Category: International

SANA’A: Airstrikes struck Yemen’s capital and several northern and central provinces on Saturday, according to Houthi-run media and other local reports, amid a sharp escalation in the country’s conflict. The Houthi movement said Saudi aircraft hit areas of Sana’a, including Mount Attan in the south of the city. It also reported attacks in Saada and […]

RIYADH: Yemen’s armed forces said on Saturday that they had launched an operation against what they described as vital and legitimate military targets in the capital, Sana’a. In a statement, the forces said the attack was under way against military sites in the Houthi-controlled city. The statement did not identify the targets, disclose the type […]

TEHRAN: Iran has called on the French government to respect fundamental human rights and basic freedoms in its handling of ongoing protests, condemning what it described as the violent treatment of demonstrators by French security forces. Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei told reporters on Friday that Tehran condemned the violent crackdown by French security […]

PARIS: The Group of Seven nations agreed on October 2 to release 100 million barrels of crude oil and fuel from emergency reserves over four months in a coordinated effort to ease rising energy prices, according to Hurriyet Daily News. French President Emmanuel Macron announced the agreement following a virtual meeting of G7 leaders. The […]

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia is preparing a major offensive against Yemen’s Houthi rebels aimed at breaking their grip on the Bab el-Mandeb strait, a vital Red Sea shipping route, regional and Western officials told Reuters. The operation, expected within weeks, will be led by Yemeni ground forces overseen by Riyadh and backed by Saudi air strikes, […]

LONDON: Renewed fighting in Yemen has pushed hunger to record levels, with the United Nations warning that three out of four families in government-held areas can no longer find enough to eat. The World Food Programme (WFP) said almost 75 percent of households in areas it can reach are unable to meet basic food needs […]

Gaza City: Hundreds of Palestinians gathered on Thursday in Gaza City to bury 105 people whose remains were pulled from the rubble of homes destroyed in Israeli airstrikes during the early weeks of the war. Families recited funeral prayers before carrying the dead to the Martyrs Cemetery in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of northwestern Gaza […]

India Calls Out US More Openly as Tensions Rise Under Trump NEW DELHI: India is taking a more openly critical line towards the United States under President Donald Trump, as disagreements over trade, Pakistan, terrorism and immigration place fresh strain on a relationship once marked by warm public ties. Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar gave the […]

KABUL: The United Nations reported on Wednesday that at least 10 civilians, many of them children, were killed in Pakistani airstrikes inside Afghanistan on October 1. The strikes struck the southern province of Helmand and the eastern district of Kunar, which shares a border with Pakistan, according to the U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). […]

Pakistan Hits Afghan Targets Again; Civilians Feared Dead Pakistan has launched fresh air strikes inside Afghanistan, marking another sharp escalation in the bitter feud between the two neighbours. The Pakistani information ministry said on X that its forces hit “terrorist camps” at two locations across the border. Taliban spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid reported overnight attacks in […]