republicworld– Israel has launched a manhunt after six Palestinian prisoners tunnelled out of their cell and escaped from one of the country’s high-security facilities overnight. According to AP, the fugitives managed to escape the Gilboa prison, which holds Palestinians convicted or
bbc– An Islamic State (IS) group suspect from the UK has pleaded guilty in a US court to charges of conspiring to murder four American hostages. Alexanda Kotey is accused of belonging to an IS cell dubbed “The Beatles” involved in kidnappings in Iraq and Syria. Kotey and fellow “Beatle” El Shafee Elsheikh initially pleaded […]
republicworld– Turkey has pulled out all of its civilians and military from Afghanistan apart from a small number of technicians, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday. Erdogan criticised the the manner of the U.S. withdrawal, saying that the exit should have been done “more carefully”, and that withdrawing from countries “by handing them over
aljazeera– Palestinian groups in Gaza have pledged to continue protests along the border to pressure Israel to remove its blockade and to allow for the reconstruction of Gaza following the recent 11-day Israeli assault on the coastal enclave. The factions, led by Gaza’s rulers Hamas, held a news conference on Sunday afternoon in the east […]
independent– Dominic Raab has admitted the government was surprised by the “scale and pace” of the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, as the UK announced a further 200 troops would be sent to Kabul to assist with evacuation efforts. Following a third emergency Cobra meeting on the situation in the country, the foreign secretary also raised the prospect of sanctions and
aljazeera– The United States imposed sanctions on an Omani businessman and companies linked to him over allegations of involvement in an oil-smuggling network that supports Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC-QF). The measures, announced on Friday, come as talks to revive the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers have stalled with a new
republicworld– Israeli warplanes struck two targets in the Gaza Strip early Saturday, the Israeli military said, in response to incendiary balloons launched from Gaza into Israel. The Israeli military struck what it said was a Hamas military compound and a rocket launching site after four incendiary balloons were launched into Israel, setting fire to land […]
independent– It is “highly likely” that Iran killed a British citizen in a drone attack on an oil tanker off the coast of Oman, foreign secretary Dominic Raab has said as he promised a “concerted response”. The strike on the MV Mercer Street, on Thursday night, was the first known fatal attack after years of […]
aljazeera– A Palestinian boy wounded by Israeli army fire in the occupied West Bank has died from his injuries, the Palestinian health ministry has said. Mohammed al-Alami, 12, died in the town of Beit Omar, to the northwest of Hebron, after he was shot in the chest while travelling in a car with his father, […]
republicworld– Eight people remain missing after a boat carrying 45 migrants sank off southwest Turkey, the Turkish ministry said, adding that search and rescue efforts were ongoing. According to a press release, 37 people were rescued from the vessel, which sank some 259km southwest of the Turkish resort town of Kas late on Thursday. The […]