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Jerusalem: The Israeli military said Thursday that it killed a senior Hamas leader in an airstrike in the Gaza Strip around three months ago. It said that a strike on an underground compound in northern Gaza killed Rawhi Mushtaha and two other Hamas commanders, Sameh...

Beirut: Israel launched an airstrike early Thursday morning targeting the Health Authority Center affiliated with Hezbollah in the al-Bachoura area, central Beirut, causing a massive fire, local media reported. TV footage showed heavy black smoke rising from the building. The airstrike also led to significant...

Damascus: Two Lebanese nationals, including Hassan Jafar Qasir, the son-in-law of late Hezbollah leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on a residence in the Mazzeh Western Villas neighborhood of Damascus, a war monitor reported. The Israeli strike, which Wednesday hit...

Islamabad: Controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik Wednesday called on Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who praised his lectures and said they are "insightful and impactful". Naik, wanted in India for alleged money laundering and inciting extremism through hate speeches, left the country in 2016. He...

Kyiv: The fall of a front-line town nestled atop a tactically significant hill is unlikely to change the course of Ukraine's war against Russia. But the loss underscores Kyiv's worsening position, in part the result of firm Western red lines, military officials and analysts said....

Joint Base Andrews: President Joe Biden says he will not support an Israeli attack on sites related to Tehran's nuclear programme. “The answer is no,” Biden said Wednesday, when asked if he would support such retaliation after Iran fired about 180 missiles at Israel Tuesday....

Deir al-Balah: Israel's ground incursion into Lebanon to battle Hezbollah militants left eight Israeli soldiers dead Wednesday, while the region braced for further escalation as Israel vowed to retaliate for Iran's ballistic missile attack a day earlier. The Israeli military said seven soldiers were killed...

Tel Aviv: Israel Wednesday declared UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres persona non grata and banned him from entering the country for his failure to "unequivocally condemn" Iran's missile attack. "Today, I have declared UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres persona non grata in Israel and banned him...

Kathmandu: Nepal, Bangladesh and India will ink a long-awaited tripartite agreement Thursday to export electricity to Bangladesh, an official said Wednesday. The agreement will involve the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Limited of India and the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB), according...

Deir Al-Balah: The Israeli military has announced its first combat death since launching ground operations in Lebanon this week. The military said Wednesday that a 22-year-old in a commando brigade was killed in combat in Lebanon. Israeli ground troops have carried out incursions into Lebanon...