Several districts of Kyiv and other regions across Ukraine were struck by an hours-long heavy Russian drone attack overnight, Ukraine said, with local AFP reporters saying new explosions had been heard in the afternoon. The attacks caused “damage and casualties”,
G7 defence ministers on Saturday expressed concern over “the risk of further escalation” in the Middle East as well as “threats” to the security of the UN peacekeeping force (UNIFIL) in southern Lebanon, where Israel has been accused of targeting
Britain’s foreign ministry said late Tuesday that it is sending 700 British troops to Cyprus as it prepares “contingency plans” for its citizens in Lebanon as Israel’s attacks on the country intensify. In a statement, it urged British nationals to
The Israeli military on Friday said its air strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut killed top Hezbollah commander Ibrahim Aqil and other senior commanders of the movement’s Radwan special forces. Hezbollah has not confirmed the killing. The massive strike
Israel has said it carried out a wave of pre-emptive strikes across southern Lebanon to thwart a large-scale rocket and drone attack by Hezbollah. The Israeli military said fighter jets destroyed thousands of the Iran-backed armed group’s rocket launchers on
An Israeli Air Force war plane. File photo The Israeli military says its warplanes are hitting Hezbollah targets in Lebanon after detecting moves to fire missiles and rockets into Israel. “In a self-defence act to remove these threats, the IDF
An employee of Luxor’s International Airport walks next to an EgyptAir plane in Luxor, Egypt April 9, 2021. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights LONDON/CHICAGO, Aug 7 (Reuters) – Britain and Egypt asked their airlines on Wednesday to avoid Iranian and
Beirut airport Sunday saw long queues of travellers looking to leave Lebanon after France, the US and the UK issued warnings to their citizens amid soaring regional tensions. Earlier, Hezbollah said it launched dozens of Katyusha rockets at Israel overnight while Yemen’s
Many commercial airlines have stopped running flights to and from Lebanon The US embassy in Beirut has urged its citizens to leave Lebanon on “any ticket available”, amid soaring tensions in the Middle East. The advisory follows a similar warning
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Friday that fighting between Israel and Hezbollah must not turn Lebanon into “another Gaza”, citing “bellicose rhetoric” and the exchange of fire in parallel with the fighting in the Gaza Strip, potentially triggering a wider