Iran-backed militia Hezbollah launches missile barrage at Israel to avenge top commander, no death reports
Expectations of an escalation between the two sides had risen since a missile strike in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights last month killed 12 youngsters and the Israeli military assassinated Shukr in Beirut in response.
Facebook parent company, Meta, reveals of how Iranian hackers targeted Biden, Trump staff
In July, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines said Iran’s government gave covert support to American protests against Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza. Groups linked to Iran posed as online activists, encouraged campus protests and provided financial support to some protest groups, Haines said.
How Iranian hackers with deep expertise torment Trump, Republicans as Secret Service is caught pants down
In recent months, Trump campaign officials sent a message to employees warning them to be diligent about information security, according to one person familiar with the message. The message warned that cellphones were no more secure than other devices and represented an important point of vulnerability, said the person, who requested anonymity as he was not permitted to speak to the media.
Forced to evacuate every two days, Palestinians are being crammed into shrinking ‘humanitarian zone’ by Israel
Even Palestinians living in the humanitarian zone Israel declared at the start of the war have been forced to move. On July 22, the military ordered the evacuation of most of the eastern edge of the zone, saying that Hamas had launched rockets at Israel. Then on August 16, the military again shrank the zone, calling on Palestinians living in the center to flee.
After US top diplomat fails to secure Middle East Biden ceaseefire Biden calls Netanyahu over urgency for peace deal
The United States has ordered a guided missile submarine be deployed to the Middle East and ordered the Abraham Lincoln strike group to accelerate its deployment to the region to be on hand to bolster Israel’s defence.
Hamas, Islamic Jihad claim responsibility for bomb blast in Tel Aviv as Blinken arrives
Sunday’s explosion in Tel Aviv came about an hour after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Tel Aviv to push for a ceasefire in Gaza to end the 10-month-old war between Israel and Hamas.
Some 130 people are killed every day in Gaza since conflict broke out in October last year – UN
The severe shortage of clean water throughout Gaza since the war began has compounded families’ efforts to stave off disease and malnutrition, highlighting the importance of the reopened facility in the southern city and beyond to tens of thousands of people.
Palestinians move corpses, shielding them from path of war as Gaza death toll crosses 40,000
Israel began striking Gaza after Hamas-led militants stormed across the Israeli border on October 7, killing about 1,200 people and taking some 250 others hostage. Israel seeks Hamas’ destruction and claims it confines its attacks to militants. It blames Hamas for civilian deaths, saying the militants operate from residential neighbourhoods laced with tunnels.
As Iran plots revenge for death of Hamas leader, top officials in Tehran say only Gaza ceasefire can delay retaliation
In comments published on Tuesday, the US ambassador to Turkey confirmed Washington was asking allies to help convince Iran to de-escalate tensions. Three regional government sources described conversations with Tehran to avoid escalation ahead of the Gaza ceasefire talks, due to begin on Thursday in either Egypt or Qatar.
Taliban took my life: No respite for scientists and researchers during three years of Taliban rule in Afghanistan
More than 15 million people in Afghanistan needed emergency food or cash assistance in 2023, according to the World Food Programme. Women’s rights have deteriorated and girls are banned from education once they reach 12, albeit with some recent exceptions made for medicine. Female university staff are restricted from teaching.
