US-British coalition launches 2 airstrikes on Yemeni airport
Sanaa, July 15 (IANS) The US-British naval coalition has waged two airstrikes on the Hodeidah airport in the Yemeni Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, the media reported. Al-Masirah TV did not provide further details, but residents said the explosions were powerful. The coalition has not commented on the claim, Xinhua news agency reported. The […]
Hezbollah targets Israeli military division in response to attacks in Lebanon
Beirut, July 15 (IANS) Hezbollah attacked a new Israeli division with assault drones in Illit in response to Israel’s attacks on Lebanon’s southern villages. “In response to the Israeli enemy’s attacks … the fighters of the Islamic Resistance launched an air attack with a squadron of assault drones on the headquarters Command of the newly […]
Israel confirms killing high-ranking Hamas commander in Gaza
Jerusalem, July 15 (IANS) Israeli security forces have confirmed that they killed Rafa’a Salameh, the commander of Hamas’s Khan Younis Brigade, in airstrikes in the Gaza Strip late last week. In a statement, the Israeli military and Shin Bet internal security agency said on Sunday that Salameh was killed in the area of Khan Younis, […]
12 Palestinians killed in Israeli air raid on school in Gaza: Sources
Gaza, July 15 (IANS) At least 12 Palestinians were killed and dozens of others wounded in an Israeli air raid on a school housing displaced people in the central Gaza Strip, said Palestinian security and medical sources. Israeli aircraft bombed a school in the Nuseirat refugee camp run by the United Nations Relief and Works […]
Police seize arms, ammunition in Afghanistan
Kabul, July 15 (IANS) Police have seized a variety of arms and ammunition from across north Afghanistan’s Balkh province over the past four months, provincial police spokesperson Mohammad Eisa Wasiq said. The counter-terrorism police have collected 29 pieces of different types of arms and ammunition during a series of operations in different districts of the […]
Philippine Airlines plane overshoots runway in Philippines
Manila, July 15 (IANS) A Philippine Airlines (PAL) propeller plane overshot the runway at an airport in Palawan province, the airline company said. All 53 passengers and four crew members were safely deplaned, the company added on Sunday. The plane, travelling from Cebu to Palawan, overran the runway upon landing at Busuanga airport before 3 […]
7 missing following water barrier breaching in Myanmar
Yangon, July 15 (IANS) Seven construction workers were missing following a water barrier breaching at a construction site near the bank of Ayeyarwady River in central Myanmar’s Mandalay region, said an official from the Myanmar Rescue Organisation. The incident occurred in Amarapura township of Mandalay around 8.30 a.m. local time on Sunday, Xinhua news agency […]
Hamas claims killing Israeli soldiers in Rafah
Gaza, July 15 (IANS) Hamas has claimed that its fighters killed and wounded some Israeli soldiers, who were trying to infiltrate Rafah City in the southern Gaza Strip. “Our fighters monitored a private Israeli force hiding inside a truck loaded with humanitarian aid … then the soldiers entered a local Palestinian house and hid inside […]
Trump assassination bid: Biden orders ‘independent review’
Washington, July 15 (IANS) US President Joe Biden on Sunday announced an independent review of the security at the election rally at which a shooter made an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump who is also the putative Republican nominee for the White House. The US President also said that he has ordered a […]
4 killed in armed clashes, 42,000 displaced in Somalia: UN
Mogadishu, July 15 (IANS) At least four people were killed and 42,000 others displaced by recent armed clashes between local clans in the town of Luuq in southern Somalia, the United Nations relief agency said. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Sunday that the three-day fighting that started on […]
