Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the security cabinet had decided on a series of steps to “fight terror and demand a price from terrorists and their supporters” at a meeting held late Saturday evening after the deadliest terror attack against Israelis in more than a decade. The high-level security cabinet convened after a terrorist killed … Read more
Iran’s defense ministry says a loud blast in Isfahan was caused by “botched” drone strikes. Iran’s Defense Ministry has reported several drone strikes against a military factory in Isfahan, the country’s central city. The attacks had “failed” and there were no casualties, the ministry said in a statement on Sunday. “One of the [the drones] … Read more
Israel has announced plans to make it easier for Israelis to obtain firearms amid escalating violence in the occupied Palestinian territory. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the measure late Saturday after convening a meeting of his security cabinet — filled with hardline politicians — over a pair of shootings, including an attack in occupied East … Read more
This is what European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said ahead of an EU-Ukraine summit next week Ukraine had unconditional support from the bloc and had to overcome Russian attacks to defend European values. “We are on the side of Ukraine without ifs and buts. Ukraine fights for our shared values, it fights for … Read more
Drones have been used to attack a military factory in Iran, with Iranian news agencies reporting a loud explosion and a flash of light in what was reportedly a munitions factory. Emergency services and fire trucks were shown at the factory in the central province of Isfahan. It comes amid tensions over Iran’s nuclear program … Read more
S Jaishankar has released his book “The India Way: Strategies for an Uncertain World” (File) New Delhi: Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar on Saturday reprimanded foreign newspapers for reserving adjectives like “Hindu nationalist” for the Indian government. “When you read foreign newspapers they use words like Hindu nationalist government. In America or Europe they don’t say … Read more
A major Kentucky newspaper published an op-ed on National Holocaust Remembrance Day telling the Jewish people that they “have no monopoly on persecution and atrocities.” While the January 27 commemoration focuses on the monumental tragedy of six million Jews murdered by Nazi Germany during World War II, the Courier-Journal – part of parent company Gannet’s … Read more
ANKARA, Jan. 28 (Reuters) – Turkey on Saturday warned its citizens of “potential Islamophobic, xenophobic and racist attacks” in the United States and Europe after its Western allies warned their citizens in Turkey about possible terror attacks. In two separate travel advisories, the Turkish Foreign Ministry advised its citizens in the United States and European … Read more
DUBAI, Jan. 29 (Reuters) – A loud explosion at a military factory in Iran’s central city of Isfahan was caused by a “failed” drone strike, Iranian state media reported on Sunday, citing the defense ministry. “One of (the drones) was hit by the…air defenses and the other two were caught in defensive traps and exploded. … Read more
A flight to Hawaii from Arizona’s capital was diverted to Los Angeles after an incident involving an unruly passenger. (cocoon_to_bloom/Instagram) Passengers on an Emirates flight bound for Auckland, New Zealand that departed Dubai on Friday morning eventually landed back at the same airport from which it departed just over 13 hours later. Flight EK448 took … Read more
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