The United States on Saturday “unequivocally” condemned attacks by “Hamas terrorists” against Israel and promised to ensure the key US ally has the means to defend itself. President Joe Biden was briefed on “the appalling Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel,” the White House said in a statement, adding that he was in close contact with…
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has declared that Israel was at “war” with the Palestinian militant group, Hamas, after barrages of rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel on Saturday, in response to a surprise assault on the 50th anniversary of the start of the 1973 Yom Kippur war. “We are at war,…
Twenty-two people have been shot dead in Israel so far in fighting with Palestinian militants on Saturday, the Magen David Adom emergency medical services said in a statement. “As of 13:00 (1000 GMT), Magen David Adom teams have pronounced 22 victims deceased. They have also treated hundreds of further victims,” the statement said. Vanguard /…
US President, Joe Biden is under fire from both sides of the political spectrum after his administration announced new border wall construction in Texas. Mr Biden has said he is unable to stop the work because the funding was signed off while Donald Trump was president. Members of his Democratic Party said walls did not…
The British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, has defended his plans to phase out the sale of cigarettes in England, saying it would be the biggest public health intervention in a generation. The PM told the the newsmen there was “no safe level of smoking” when asked about restricting people’s right to choose. Speaking at the…
More than 75,000 employees at Kaiser Permanente began one of the largest healthcare workers strikes in recent US history on Wednesday after failing to resolve a dispute over staffing levels. The strike of union members at the largest non-profit healthcare organization in the United States began on Wednesday morning at sites in Virginia and the…
The Indian army has said 23 soldiers were missing after a powerful flash flood caused by intense rainfall tore through a remote valley in the mountainous northeast Sikkim state. The army in a statement today, disclosed that the personnel and some vehicles submerged under the flood. “Due to sudden cloud burst over Lhonak Lake in…
At least 29 soldiers have been killed in Niger in the deadliest attack since the army staged a coup in July. The soldiers were killed by hundreds of jihadists using “improvised explosive devices and kamikaze vehicles”, the defence ministry said. It added that “several dozen terrorists” were also killed in the counter-offensive that took place…
More than 1,000 people in Bangladesh have died of dengue fever since the start of the year, official figures showed, in the country’s worst recorded outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease. Figures from the country’s Directorate General of Health Services published on Sunday night said 1,006 people had died, among more than 200,000 confirmed cases. The…
Three miners were killed and 18 feared buried after a shaft in an informal Zimbabwean gold mine collapsed, state television said Saturday. According to report, the accident occurred on Friday in Chegutu, about 120 kilometres (75 miles) west of the capital Harare. “Three bodies have been retrieved from the collapsed Bay Horse Mine in Chegutu,”…