UN refugee agency chief visits Syria-Lebanon border
Damascus, Oct 8 (IANS) United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi visited the Jdeidet Yabous crossing on the border between Syria and Lebanon. “I’m at the Syrian/Lebanese border, where a quarter of a million people have crossed since September 23, when Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon escalated,” Grandi said on Monday on the social […]
Hamas claims killing of Israeli soldiers in Gaza City
Gaza, Oct 8 (IANS) The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, announced that they had killed and wounded several Israeli soldiers in an attack in Gaza City. According to a press statement from the Al-Qassam Brigades on Monday, their members successfully targeted a group of ten Israeli soldiers with an anti-personnel bomb, resulting in […]
Ten miners die, five injured in Zambia
Lusaka, Oct 8 (IANS) At least ten miners died while five others sustained injuries when a pit where they were conducting mining activities in central Zambia’s Mumbwa district collapsed. On Monday, Charity Munganga Chanda, the Central Province Police Commissioner, said the accident happened in the early hours of Monday when an unknown number of people […]
Sudan: 7 dead, 59 injured in paramilitary shelling of displaced persons camp
Khartoum, Oct 8 (IANS) At least seven people were killed and 59 others wounded in an artillery strike by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on a displaced persons camp in El Fasher, western Sudan’s North Darfur state, a local health official confirmed. The attack on the Abu Shouk camp spanned two days, with two […]
Egypt revives rail service in Sinai, ending 50-year hiatus
Cairo, Oct 8 (IANS) A 100-kilometre railway in Egypt’s North Sinai began trial operations, restoring train service to the region for the first time in more than half a century. The Al-Fardan-Bir al-Abd line, featuring newly renovated stations, marks the first phase of a broader project aimed at modernising and expanding rail connectivity across the […]
Jordan evacuates 44 nationals from Lebanon
Amman, Oct 8 (IANS) A group of 44 Jordanians was evacuated from Lebanon aboard a plane from Jordan’s military forces. The evacuation plane, operated by the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army, initially arrived at Lebanon’s Rafic Hariri International Airport on Monday morning, delivering humanitarian aid, reports Xinhua, quoting Jordan’s state-run Petra news agency. Upon the plane’s […]
UN chief appeals for peace on first anniversary of Gaza conflict
United Nations, Oct 8 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appealed for peace in the Middle East in his message to mark the first anniversary of the Gaza conflict, which started on October 7, 2023. “Today marks one year since the horrific events of October 7 when Hamas launched a large-scale terror attack in Israel […]
US Supreme Court halts ruling barring emergency abortions that violate Texas ban
Houston, Oct 8 (IANS) The US Supreme Court has declined an appeal by the Joe Biden administration, halting a ruling that bars emergency abortions violating the related state law in Texas, which has one of the strictest abortion bans in the country. There were no publicly noted dissents. The justices on Monday let stand a […]
Hamas declares readiness for prolonged conflict against Israel in Gaza
Gaza, Oct 8 (IANS) The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, has declared its readiness for a protracted conflict against Israel in the Gaza Strip. “We choose to continue a long and painful war of attrition against Israel,” Al-Qassam Brigades spokesman Abu Ubaida said in a video statement on Monday marking the first anniversary […]
Israeli infantry enters Lebanese village, clashes with Hezbollah fighters
Beirut/Jerusalem, Oct 8 (IANS) An Israeli infantry force has entered the Lebanese border village of Maroun al-Ras and crossed the Blue Line from different directions, according to Lebanese security sources. An estimated 50 Israeli soldiers crossed the Blue Line and advanced to Maroun al-Ras in southern Lebanon on Monday, Xinhua news agency reported, citing the […]
