Russian air strike took out TV tower in Ukraine’s Kharkiv, Zelenskiy says
Kharkiv, Ukraine Reuters A Russian missile strike that broke in half a 240-metre television tower in Kharkiv on Monday is part of a deliberate effort by Moscow to make Ukraine’s second largest city uninhabitable, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. Dramatic footage obtained by Reuters showed the main mast of the television tower breaking off and falling […]
Nineteen killed in Gaza but baby saved from womb of mother killed in Israeli strike, say Palestinian health officials
Rafah, Gaza Strip/Cairo, Egypt Reuters A baby girl was delivered from the womb of a Palestinian killed along with her husband and daughter by an Israeli attack in the Gaza city of Rafah, where 19 people died overnight in intensified strikes, Palestinian health officials said. The dead, killed in hits on two houses, included 13 […]
Iran vows revenge on Israel after Damascus embassy attack
Dubai, United Arab Emirates/Jerusalem Reuters Iran said on Tuesday it would take revenge on Israel for an airstrike that killed two of its generals and five military advisers at its embassy compound in Damascus, raising the risk of further escalation in conflict in the Middle East. The strike marked one of the most significant attacks […]
Israel bombs Iran embassy in Syria, Iranian commanders among dead
Damascus, Syria Reuters Suspected Israeli warplanes bombed Iran’s embassy in Syria on Monday, a marked escalation in a war pitting Israel against its regional adversaries, and Tehran said the strike killed seven military advisers including three senior commanders. Reuters reporters at the site in the Mezzeh district of Damascus saw emergency workers clambering atop rubble […]
US launches missile attack on Syrian airbase linked to chemical attack
The US has launched a missile attack on an airfield in Syria in response to the chemical weapons attack in the country’s Idlib province this week. Almost 60 Tomahawk missiles were reportedly launched from US warships, striking the Syrian Government airfield near the city of Homs. Reports have claimed the airfield was the location from […]