The US House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a resolution aimed at preventing President Donald Trump from continuing the war against Iran, reflecting growing concern among lawmakers, including members of his own Republican Party, over the four-month-old conflict. The Republican-controlled House passed the war powers resolution by a vote of 215 to 208, with four More
Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday strongly condemned US strikes targeting an Iranian oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz and a telecommunications tower on Qeshm Island, calling them a clear violation of international law and a ceasefire understanding. Al Jazeera, quoting a statement from the US Central Command (CENTCOM), reported that US forces More
At least 21 people were killed after a fire tore through a hotel in New Delhi, India, on Wednesday, media reports said. The fire broke out in a building in the Malviya Nagar neighborhood in southern New Delhi. The structure housed a restaurant on the ground floor and a hotel on the upper floors, Al More
The World Health Organization (WHO) says 321 Ebola cases have been confirmed and 116 remain suspected in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where investigations have ruled out hundreds of suspected infections and 48 deaths have been reported. The agency reported on Tuesday that 48 people had died from the disease, while six others had recovered. More
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says that in response to US attacks on Iran, a US-linked vessel, the headquarters of the US Fifth Fleet and a US air base in a regional country were targeted with missile strikes and drone attacks. According to Tasnim News Agency, the IRGC public relations office said in a More
At least nine people were killed and more than 60 others injured in Russian air strikes targeting major Ukrainian cities, including Kyiv, Dnipro and Kharkiv, on Tuesday, according to media reports. Russia has continued to target Ukraine’s energy infrastructure and power supply networks, while Ukraine has intensified attacks on Russian oil facilities this year. The More
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says its aerospace force has targeted an airbase allegedly used in a US strike on a communications tower on Sirik Island, Iran. The US Central Command (CENTCOM) recently said American forces carried out several “defensive strikes” against Iranian military targets over the weekend, following the downing of a US More
American scientists have found in a new study that the oral drug daraxonrasib can nearly double the survival time of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer, a result being described as one of the most promising developments in the treatment of the disease. The findings, published in the prestigious medical journal the New England Journal of More
At least 46 people have been killed and more than 70 others injured following an explosion at an explosives depot in Myanmar, media reports said, the blast occurred on Sunday in the Kaung Tat area of Shan State, near the Chinese border. Local news outlet The Irrawaddy reported that the victims included six children. More More
Five people were killed and one injured after a mine collapsed in Yunnan province in southwestern China on Sunday, a media report said. The incident occurred at around 4:30am on Sunday in Huize County, Yunnan province, the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported. According to the report, six people were pulled from the debris, but only More
