Pakistani airstrikes on Afghanistan kill 46 people, Taliban official says
Kabul, Afghanistan Reuters Bombardment by Pakistani military aircraft in Afghanistan’s eastern Paktika province on Tuesday killed at least 46 people, most of whom were children and women, the Afghan Taliban said, adding it would retaliate. Six people were also injured in the bombing at four locations in Afghanistan, deputy spokesman Hamdullah Fitrat said on Wednesday. […]
Israeli war planes pound Beirut suburb, Hezbollah strikes back
Beirut, Lebanon/Jerusalem Reuters The Israeli military pounded Beirut’s southern suburbs with airstrikes on Tuesday, mounting one of its heaviest daytime attacks yet on the Hezbollah-controlled area after the defence minister ruled out a ceasefire until Israeli goals were met. Smoke billowed over Beirut as around a dozen strikes hit the southern suburbs from mid-morning. After […]
Nigerian airstrike kills 24 in Kaduna state village, residents say
Kaduna, Nigeria Reuters At least 24 people were killed by an airstrike on a village in Nigeria’s northern Kaduna state, residents and a local councillor said on Monday, after an Air Force operation targeting armed gangs and their hideout. The 27th September incident is the latest in a pattern of deadly aerial assaults by the […]
Israel unleashes heavy strikes on Lebanon as US urges urgent diplomatic solution
Updated: 7:45am, 20th September, 2024 (AEST) Beirut, Jerusalem Reuters Israeli warplanes carried out late on Thursday their most intense strikes on south Lebanon in nearly a year of war, Lebanese security sources said, heightening the conflict between Israel and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah amid calls for restraint. The White House said a diplomatic solution was […]
US, Britain wage strikes against Iran-linked Houthis in Yemen
Washington DC, US Reuters The United States and Britain launched strikes against 36 Houthi targets in Yemen on Saturday, in the second day of major US operations against Iran-linked groups following a deadly attack on American troops last weekend. The strikes hit buried weapons storage facilities, missile systems, launchers and other capabilities the Houthis have […]
Israeli strikes kill dozens in Gaza as offensive against Hamas set to widen
Khan Younis, Gaza/Jerusalem Reuters Israeli air strikes on residential blocks in south Gaza killed at least 47 people on Saturday, medics said, while the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency said scores more had been killed and wounded at a school in the north sheltering displaced civilians. The latest bloodshed came after Israel again warned civilians to […]
Air strikes and clashes puncture Eid truce pledges in Sudan’s capital
Reuters Air strikes and anti-aircraft fire rattled parts of Sudan’s capital Khartoum on Wednesday, residents said, despite both the military factions that have been battling each other since mid-April declaring truces for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. Sudanese men attend Eid al-Adha prayer following the crisis in Sudan’s capital Khartoum, in the Sudanese state […]
Russia attacks Ukrainian cities in overnight air strikes
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russia launched a widespread overnight air attack on Ukraine on Tuesday, targeting military and infrastructure facilities in Kyiv and other cities, officials said on Tuesday. Ukraine said it had shot down 32 out of 35 Iranian-made Shahed drones launched from Russia’s Bryansk region and the Azov Sea. An explosion of a drone […]
Ukraine war comes to Moscow as drones strike both capitals
Updated: 7am, 31st May, 2023 (AEST) Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Ukrainian drones struck wealthy districts of Moscow on Tuesday, Russia said in what one politician called the most dangerous attack on the capital since World War II, while Kyiv was also hit from the air for the third time in 24 hours. Since Russia sent tens […]
Russia hits military base in Ukraine in new wave of strikes
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russia said on Monday its military hit Ukrainian air bases in overnight strikes and Ukrainian forces shelled industrial facilities inside Russia as both sides sought the upper hand ahead of what Kyiv hopes will be a decisive counter-offensive. In a rare acknowledgement of damage to a military “target”, Ukraine said that work […]