Middle East crisis: IDF releases video of its commandoes raiding missile plant in Syria in September
Jan 03, 2025, at 01:51 pm
The Israel Defense Forces on Thursday unveiled video footage which showed the September 8 raid conducted by special forces on an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps arms facility used by Hezbollah forces in Syria.
Romania and Bulgaria fully join Europe’s borderless Schengen zone
Jan 02, 2025, at 05:35 pm
Amid celebrations, Romania and Bulgaria have become full members of the European Union’s free-travel Schengen area scrapping land border controls.
Germany: Syrian man arrested for stabbing two in Berlin market on New Year's Eve
Jan 01, 2025, at 10:44 am
Days after the Magdeburg car-crushing episode left the country shocked, at least two people were injured after a suspected Syrian man attacked them with a knife in a supermarket in Germany's Berlin city on Wednesday when the country was celebrating New Year Eve.
US military hits Houthi targets in Yemen, confirms Pentagon
Jan 01, 2025, at 10:14 am
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces conducted multiple precision strikes against Iran-backed Houthi targets in Sana’a and coastal locations within Houthi-controlled territory in Yemen on December 30 and 31, the Pentagon said.
IDF confirms killing of Hamas' Nukhba Platoon commander Abd al-Hadi Sabah
Jan 01, 2025, at 09:00 am
The Israel Defense Forces on Tuesday confirmed the killing of Hamas' Nukhba Platoon commander, Abd al-Hadi Sabah, during a recent drone strike.
Hospitals closed, aid denied, civilians trapped in Gaza
Dec 31, 2024, at 05:39 pm
Essential services that sustain life - healthcare, emergency aid, and humanitarian access - are being systematically dismantled in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
South Korea: Court issues detention warrant for impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol
Dec 31, 2024, at 09:55 am
A South Korean court on Tuesday issued an arrest warrant for impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol who was stripped of his presidential powers over the implementation of a short-lived martial law decree that plunged the nation into political chaos.
South Korean plane crash kills 179; fliers narrowly escape aviation disasters in Canada, Norway
Dec 30, 2024, at 12:36 am
Three major aviation mishaps occurred in different locations across the globe within a span of few hours with the deadliest taking place in South Korea where Jeju Air's Boeing 737-800 aircraft belly-landed and skidded off the end of the runway to erupt in flames when it slammed a wall at Muan International Airport, leaving at least 179 people dead on Sunday.
Norway: Dutch plane skids off runway after making emergency landing
Dec 29, 2024, at 08:31 pm
An Amsterdam-bound flight skidded off the runway at Oslo Torp Sandefjord Airport in southern Norway after it experienced a technical malfunction shortly after takeoff.
Bird strike, bad weather suspected causes of Jeju Air crash in South Korea
Dec 29, 2024, at 04:36 pm
Seoul: The death count from the Jeju Air plane crash in Muan, South Korea, has reached 124, according to Yonhap news agency.
85 killed as plane with 181 people on board crashes in South Korea's Muan airport
Dec 29, 2024, at 10:16 am
At least 85 people were killed after a plane with 181 people on board crashed at South Korea's Muan airport as it skidded off the runway while landing and burst into flames hitting a fence on Sunday morning, media reports said.
Dec 28, 2024, at 08:28 pm
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin extended an apology to Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev on Saturday over a "tragic incident" involving an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane that crashed in Russian airspace on Wednesday.
US slams Hong Kong for issuing arrest warrants, bounties targeting six overseas democracy activists
Dec 28, 2024, at 07:00 pm
The United States has criticised the Hong Kong government's action of issuing new arrest warrants and bounties targeting six overseas democracy activists.
Dec 28, 2024, at 05:34 pm
Fresh details of the Israeli airstrike on Sana’a airport, which occurred as Tedros Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) was preparing to fly out of the country, have been provided by Julien Harneis, the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen.
UNICEF assessment reflects 2024 was one of the worst years in history for children in conflict
Dec 28, 2024, at 02:18 pm
The impact of armed conflicts on children around the world reached devastating and likely record levels in 2024, as per an assessment by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
'External interference' might have caused plane crash in Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan Airlines claims
Dec 28, 2024, at 01:32 am
Azerbaijan Airlines said "external physical and technical interference" led to a major plane crash in Kazakhstan on Wednesday which left 38 people dead out of 67 on board, media reports said.
South Korea: Lawmakers vote to impeach acting President Han Duck-soo
Dec 27, 2024, at 03:39 pm
Less than two weeks after the South Korean Parliament stripped President Yoon Suk Yeol of his power over his short-lived martial law, the country's lawmakers on Friday voted to impeach prime minister and acting president Han Duck-soo, plunging the nation into a political crisis.
Ukraine captures injured North Korean soldier who was fighting for Russia, claims South Korea
Dec 27, 2024, at 01:17 pm
South Korean spy agency has confirmed that Ukraine captured a wounded North Korean soldier who was sent to the country to support Russia's ongoing conflict against the neighbouring country.
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus escapes unhurt as Israeli airstrikes hit Yemen airport
Dec 27, 2024, at 09:58 am
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and other UN staff members were present at the international airport in Sanaa when an Israeli airstrike hit it.
Azerbaijan Airlines crash: Experts suggest possible missile strike by Russia near Kazakhstan
Dec 26, 2024, at 06:34 pm
Baku: Military experts have suggested that the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed near Kazakhstan's Aqtau on Christmas Day, en route from Baku to Grozny in Russia, may have been "accidentally struck" by a Russian surface-to-air missile or antiaircraft fire, media reports said.
Dec 25, 2024, at 11:43 pm
A total of 32 passengers have been rescued after a passenger plane with 67 onboard flying from Azerbaijan to Russia crashed near Kazakhstan's Aktau city on Wednesday, media reports said.
President Zelenskyy describes Russian attack on Ukraine on Christmas Day as 'inhumane'
Dec 25, 2024, at 06:45 pm
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday described the Russian aerial attack on his nation on Christmas Day as 'inhumane'.
UN General Assembly approves $3.72 billion budget for 2025
Dec 25, 2024, at 05:16 pm
The General Assembly wrapped up the main part of its 79th session on Tuesday, approving a $3.72 billion budget for the United Nations in 2025 and adopting a new programme to support landlocked developing countries.
Twenty-seven survive after Azerbaijan Airlines flight with 67 onboard crashes in Kazakhstan
Dec 25, 2024, at 02:39 pm
At least 27 people are believed to have survived after a passenger plane flying from Azerbaijan to Russia crashed near Kazakhstan's Aktau city on Wednesday, media reports said.
Dec 25, 2024, at 01:49 pm
A passenger plane of Azerbaijan Airlines carrying over 70 people crashed near Aktau airport in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, media reports said.
Syria: Christmas tree set on fire by suspected 'Islamists', Christians protest
Dec 25, 2024, at 10:37 am
Christians demonstrated in several Syrian cities, demanding protection, after unidentified people set a Christmas tree on fire in Suqaylabiyah town on Monday, media reports said.
Israel confirms killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran in July
Dec 24, 2024, at 09:02 am
Defence Minister Israel Katz on Monday confirmed Israel's role in killing Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran in July.
Asma al-Assad files for divorce with husband Bashar al-Assad, wants to return to UK
Dec 23, 2024, at 02:40 pm
Asma al-Assad, ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's wife, has filed for divorce and expressed her desire to return to the UK.
Brazil: 10 die after small plane crashes in Gramado
Dec 22, 2024, at 10:08 pm
A small plane with 10 people onboard crashed in the Brazilian tourist city of Gramado on Sunday.
Elon Musk calls for German Chancellor Scholz’s resignation amid deadly attack at Christmas market
Dec 22, 2024, at 06:48 pm
Billionaire Elon Musk, who is set to serve as an external adviser to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, on Friday called for the resignation of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz following a deadly incident at a Christmas market in Germany.