The commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force has warned that the Islamic Republic will face the Israeli regime strongly wherever it deems necessary. “We will reply with seriousness if an act of aggression is carried out against the interests of the Islamic establishment anywhere in the globe,” Brigadier General Esmail Qa’ani […]
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Israel fires missiles towards Syrian military position near Damascus
According to Syria’s military, Israel fired three missiles at Syrian military installations near Damascus, causing material damage. On Friday, state media quoted an unnamed military officer as stating that the strike occurred shortly before midnight on Thursday, and that Syrian air defences shot down several of the Israeli missiles. The missiles hit positions of Iran-backed […]
US approves weapons sale to Nigeria
The United States has approved a nearly $1bn weapons sale to Nigeria after legislators had put a hold on the deal over concerns about possible human rights abuses by the Nigerian government. In July, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee put a hold on the sale of 12 […]
Easter celebration turns into mourning in Zimbabwe
At least 35 people died and 71 were injured in Zimbabwe when a bus carrying churchgoers to an Easter gathering veered off the road and landed in a gorge, the police have said. The bus was carrying members of a local Zion Christian Church who were travelling to an Easter meeting in the southeastern town […]
Unprecedented flood in Durban kills hundreds of people
On Thursday, the death toll from South Africa’s “historic” floods reached 341 as helicopters spread out across the southeastern city of Durban in a desperate search for survivors. Rescuers raced to bring supplies across the city this week as rain washed away roads and bridges. Some inhabitants have been without electricity or water since Monday. […]
Teeming metropolis of Karachi runs short of space for dead
Graveyards are filling in Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city, and the deceased are running out of places to be buried. Shady workmen who demolish old graves to make place for the new in the coastal megacity of 20 million people can “find” a plot for the body of a loved one for the right price to […]
Sri Lankan PM offers talk with protestors amid worst crisis
Sri Lanka’s prime minister has offered talks with protesters calling for the government to step down over its handling of an economic crisis, as the opposition threatens to bring a no-confidence motion against it in parliament. The island nation of 22 million people is in the throes of its worst financial crisis since independence in […]
Israeli forces raid Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East Jerusalem
At least 152 Palestinians were hurt in the ensuing rioting after Israeli police entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem, according to medics. Israeli police arrived at the mosque before daybreak on Friday, according to the Islamic endowment that maintains the facility, as thousands of worshippers gathered for early morning prayers. Online videos […]