Five journalists with a Gaza-based television channel have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on the embattled enclave, CNN reported on Thursday. The overnight air raid hit a vehicle of Al-Quds Today Television, parked outside Al-Awda Hospital in the Gaza Strip, the report said. While denouncing the attack, Al-Quds Today Television said the five were More
Russian says its cargo ship has sunk in the Mediterranean sea following an explosion in its engine room. Citing a statement from the Russian foreign ministry, Reuters reported two of the ship’s crewmembers were missing while 30 others, including 14 crewmembers, were rescued and transferred to Spain. The ship called Ursa Major was built in 2009, controlled More
Outgoing US President Joe Biden is mulling over the imposition of new sanctions on Russia’s energy sector, reports an influential American newspaper. In his final weeks in office, Biden is weighing a parting blow in the US financial war against Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to the Washington Post. If imposed, the new curbs would More
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced Champions Trophy fixtures, which will take place from February 19 to March 9 in Pakistan and the UAE. The 15-match, eight-team event returns to the cricket calendar for the first time since the last edition was staged in 2017, with defending champions Pakistan hosting their first global cricket More
A passenger plane flying from Azerbaijan to Russia crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, with 32 passengers surviving. The aircraft, operated by Azerbaijan Airlines, was carrying 62 passengers and five crew members, according to media reports. Kazakh authorities confirmed that 32 people survived the crash, as reported by Reuters. Unverified video More
The first test of the two match series between Afghanistan and Zimbabwe will start tomorrow (Thursday), a statement from the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) said on Wednesday. The test match will start at 12:30 pm Afghanistan time and is played in Bulawayo’s Queen’s Sports Club. On December 17th, the ACB announced test squad led by More
Taliban says Pakistan has conducted airstrikes on four locations in southeastern Paktika province, killing 46 people and injuring four others. Ministry of Defence spokesman Inayatullah Khawarazmi told Pajhwok Pakistani forces carried out the airstrikes in Barmal district on Tuesday evening. He said civilians, including women and children, most of whom were Waziristani migrants, were targeted. More
Presidents of Russia and Tajikistan are set to meet today (Tuesday) on issues of common interest, including the situation in Afghanistan. President Vladimir Putin has arrived in St. Petersburg for meetings with Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) leaders, says a media report. Ahead of the main event scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday, Putin is due More
For the first time, Israel has publicly acknowledged that it assassinated Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, reports the BBC. In July this year, Haniyeh was killed in a building where he was staying in Tehran in an attack widely blamed on the Jewish state. In a speech on Israeli Monday, the Israeli defence Minister made the More
At least 12 people were killed and five others were injured as a blast ripped through an explosives factory in northwestern Balikesir province of Turkey, media reports said on Tuesday. Balikesir province governor Ismail Ustauglo told Anadolu the roof of the factory collapsed completely after the explosion. The explosion occurred this morning exactly where capsuls More
