Italian base in Iraqi Kurdistan hit by airstrike
IRBIL(RAHNUMA): An Italian military base in Iraqi Kurdistan was hit overnight by an airstrike though no injuries were reported, the Italian defense officials said on Thursday. The defense ministry initially spoke of a missile attack on the Italian base in Irbil, but ministry sources later said it was a drone that had destroyed a military […]
Israel claims it struck Iranian nuclear arms site
JERUSALEM(RAHNUMA): Israel’s military said Thursday that it had struck a site in Iran it claimed was being used by the Islamic republic to develop nuclear weapons. “The Israeli Air Force, acting on precise IDF intelligence, struck an additional Iranian nuclear program site,” the military said, claiming the “Taleghan compound was utilized by the regime to […]
Muslim nations criticise Israel for Al-Aqsa Mosque Ramadan closure
ISLAMABAD(RAHNUMA): Eight Islamic and Arab countries on Thursday condemned Israel for keeping the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem closed during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Israel shut all holy sites in east Jerusalem’s Old City for security reasons, but the foreign ministers of Pakistan, Egypt, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and […]
Iran security chief threatens reciprocal attacks in region if US targets electricity
TEHRAN(RAHNUMA): Iran’s security chief Ali Larijani threatened on Thursday to target power grids in the region if the United States attacked the Islamic republic’s electricity supplies. “If they do that, the whole region will go dark in less than half an hour and darkness provides ample opportunity to hunt down US servicemen running for safety,” […]
Iranian explosive device falls in Jordanian city
LONDON(RAHNUMA): An explosive device fell in the Jordanian city of Russeifa on Thursday morning, local authorities reported. No one was injured in the incident, which came as the country ramps up its level of readiness as the Iran war continues to spread across the region. The Public Security Directorate said that specialist security teams promptly […]
Palestinian Authority says Israeli settlers set fire to another mosque in Nablus Governorate
LONDON(RAHNUMA): The Palestinian Authority reported on Thursday that Israeli settlers had set fire to the Mohammad Fayyad Mosque in the village of Duma, south of the city of Nablus. The Ministry of Religious Endowments and Affairs said that settlers had also scrawled racist slogans on the mosque’s walls, and the body cautioned against further attempts […]
Five takeaways from Mojtaba Khamenei’s defiant first message
PARIS(RAHNUMA): Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei on Thursday issued his first message since his elevation to the post, threatening revenge for his father’s killing, though he did not deliver the declaration in person. Khamenei’s father Ali Khamenei, supreme leader since 1989, was killed on February 28 at the start of the US-Israeli war against […]
Netanyahu says Israeli strikes have killed top nuclear scientists
DUBAI(RAHNUMA): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israeli attacks have killed top Iranian nuclear scientists. Speaking Thursday night at a news conference, Netanyahu denounced Iran’s new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, as a “puppet of the Revolutionary Guards” who cannot appear in public. And he addressed the Iranian people, saying the moment for a “new […]
Assam CM slams Gaurav Gogoi for meeting Hemant Soren to seek support
Guwahati, March 12 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday criticised Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi for travelling to Jharkhand to hold political discussions, asserting that Assam’s political affairs cannot be directed from outside the state. Speaking to reporters here, Sarma said he had never seen any political leader from Assam travelling to Jharkhand […]
Delhi govt advises citizens against panic buying of fuels
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) The Delhi government on Thursday advised citizens to avoid panic buying of LPG, petrol, diesel, and PNG in the wake of rumours swirling around the Iran conflict, assuring availability of adequate stocks. Residents are advised to refrain from panic buying or hoarding and are urged to ignore baseless rumours regarding […]
