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A raid by Israeli troops in the West Bank city of Nablus has injured dozens of Palestinians, as occupation forces shot live fire and tear gas at crowds during their latest act of aggression in the occupied Palestinian territories. According to eyewitnesses cited by the official Palestinian news agency WAFA, …

Israeli army officials have expressed concerns about the rising likelihood of war with the Lebanese Hezbollah. Israeli and Lebanese sides are reportedly aware of the escalating tension, with the Israeli government meeting to discuss the potential threat Hezbollah poses. Security officials and Israeli army officers quoted by Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper …

An official in the US State Department revealed Monday that the recent coup attempt in Niger was aimed at seizing government control but did not fully succeed, presenting a narrow opportunity to reverse the situation. In a statement reported by Al-hurra tv channel, she emphasized that Washington is backing the …

The Palestinian refugee camp of Ain al-Hilweh in southern Lebanon experienced a cautious calm on Tuesday, as a “humanitarian truce” was observed after three days of intense clashes. The recent round of fighting, triggered by the killing of an Islamic militant in a revenge operation on Saturday night, resulted in …

Russian Drone Attacks Target Kyiv and Odesa, Escalating Tensions Amidst Regional Conflict In a concerning escalation, Russian forces executed drone attacks on Wednesday, aiming at the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, and the strategic city of Odesa. The aftermath witnessed substantial material losses within Odesa’s port and critical infrastructure, intensifying fears about …

During a meeting in Sao Paulo, Saudi Minister of Investment Khalid Al-Falih, presented a small golden model of the American cheetah (Jaguar) as a gift to the Brazilian Finance Minister, Fernando Haddad. However, the Brazilian official must return the present as it did not comply with the protocol rules. The …

More acts of sacrilege against the Holy Qur’an have taken place in Sweden and Denmark even as the two Nordic countries have said they are exploring ways to legally limit such actions to de-escalate growing tensions with Muslim countries. Several incidents have occurred in recent weeks that featured the desecration of the Holy …

Daesh has claimed responsibility for a massive bomb attack in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday that killed at least 54 people, including 23 children. The blast targeted a political party gathering in the town of Khar in Bajaur district. More than 200 people were wounded. The Takfiri terrorist group said in a statement …

Niger’s junta, which has seized power in the West African country through a coup against its civilian rulers, has accused France of planning military intervention to return the deposed president to power. The junta took aim at Paris on Monday, saying, “In its search for ways and means to intervene …

Public confidence in the US military has been constantly in decline over the past five years and it is now at its lowest level in two decades, a recent opinion poll says. The poll, which was conducted by Gallup and its results were reported on Monday, was carried out between June 1 and 22. …

Russia declares its air defenses have again thwarted a Ukrainian “terrorist attack” against its capital Moscow using drones, reporting no casualties or significant damages in the aftermath. The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement that three Ukrainian drones were involved in the attack that took place in the early …

Senior Taliban representatives and a delegation of US officials discussed the economic stability and drug trafficking in two-day talks in the Qatari capital of Doha two years after the Taliban swept back to power. The two sides discussed confidence-building measures during the two-day talks, including the lifting of sanctions and …

China’s defense ministry has warned the United States against going further down a “wrong and dangerous” path after Washington approved a new military aid package for Chinese Taipei (Taiwan). The US must stop all forms of “military collusion” with Taiwan, said Defense Ministry spokesperson Tan Kefei in a statement on Tuesday a after …

A former childcare worker in Australia has been charged with more than 1,600 child abuse offenses, including rape, against 91 young girls across the country and abroad over a 15-year period. Australian Federal Police (AFP) authorities say they became aware of the 45-year-old Gold Coast childcare worker’s alleged offenses after recently …

Pope Francis has denounced as “barbaric” the recent Qur’an burning in Sweden and Denmark, saying such blasphemous moves prevent dialog among nations. The pontiff made the remarks in a letter on Tuesday, in response to Argentinian Shia Muslim scholar Abdul Karim Paz, representative of Argentina’s Islamic foundation. Last week, Abdul …

Myanmar junta partially pardoned charges against the ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, cutting her 33-year jail sentence by six years. The Western-backed leader Suu Kyi, 78, was convicted on 19 offences and sentenced to 33 years of imprisonment after being detained since the military coup in early 2021, on …

The US military has separately used dozens of tankers and trucks to smuggle crude oil and crops from the country’s northeastern Province of Hasakah to bases in neighboring Iraq, amid Washington’s attempts to further plunder natural resources in war-ravaged Syria. Syria’s official news agency SANA, citing local sources in al-Ya’rubiyah …

Israeli military officials say they don’t want a confrontation with the Hezbollah resistance movement, amid tensions near the border fence between Lebanon and the Israeli-Occupied Territories, reports say. The Palestinian Sama news agency reported that the overview presented by senior military officials to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a …

The World Food Programme (WFP) has announced that the lack of funds, combined with the continuous disruptions in supplies, has left it with no choice but to halt malnutrition prevention activities in Yemen. The food aid arm of the United Nations said in a report that the program will come …

Members of the far-right Israeli regime led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu say they will not make any concession to the Palestinians as part of a potential deal for normalization of relations with Saudi Arabia. “I can say that Israel will not give in to anything that will erode its …