Iran’s attack on Israel: Biden in ‘very tough spot’ trying to stop escalation

Iran’s attack on Israel gives Joe Biden a familiar dilemma, but on steroids -- how to balance support for a difficult ally while preventing the nightmare scenario of a wider war?
15 April 2024, 18:00 PM

Response to Iran’s attack: Israel war cabinet weighing options

Israel yesterday faced pressure from allies to show restraint and avoid an escalation of conflict in the Middle East as it considered how to respond to Iran’s weekend missile and drone attack.
15 April 2024, 18:00 PM

4 Israeli soldiers hurt by blast in Lebanon

Four Israeli soldiers were wounded in an explosion hundreds of metres inside Lebanese territory, an Israeli military official said yesterday.
15 April 2024, 18:00 PM

World reactions to Iran strikes on Israel

Countries around the world condemned Iran's strikes on Israel late Saturday, warning the attack threatened to further destabilise the Middle East
14 April 2024, 09:53 AM

Netanyahu vows victory after Iran strikes

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Sunday his country would achieve victory after the military said it shot down almost all the more than 300 drones and missiles launched by Iran in a sharp escalation of the Middle East conflict
14 April 2024, 07:43 AM

Iran's military officials warn Israel and US against retaliation

Iran warned Israel on Sunday of a larger attack on its territory should it retaliate against Tehran's overnight drone and missile attack, adding that US bases would be targeted if Washington backs any Israeli military action against Iran
14 April 2024, 07:35 AM

Biden says US helped Israel down nearly all Iran attacks

President Joe Biden said US forces helped Israel shoot down nearly all the drones and missiles fired by Iran Saturday, but appeared to guide the key US ally away from retaliating against Tehran by saying Israel had now shown its strength
14 April 2024, 05:43 AM

Iran launches retaliatory attack on Israel with hundreds of drones, missiles

Iran had repeatedly threatened to strike Israel in retaliation for a deadly April 1 air strike on its Damascus consular building and Washington had warned repeatedly in recent days that the reprisals were imminent
13 April 2024, 21:05 PM

Iran seizes huge cargo ship after threats to close Strait of Hormuz

Iran's Revolutionary Guards seized an Israeli-linked cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, days after Tehran said it could close the crucial shipping route and warned it would retaliate for an Israeli strike on its Syria consulate
13 April 2024, 14:58 PM

Biden expects Iran to attack Israel soon, warns: 'Don't'

US President Joe Biden on Friday said he expected Iran to attack Israel "sooner, rather than later" and warned Tehran not to proceed
13 April 2024, 04:17 AM

Saudi Arabia to celebrate Eid Wednesday

The first day of Eid will then be celebrated on Wednesday, April 10
8 April 2024, 15:39 PM

Blast kills 7 children in southern Syria

Seven children were killed in southern Syria’s Daraa province yesterday when an “explosive device” detonated, state media reported.
6 April 2024, 18:00 PM

Enemy to ‘regret’ Guards killings in Syria: Iran

Iran yesterday again threatened retaliation for the deaths of seven Revolutionary Guards in a strike on Damascus, with the army chief saying his country’s enemies will “regret” the killings.
6 April 2024, 18:00 PM

Iran pays homage to 7 Guards killed in Syria strike

Thousands of people chanted against Israel and the United States at yesterday’s funeral for seven Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps members killed in a strike in Syria, which Iran blamed on Israel.
5 April 2024, 18:00 PM

‘Scattered measures’ for Gaza aid not enough

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said yesterday that “scattered measures” for Gaza aid are not enough after Israel told the UN it will allow a “meaningful increase” in aid.
5 April 2024, 18:00 PM

Houthi attack kills 11 loyalists in southern Yemen

A surprise Houthi attack killed 11 fighters loyal to the Yemeni government in the country’s south early yesterday, a spokesperson for the southern forces said, in a rare flareup.
3 April 2024, 18:00 PM

Gaza situation ‘beyond catastrophic’

Dominic Allen, the head of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) covering Gaza, said he was “terrified” of what could happen if the Israeli offensive goes on any longer.
2 April 2024, 18:00 PM

9,000 patients need emergency evacuation from Gaza: WHO

Some 9,000 patients in the Gaza Strip require evacuation for emergency care, with the war-torn Palestinian territory down to just 10 barely functioning hospitals, the head of the WHO said Saturday.
30 March 2024, 18:00 PM

Death toll in Israeli strikes on Syria climbs to 52

The death toll in Israeli air strikes on Syria has risen to 52, including 38 government soldiers and seven members of Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement, a war monitor said yesterday.
30 March 2024, 18:00 PM

Israeli strikes kill 42 in Syria’s Aleppo

A war monitor said Israeli air strikes on Syria’s north killed 36 soldiers and six Hezbollah fighters yesterday, the latest deadly raid on Iran-backed forces in the country since the Israeli offensive in Gaza began.
29 March 2024, 18:00 PM