TEHRAN, IRAN – Iranian authorities on Thursday said twin blasts in the country’s south killed 84 people the previous day, revising down an earlier toll from the explosions at a…
ICJ lays out parameters for public hearings on SA’s genocide case against Israel
CAPE TOWN – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has laid out the parameters for its public hearings on South Africa’s genocide case against Israel. The urgent application, in which…
What we know about the Japan plane collision
TOKYO – Five people on a coast guard plane died after it was hit by a Japan Airlines Airbus A350 coming in to land, but all 379 people on the…
Turkiye, Malaysia backs SA’s genocide case against Israel
CAPE TOWN – Turkiye is the latest country after Malaysia to give its support to South Africa’s genocide case against Israel, launched in the International Court of Justice in the…
Japan quake toll rises to 64 as weather hampers rescue efforts
ANAMIZU, JAPAN – Japanese rescuers struggled with heavy rain, blocked roads and aftershocks on Wednesday following a powerful earthquake that killed at least 64 people and left tens of thousands…
EU sanctions Russia’s largest diamond producer Alrosa
BRUSSELS – The European Union on Wednesday imposed sanctions on Russia’s state-run diamond giant Alrosa and its CEO as part of a ban on imports of the precious stones over…
Israel minister slams US for condemning call for mass exodus of Gazans
JERUSALEM – Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has hit back at ally the United States over its criticism of his push for the transfer of Gazans out of the…
Japan probes plane inferno after ‘miracle’ escape
TOKYO – Japanese investigators on Wednesday probed a near-catastrophic collision at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport of a coast guard plane and a passenger jet that killed five people, with almost 400…
Russia accidentally bombs own village near Ukraine
MOSCOW – Russia said it had accidentally bombed a village in its southern Voronezh region near Ukraine on Tuesday but stressed there were no casualties. The accident occurred the same…
Gaza fighting rages after Israel warns war will last all year
JERUSALEM – Israeli forces battled Hamas militants amid the ruins of the heavily-bombed Gaza Strip on Tuesday as the war raging for almost three months piled new miseries on Palestinians…