BBC: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has said it targeted an American air base in the region, after fresh US strikes on southern Iran overnight. Kuwait, which hosts a US base, said it had intercepted “hostile missile and drone threats”, but did not confirm the target. The Iranian missile launch came after the US […]
BBC: A man has been arrested after three people were injured in a stabbing attack at a train station in Switzerland, police said. They said the three victims – Swiss nationals aged 28, 43 and 52 – were hospitalised after the attack at Winterthur train station. The suspect, a 31-year-old Swiss man, used a bladed […]
BBC: Israel has hit the Lebanese capital, Beirut, for only the second time since the start of a ceasefire last month. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the attack at about 14:00 (11:00 GMT) was carried out in a “targeted manner”, but gave no details. Israeli media cited unnamed sources as saying the target of […]
(Reuters) SINGAPORE, May 28 – A conflict between the U.S. and China over Taiwan would risk a nuclear escalation with both militaries likely to stage sweeping operations targeting rival command and communications hubs, a leading defence research centre said on Thursday. In a strategic assessment ahead of Asia’s biggest annual defence meeting in Singapore this weekend, the […]
(Reuters) ISTANBUL, May 28 – Drone attacks were reported on three tankers in the Black Sea on Thursday near Turkey’s northern coast, shipping agency Tribeca said. The tanker James II, sailing under the Palau flag and in ballast, was some 50 miles (80 km) north of the Turkeli Area in the Black Sea when the […]
(Reuters) KEELUNG, Taiwan, May 28 – A new ferry service to serve booming tourism between Taiwan and Japan began on Thursday on a ship that could be pressed into service to evacuate people on southern Japanese islands in the event of a war in the region. The Yaima Maru is one of the ships that […]
BBC: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it has targeted an American air base in the region, after fresh US strikes on southern Iran. The IRGC did not say where the base was, but Kuwait, which hosts a US base, said it had intercepted “hostile missile and drone threats”, without specifying where they were […]
BBC: Waves of Israeli strikes have hit southern Lebanon, targeting Hezbollah infrastructure, according to the Israeli military. Social media videos from Tyre, one of Lebanon’s biggest cities, show dust-covered crowds of people gathered around collapsed buildings. On Wednesday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had urged residents to move north of the Zahrani River, about 40km […]
BBC: Sixteen students have been killed in a fire at a boarding school in Gilgil, about 120km (77 miles) west of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, a policeman told journalists at the scene. Seventy-four other students are being treated in hospital after being injured, he added. The fire at the Utumishi Girls school started in the […]
The US military has carried out new strikes on Iran, targeting a military site in Bandar Abbas, a strategic port city. US Central Command (Centcom) said its forces also shot down four Iranian one-way attack drones “that posed a threat around the Strait of Hormuz”. The site in Bandar Abbas was struck as it was […]
