, saying that he is an “incredible guy”. “As I was saying,” Trump said as he started speaking … Read more
At least one person was killed and 10 others injured Sunday during a shooting in southern Israel’s Beer Sheva, police and emergency responders said, a day before the first anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attack. “Paramedics have pronounced a 25-year-old female deceased, and are evacuating 10 casualties,” emergency service provider Magen David Adom said … Read more
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, led by imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan, has stated that it intends to “invite” External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to participate in its protests here. This news sparked a stern response from the ruling coalition on Saturday. On October 15 and 16, Mr. Jaishankar will be in Pakistan for the Council … Read more
Saeed Atallah Ali, a member of Hamas’ armed wing, al-Qassam brigades, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon. Three of his family members were also killed in the attack, Reuters reported. “The Hamas movement mourns the leader of the al-Qassam Brigades, Saeed Atallah Ali, and three of his family … Read more
An Israeli strike hit Lebanon’s northern city of Tripoli for the first time early on Saturday, a Lebanese security source said, after more bombardment hit Beirut’s suburbs and Israeli troops sought to make new ground incursions into southern Lebanon. The source told Reuters a Hamas official, his wife and two children were killed in the … Read more
According to Khaama Press, an unexploded bullet exploded in the Gereshk region of Afghanistan’s Helmand province, killing at least three children and injuring two more. The governor’s office in Helmand Province claimed that the incident occurred on Saturday morning in the Laki region of Gereshk district, while youngsters were playing with the unexploded bullet they … Read more
Former US President and current Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump stated on Friday (Oct. 4) that Israel should strike Iran’s nuclear facilities in retaliation to the Islamic Republic’s recent missile barrage. Speaking at a campaign event in North Carolina, Trump referred to a question posed to President Joe Biden this week about the possibility of … Read more
Gulf nations, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the UAE, Bahrain, and Kuwait, have openly declared their neutrality in the increasing crisis between Iran and Israel, stating that they will not allow the United States to use their airbase for military operations against Iran. According to the reports of Reuters, the declaration follows a series of meetings held … Read more
More than 600 people were shot in a matter of hours in Burkina Faso in an August attack, according to a French government security assessment. The latest analysis nearly doubles the death toll cited in earlier reports. The latest assessment makes the August massacre one of the deadliest single attacks in Africa in recent … Read more
An Israeli attack allegedly targeted Hezbollah leader Hashem Safieddine in Beirut on Friday morning. According to Axios journalist Barak Ravid, an Israeli official stated that Safieddine, who looks to be a potential successor to dead Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, was struck. Israel and Hezbollah have not yet released an official statement confirming the strike. Reuters … Read more
The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) published a study that noted “increasing abuses” against religious minorities in India, which the country has strongly rejected. The study was deemed “biased” by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), which also charged the USCIRF of pushing a “motivated narrative.” “Our views on the United States Commission … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi convened an emergency meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security in response to the West Asian issue. The committee, which included the Prime Minister, Home Minister, Defence Minister, Foreign Minister, Finance Minister, and National Security Adviser, addressed in detail the renewed hostilities in the Middle East and the fast escalation following … Read more
Over the past few hours, there have been five air strikes on buildings in the southern suburbs of Beirut. The last one was just a few minutes ago. We saw plumes of smoke and, in the background, a Middle Eastern Airlines plane about to land. This shows how close the suburb of Dahiyeh is to … Read more
Biden told reporters at the White House however that he was not expecting Israel to launch any retaliation for Tehran’s missile barrage on Israel before Thursday at least. When asked by a reporter if he supported Israel striking Iran’s oil facilities, Biden said “we’re discussing that. I think that would be a little… anyway.” Oil … Read more