Israel says it has launched a fresh wave of air strikes on Iran, after hitting nuclear and military sites overnight. On Friday evening the Israeli Air Force said it was continuing “to attack missile launchers and infrastructure” in Iran. There are reports of explosions across the country. The BBC has verified at least one evening…
Black box found at Air India crash site as families wait for answers A black box has been found at the site of the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad, India’s civil aviation minister said on Friday. The flight data recorder was recovered within 28 hours by India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), Ram Mohan…
CAIRO: The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas said Iran, its strategic ally, was “paying the price” for supporting militant groups in Gaza in their decades-long struggle against Israel, after Israel launched large-scale attacks on Friday against Iran. Hamas leaders have repeatedly thanked Iran for its military and financial support to the group in its fight against…
PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday said Israel had the right to protect itself and called for “maximum restraint” from all parties following Israel’s wave of strikes on Iran. “France reaffirms Israel’s right to defend itself and ensure its security,“ Macron said in English on X. “To avoid jeopardising the stability of the entire…
WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he had given Iran a 60-day ultimatum on a nuclear deal before Israel’s strikes, but added Tehran now has a second chance. “Two months ago I gave Iran a 60-day ultimatum to ‘make a deal.’ They should have done it! Today is day 61. I told them…
NEW DELHI: Air India and the Indian government are looking at several aspects of the Boeing 787-8 crash in Ahmedabad, including issues with the jet’s engine thrust, its flaps, and why its landing gear remained open, a source with direct knowledge told Reuters on Friday. The government is also looking at whether Air India was…
ANKARA: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Friday condemned Israeli strikes on Iran, calling it a “clear provocation” and warning that the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was attempting to drag the region into disaster. “The attacks of Netanyahu and his massacre network, which are setting our entire region and the world on fire,…
DUBAI: Iran said several top commanders and six nuclear scientists were killed in Israeli strikes on Friday targeting Iran’s nuclear facilities, ballistic missile factories and military commanders to prevent Tehran from developing an atomic weapon. At least 20 senior Iranian commanders, including the head of the revolutionary guards, Aerospace Force Commander Amir Ali Hajizadeh, were…
BRUSSELS: The European Union is disbursing a further 1 billion euros ($1.15 billion) to Ukraine, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday. “Today we disburse a new €1 billion to Ukraine. Bringing our total support to almost 150 billion since Russia’s full-scale invasion,“ she said on social media platform X. ($1 =…
MTHATHA (South Africa): President Cyril Ramaphosa arrived Friday in South Africa’s flood-devastated Eastern Cape province, where a torrential storm killed at least 78 people, with the search for more bodies ongoing. Thousands of houses, roads, schools and health facilities were left caked in mud after being completely submerged in water from a winter storm that…
