ISTANBUL: One person was killed and 10 others were injured on Friday in the southern Turkish province of Antalya after a cable car cabin collided with a broken pole, the interior ministry said on Saturday. Twenty-four cabins were stranded in the air at 5:23 p.m. (1423 GMT) on Friday. Sixteen hours later, more than 60 […]
US State Department spokesperson Mathew Miller has denied any information that suggested that Iran was supporting the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Pakistan, contributing to the recent surge in terrorist activities. At his regular media briefing on Thursday, Miller repeated his earlier statement that the decisions about the Pakistani government were for […]
MOSCOW: Russia on Thursday carried out from Vostochny Cosmodrome the first-ever launch of the new Angara-A5 rocket, the first launch vehicle developed in the country after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The launch was initially scheduled for Tuesday, but two minutes before the start the automatic equipment cancelled the start. The launch was also […]
WASHINGTON: Iran’s threat to carry out a retaliatory attack on Israel in reprisal for the bombing of its consulate in Damascus, Syria are “very credible,” the White House said Friday. “We still deem the potential threat by Iran here to be real, to be viable, certainly credible, and we’re watching it as closely as we […]
WASHINGTON: US commitments to defend Japan and the Philippines are “ironclad,” President Joe Biden said Thursday as he hosted his regional counterparts amid increasing provocations from China. “I want to be clear. The United States’ defence commitments to Japan and to the Philippines are ironclad. They are ironclad,” the president said during brief remarks to […]
United States State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller has highlighted growing concerns regarding the surge of hate amidst the ongoing Israel-Gaza conflict. Miller’s remarks came during his weekly briefing on Friday when he was questioned about the escalating hate witnessed not only within the United States but also across the globe, stemming from the conflict in […]
ANKARA: Senior Pentagon officials were frustrated as Israel did not notify the US before conducting a strike on an Iranian diplomatic mission in the Syrian capital of Damascus earlier this month, an escalation that they assess increases risks to American forces in the Middle East, The Washington Post reported on Friday, citing US officials. Tensions […]
Amidst escalating tensions, Russia, Germany, and Britain urged restraint among Middle Eastern nations, while Israel affirmed it was preparing to ‘meet all its security needs’ in response to the Iran’s threat to strike Israel on Thursday. The German airline Lufthansa, one of only two Western carriers flying to Tehran, extended a suspension of its flights […]
BEIJING: China National Space Administration (CNSA) said on Friday its launch of a key signal relay satellite was a “complete success” and it would serve as the communication bridge for its future lunar probe missions for years to come, state media reported. China launched the satellite Queqiao-2, which was named after a mythological bridge made […]
KYIV: Russian missiles and drones destroyed a large electricity plant near Kyiv and hit power facilities in several regions of Ukraine on Thursday, officials said, ramping up pressure on the embattled energy system as Kyiv runs low on air defences. The major attack more than two years since Russia’s full-scale invasion completely destroyed the Trypilska coal-powered thermal […]
