Israel’s attack on Iran ‘restrained’, designed to show Tehran’s ‘vulnerabilities’: Experts

Israel’s attack on Iran ‘restrained’, designed to show Tehran’s ‘vulnerabilities’: Experts

ByFarhan Hameed Qaiser

Military experts say Israel’s overnight strikes on Iran represent a calculated and restrained response designed to demonstrate Israeli military capabilities while avoiding major escalation in an increasingly volatile Middle East. The precision strikes, which targeted missile manufacturing facilities and air defense systems across Iran, mark the first major foreign attack on Iranian soil since the Iran-Iraq war,…

Iran army says only radar systems damaged by Israeli strikes

Iran army says only radar systems damaged by Israeli strikes

ByFarhan Hameed Qaiser

Iran’s military said Saturday that only radar systems were damaged in pre-dawn Israeli strikes on Tehran and other provinces and said it was prioritizing a ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon. “Thanks to the timely performance of the country’s air defenses, the attacks caused limited damage and a few radar systems were damaged,” the armed forces general staff…

Putin seeks to challenge western powers as Russia hosts BRICS summit

Putin seeks to challenge western powers as Russia hosts BRICS summit

ByFarhan Hameed Qaiser

Two dozen world leaders are gathering in Russia on Tuesday for the opening of a summit of the BRICS group, an alliance of emerging economies that the Kremlin hopes will challenge Western “hegemony.” The summit is the biggest such meeting in Russia since it ordered troops into Ukraine and comes as Russian President Vladimir Putin…

Musk’s offer of $1 million to voters in US swing states draws questions about legality

Musk’s offer of $1 million to voters in US swing states draws questions about legality

ByFarhan Hameed Qaiser

Donald Trump surrogate Elon Musk’s offer of a million dollars to one registered voter in a swing state every day until the US Election Day on November 5 has raised questions about the legality of such a move. While Democratic candidate Kamala Harris’s campaign has not commented on the contest, Josh Shapiro, the Democratic Governor…

Russia’s drone attack kills child, two adults in Ukraine’s Sumy: Regional governor

Russia’s drone attack kills child, two adults in Ukraine’s Sumy: Regional governor

ByFarhan Hameed Qaiser

Russia’s overnight drone attack killed three civilians, including a child, in a residential area in eastern Ukraine’s Sumy region, regional governor said on Tuesday. “Three people, including a child, died as a result of a nighttime attack by enemy drones on residential buildings,” Ihor Kalchenko, the governor, said on the Telegram messaging app. Separately, a…

Blinken heads to the Middle East to kick start Gaza ceasefire talks

Blinken heads to the Middle East to kick start Gaza ceasefire talks

ByFarhan Hameed Qaiser

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken left for the Middle East Monday on a new push for an elusive Gaza ceasefire two weeks before US elections, seeing a new opportunity from Israel’s killing of Hamas’s leader. It will be the 11th trip to the Middle East by the top US diplomat since war broke out…

Pentagon chief ‘deeply concerned’ after Israeli attacks on Lebanese soldiers

Pentagon chief ‘deeply concerned’ after Israeli attacks on Lebanese soldiers

ByFarhan Hameed Qaiser

Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin is “deeply concerned” after Israeli strikes killed three Lebanese soldiers and more attacks were reported against UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, the Defense Department said on Monday. An Israeli attack on Monday killed three Lebanese Armed Forces soldiers in the southern part of the country. The Israeli army apologized, claiming that they thought…

Hezbollah finance chief killed in Syria: Israeli army

Hezbollah finance chief killed in Syria: Israeli army

ByFarhan Hameed Qaiser

The Israeli army said Monday that the latest commander responsible for funding the Lebanese Hezbollah group was “eliminated” in Syria. The man, whose name was not released, headed the Iran-backed Hezbollah’s Unit 4400 that is “responsible for the transfers and the amount of funds” to the group through Tehran’s oil sales, army spokesman Rear Admiral…

Israel targets southern Beirut shortly after evacuation warnings, leaving several dead

Israel targets southern Beirut shortly after evacuation warnings, leaving several dead

ByFarhan Hameed Qaiser

Lebanon’s health ministry said four people including a child had been killed on Monday evening in Israeli strikes near the country’s biggest public hospital close to the southern suburbs of Beirut. “The Israeli enemy strike near the Hariri Hospital killed, in a preliminary toll, four people, including a child, and injured 24,” the ministry said,…

Sirens sound in Israel after Hezbollah launches missile salvo from Lebanon

Sirens sound in Israel after Hezbollah launches missile salvo from Lebanon

ByFarhan Hameed Qaiser

Lebanon’s Hezbollah group said it launched early Tuesday rockets at a “naval base” near the northern Israeli city of Haifa, shortly after it said it targeted positions in Tel Aviv’s suburbs. A “salvo of rockets” targeted the “Stella Maris naval base northwest of Haifa”, the Iran-backed group said in a statement, shortly after saying it…

Lions maul zookeeper to death at Crimea safari park

Lions maul zookeeper to death at Crimea safari park

ByFarhan Hameed Qaiser

A group of lions mauled a zookeeper to death at one of Europe’s largest big-cat parks on Wednesday after a door inside their enclosure was left unlocked, investigators said. The mauling occurred at the Taigan safari park on the Russian-annexed Crimean peninsula, one of the largest breeding grounds for lions in Europe and home to…

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy to attend NATO defense ministers meeting on Thursday

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy to attend NATO defense ministers meeting on Thursday

ByFarhan Hameed Qaiser

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, due to visit Brussels on Thursday, will also attend a meeting of NATO defense ministers in the Belgian capital, the spokesperson for the defense alliance said. NATO’s new chief Mark Rutte “will welcome President Zelensky to NATO HQ on 17 October during the NATO Defense Ministerial,” Farah Dakhlallah said on X,…

China has jailed 15 people over building collapse that killed dozens

China has jailed 15 people over building collapse that killed dozens

ByFarhan Hameed Qaiser

China has jailed 15 people for their roles in a building collapse that killed dozens and sparked a public scandal over construction standards, state media said Thursday. In April 2022, a commercial building in the central city of Changsha caved in, leaving more than 50 people dead and nine wounded. Authorities later said the structure…

India slams ‘cavalier’ Canadian leader Trudeau in Sikh separatist murder row

India slams ‘cavalier’ Canadian leader Trudeau in Sikh separatist murder row

ByFarhan Hameed Qaiser

India slammed Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday as “cavalier” over his handling of the disastrous diplomatic fallout following the 2023 killing of a Sikh separatist in Canada. New Delhi held firm its defiant stance toward Ottawa — an approach in sharp contrast to its compliant attitude this week toward the United States, where…

Israel once again deliberately targets UN peacekeepers in Lebanon: UNIFIL

Israel once again deliberately targets UN peacekeepers in Lebanon: UNIFIL

ByFarhan Hameed Qaiser

Israel again attacked UN peacekeepers on Wednesday, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said. “This morning, peacekeepers at a position near Kafer Kela observed an IDF Merkava tank firing at their watchtower. Two cameras were destroyed, and the tower was damaged,” UNIFIL said in a statement. The Israeli military has now attacked UNIFIL troops a…