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Dr Tedros said he was unhurt after the bombardment
WHO chief says he was at Yemen airport which Israeli strikes targeted
JERUSALEM — Israeli forces unleashed a series of strikes on the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, and the western city of Hodeidah on Thursday, killing at least six people and injuring dozens more, the Iran-backed Houthis said in a statement where it vowed to retaliate.The strike on Sanaa International Airport killed at least three people and injured 30 others, the Houthi-run al-Masirah television reported. World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he and a United Nations team were about to get on a plane when the airport came under bombardment.“As we were about to board our flight from Sanaa... the airport came under aerial bombardment. One of our plane’s crew members was injured,” Ghebreyesus said in a statement, adding that he and his team are safe.“The...
December 27, 2024

WHO chief says he was at Yemen airport which Israeli strikes targeted

An Israeli fighter jet releases flares as it flies over the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel
Israel strikes Sanaa airport and other Houthi targets across Yemen
TEL AVIV — The Israeli army said it launched airstrikes Thursday against Houthi targets in Yemen, including the capital Sanaa's airport, in response to the Iran-backed group's continued missile and drone attacks on Israel, which have escalated in recent weeks.The World Health Organisation's Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on social media platform X that he was at the airport at the time of the strike, noting that one of the UN plane's crew was wounded.In a statement, the IDF said Israeli jets attacked targets along the Middle Eastern country's western coast as well as further inland.Israel said it was targeting “infrastructure used by the Houthi terror regime for its military activities” at Sanaa International Airport, two major power plants and...
December 27, 2024

Israel strikes Sanaa airport and other Houthi targets across Yemen

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with his wife Sara attend an election campaign rally in Migdal Haemek, 23 October, 2022
Sara Netanyahu suspected of political harassment, Israel's AG orders probe
TEL AVIV — Israel's attorney general has ordered police to open an investigation into Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife on suspicion of harassing political opponents and a witness in the Israeli leader's corruption trial.Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara made the announcement on Thursday, saying the investigation would focus on the findings of a recent report by the Uvda investigation into Sara Netanyahu.The probe uncovered a trove of WhatsApp messages in which Mrs. Netanyahu appears to instruct a former aide to organize protests against political opponents and to intimidate Hadas Klein, a key witness in the trial.The announcement did not mention Mrs. Netanyahu by name, and the Justice Ministry declined to make any further comment.The Uvda report obtained...
December 27, 2024

Sara Netanyahu suspected of political harassment, Israel's AG orders probe

The vehicle, which had 'press' markings, was parked at a hospital when it was hit
Five Gaza journalists killed in Israeli strike
GAZA — A Palestinian TV channel says five of its journalists have been killed in an Israeli strike in the central Gaza Strip.They were in a Quds Today van parked outside al-Awda hospital, where the wife of one of the journalists was about to give birth, in the central Nuseirat refugee camp.The channel posted a video of what it said was the burning vehicle with "press" signage on the back doors.The Israeli Air Force said it had attacked "in a targeted manner and with intelligence guidance" a vehicle with members of armed group Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) inside. It added that measures had been taken to minimize civilian casualties.The BBC has not been able to verify the claims made by both sides.Quds Today is affiliated with the PIJ group that took part in the 7...
December 26, 2024

Five Gaza journalists killed in Israeli strike

Armed fighters of Syria's new rebel-led government
Syria says 14 security personnel killed in 'ambush' by Assad loyalists
DAMASCUS — Syria's new rebel-led authorities say 14 interior ministry personnel have been killed and 10 injured in an "ambush" by forces loyal to ousted President Bashar al-Assad in the west of the country.They say the fighting took place near the Mediterranean port of Tartous on Tuesday.Reports say the security forces were ambushed as they tried to arrest a former officer in connection to his role at the notorious Saydnaya prison, close to the capital Damascus.Just over two weeks ago, Assad's presidency fell to rebel forces led by the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) faction.The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said three militants were also killed in the clashes.The SOHR added that the security forces later brought in reinforcements.In a separate...
December 26, 2024

Syria says 14 security personnel killed in 'ambush' by Assad loyalists

The high-rise Isias hotel collapsed within moments of the quake
Owner and architect of Turkey quake collapse hotel jailed
ISTANBUL — A court in Turkey has sentenced the owner and architect of a hotel that collapsed in an earthquake in 2023, killing 72 people, to jail.The owner of the Isias Grand, Ahmet Bozkurt, and architect Erdem Yilmaz, were each given 18 years and five months, the official Anadolu news agency reported. Bozkurt's son, Mehmet Fatih, was sentenced to 17 years and four months, it said.The hotel, in the southeastern city of Adiyaman, hosted a school volleyball team from Turkish-controlled northern Cyprus and a group of tourist guides when the quake hit last February.The three men were convicted of "causing the death or injury of more than one person through conscious negligence", Anadolou said.Turkish Cypriot Prime Minister Unal Ustel said the sentences were too lenient and that...
December 25, 2024

Owner and architect of Turkey quake collapse hotel jailed

On Monday night, video captured masked gunmen setting a Christmas tree on fire
Protests erupt in Syria over Christmas tree burning
LONDON — Protests have broken out in Syria over the burning of a Christmas tree near the city of Hama.A video posted on social media showed masked gunmen setting fire to the tree on display in the main square of the Suqaylabiyah, a Christian-majority town in central Syria.The main rebel faction that led the uprising that toppled President Bashar al-Assad said the men responsible for the arson were foreign fighters and had been detained.Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets across the country, demanding the new Islamist rulers protect religious minorities.Two masked fighters appeared in a video on social media setting fire to the Christmas tree the night before Christians in Syria prepared to celebrate Christmas Eve.Footage of the aftermath showed a religious figure from the...
December 24, 2024

Protests erupt in Syria over Christmas tree burning

The cause of the blast in Balikesir is being investigated but sabotage has been ruled out
Twelve dead in Turkey ammunition factory blast
ANKARA — An explosion at an ammunition and explosives factory in north-west Turkey has killed at least 12 people and injured four others.The blast happened at 8:25 local time (5:25 GMT) in the capsule production section, the governor of the city of Balikesir, Ismail Ustaoglu, said.Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said the cause was not yet clear, but that authorities had ruled out sabotage.Videos from the scene showed a fireball erupt from the factory, destroying part of the building, followed by plumes of dark smoke.Further footage from the aftermath shows mangled parts of steel littering the surrounding area.The explosion caused tremors throughout the Köteyli township, witnesses told CNN Turk.Many fire crews were sent to deal with the blaze and health and security units were dispatched...
December 24, 2024

Twelve dead in Turkey ammunition factory blast

Ursa Major was placed under US sanction in 2022
Russian ship under US sanctions sinks after engine room blast
MOSCOW — A Russian cargo ship, Ursa Major, has sunk in the Mediterranean between Spain and Algeria after an explosion in the engine room, Russia's foreign ministry has confirmed.It said 14 members of the crew were rescued and taken to the Spanish port of Cartagena but two others were missing.Ursa Major left port in St Petersburg 12 days ago, according to Russian news agency Interfax.The ship's owner said it was on its way to Vladivostok in Russia's Far East carrying two cranes for the port weighing 380 tonnes apiece, although the destination could not be confirmed independently.Ursa Major was in the same area of the Med as another sanctioned Russian ship, Sparta, when it ran into trouble and the two ships had been spotted heading through the English Channel last week,...
December 24, 2024

Russian ship under US sanctions sinks after engine room blast

Ismail Haniyeh was Hamas's overall leader until the group confirmed his death in Iran in July
Israel confirms it killed Hamas leader Haniyeh in Tehran
TEL AVIV — Israel's defense minister has for the first time acknowledged that Israel killed Hamas's political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran in July.Israel Katz made the comments in a speech vowing to target the heads of the Iran-backed Houthi movement in Yemen, which has been firing missiles and drones at Israel.Haniyeh was killed in a building where he was staying in the Iranian capital in an attack widely attributed to Israel.Separately, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said some progress had been made towards agreeing a ceasefire in Gaza with Hamas, but he could not give a timeline for when a deal would be reached.It comes after a senior Palestinian official told the BBC that talks between Hamas and Israel were 90% complete, but key issues remained.In his speech,...
December 24, 2024

Israel confirms it killed Hamas leader Haniyeh in Tehran

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