Iran’s foreign minister, whose government supports Hamas and other Middle East militant groups, said on Thursday opening a “new front” against Israel would depend on Israel’s actions in Gaza. Although Tehran has been a long-term backer of Hamas, Iranian officials have been adamant that the country had no involvement in the militants’ attack against its...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu joined with a top political rival Wednesday to create a wartime Cabinet to oversee the fight to avenge the gruesome weekend attack by Hamas militants. In the sealed-off Gaza Strip, Palestinian suffering mounted as Israeli bombardment demolished and the only power plant ran out of fuel. Netanyahu vowed to “crush and...
The deadly fight between Israel and Hamas, which has claimed over 3,000 lives so far, continues to rage, four days after Hamas launched 5,000 rockets from Gaza in a surprise attack. Visuals from the region show incessant air strikes launched from both sides, destroying buildings and turning towns into rubble. As the fighting grows fiercer,...
Major international air carriers have suspended or cancelled flight services in and out of the Israeli city of Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport after Hamas launched its surprise attack over the weekend and said that they are waiting for safety conditions to improve. According to a report by flight tracking website, Flightradar24, about 50 per...
The US Navy is moving its warships and aircraft closer to Israel amid an unprecedented assault on the country from Hamas, a US military official told Fox News as US president Joe Biden affirmed Israel’s right to defend itself. Saturday’s surprise attack has so far killed at least 600 Israelis and wounded at least 2,000...
Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly been accused of leaking US secrets, but the latest allegations against him involve key details about some of the most sensitive weapons in the US nuclear arsenal. Trump gave key details on the US Navy’s elite submarine fleet – including the number of nuclear warheads they can carry and...
President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia had successfully tested a potent new strategic missile and declined to rule out the possibility it could carry out weapons tests involving nuclear explosions for the first time in more than three decades. Putin said for the first time that Moscow had successfully tested the Burevestnik, a...
The pope criticised global decision-making bodies for being ineffective, as well as calling out climate deniers. His strongly-worded intervention has been published in a major new update to his landmark 2015 paper on the environment.. He described some damage from climate change as “already irreversible” The Pope criticised those who “deny, conceal, gloss over or relativise...
Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly on Tuesday said that the country wants “private talks with India to resolve a diplomatic dispute” over the killing of Khalistan terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Reuters reported. “We are in contact with the government of India. We take Canadian diplomats’ safety very seriously and we will continue to engage privately...
Responding to Matt Gaetz’s move, Mr McCarthy posted on social media: “Bring it on.” Mr Gaetz retorted: “Just did.” Tensions between the two Republicans boiled over at the weekend after the Speaker passed a bill with the help of Democrats to fund government agencies. No US Speaker has ever been ousted by such a so-called...