Deluges in Guizhou — classified as a southwestern province by the Chinese government — have prompted authorities to activate the highest-level emergency flood response, evacuating around 80,900 people by Tuesday. On Thursday, state broadcaster CCTV said “exceptionally large floods” had swept through Guizhou’s Rongjiang county since Tuesday. “As of 11 am on Thursday, six people […]
His comments followed reports by Reuters and other media outlets on Tuesday revealing that the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency had assessed that the strikes had set back Iran’s nuclear program by just a few months, despite Trump and administration officials saying it had been obliterated. “The intelligence was … very inconclusive,” Trump told reporters at […]
The two-day SCO defence ministers’ summit has begun in Qingdao, located in China’s eastern Shandong Province. Beijing has long sought to present the 10-member Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) as a counterweight to Western-led power blocs and has pushed to strengthen collaboration between its member countries in politics, security, trade and science. The Qingdao meeting of […]
The resolution, introduced by Representative Al Green of Texas, accused Trump of abuse of power for ordering the strikes without seeking authorization from Congress. However, the House voted 344–79 to table the motion, effectively shelving it. The effort received limited debate and divided Democrats, with most joining Republicans to block the measure. Still, dozens of […]
Iran’s state news agency, IRNA, said that a national funeral will take place on Saturday morning in Tehran for top military commanders and scientists who were killed in attacks by Israel. The ceremony will start at 8:00 am local time (0430 GMT). IRNA also said that Hossein Salami, the chief of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, will […]
China is enduring a summer of extreme weather, with heat waves scorching wide swaths of the country while rainstorms pummel other regions. Around 80,900 people had been evacuated by Tuesday afternoon in the southwestern province of Guizhou, state news agency Xinhua reported. In Rongjiang county a football field was “submerged under three meters of water”, […]
Speaking at his election night gathering, Cuomo said, “Tonight was not our night, but it was Assemblyman Mamdani’s night. He put together a great campaign and inspired young people to come out and vote.” Zohran Mamdani, a Ugandan-born Indian-American and the son of filmmaker Mira Nair and scholar Mahmood Mamdani, is the first South Asian […]
The equipment they smuggled was used in the assassination of one unnamed personality, Mizan reported without giving further details. Entangled in a decades-long shadow war with Israel before the recent open conflict, Iran has put to death many individuals convicted of having links with the Mossad and facilitating the latter’s operations in the country. These […]
The army said on its website that five soldiers and one platoon commander from the same group died while fighting in southern Gaza. It also said that one more soldier was killed, but his name was not shared because his family didn’t give permission. So far, more than 430 Israeli soldiers have died in the […]
The purchase of the Lockheed Martin jets would allow Britain’s air force to carry nuclear weapons for the first time since the end of the Cold War, Downing Street said. “In an era of radical uncertainty, we can no longer take peace for granted, which is why my government is investing in our national security,” […]
