Last month’s attack, which prompted international alarm and was part of the US bombardment campaign against the Iran-backed Houthis, killed 68 people held at a centre for irregular migrants in Saada, the rebel authorities said at the time. Agnes Callamard, Amnesty’s secretary-general, said that “the US attacked a well-known detention facility where the Houthis have […]
The meeting of Russian and Ukrainian officials in Turkey on Friday failed to broker a temporary ceasefire. It was the first direct dialogue between the two sides since the early months of the war that Russia launched in February 2022. Commenting on the drone strike in the Sumy region, Zelenskiy said on X: “All the […]
More than 300 Gazans have been killed in Israeli strikes since Thursday, according to local health authorities, one of the deadliest phases of bombardment since a truce collapsed in March. The latest strikes came after U.S. President Donald Trump ended his Middle East tour on Friday with no apparent progress towards a new ceasefire. Since […]
Gaza civil defence media officer Ahmad Radwan told AFP that a total of 31 people were killed and dozens more wounded in Israeli strikes “on a school sheltering displaced persons” in the Bureij refugee camp in the centre of the Gaza Strip. The Israeli military, meanwhile, said in a statement that its forces had struck […]
Speaking to the media at the Pak-China Friendship Centre in Islamabad, Tarar praised the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) for its swift and powerful response following Indian missile strikes that targeted civilian areas in Punjab and Azad Jammu and Kashmir. He told reporters that the PAF had shot down five Indian fighter jets and a drone. […]
Speaking at a press conference in Lahore, Hafiz Naeem announced a nationwide strike to be observed tomorrow on April 26, to protest against Indian aggression and to express solidarity with the Palestinian people facing Israeli atrocities in Gaza. He stated that the traders of Pakistan would demonstrate their support for both Palestine and Kashmir. Hafiz […]
US President Donald Trump has said he is “not happy” with deadly Russian strikes on Kyiv and that President Vladimir Putin should “stop” – but has not said if further action might be taken against Russia. Overnight into Thursday, the attacks on the Ukrainian capital killed at least 12 people and injured 90 others. The […]
Ukrainian authorities issued an alert for a missile attack, and AFP journalists heard explosions across the capital. “Russia has launched a massive combined strike on Kyiv,” Ukraine’s state emergency service said on Telegram, updating the toll. “According to preliminary data, nine people were killed, 63 injured,” it said, adding that among the 42 people hospitalised, […]
“The enemy attack took nine lives” in the southeastern city of Marganets, Governor Sergiy Lysak wrote on Telegram. “The number of wounded is constantly growing,” he added, saying the figure currently stood at 30. Ukrainian authorities also reported fires in several regions overnight after Russian attacks. Strikes were also reported in the regions of Kyiv, […]
Al Masirah TV said the strikes, which the US military said aimed to cut off a source of fuel for the Houthi militant group, also wounded 102 people. The Pentagon did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the death toll given by the Houthis. “The objective of these strikes was to degrade […]
