Posts Tagged ‘global-impact events’
Strikes hit world’s largest natural gas field in Iran, and Tehran retaliates with more attacks
Iran broadened its strikes on major energy facilities in the Middle East, eliciting strong warnings Thursday from Gulf Arab states that called it a dangerous escalation that threatened to draw them into direct combat with Tehran. The strikes come after Israel killed Iran’s intelligence minister and reportedly attacked the world’s largest natural gas field in…
Read MoreUK police charge 2 men with spying on the Jewish community for Iran
British police have charged two men with spying on the U.K.’s Jewish community on behalf of Iran. Iranian-British national Nematollah Shahsavani, 40, and 22-year-old Iranian citizen Alireza Farasati have been charged with engaging in conduct likely to assist a foreign intelligence service. Prosecutors said the country the charges relate to is Iran. Frank Ferguson, head…
Read MoreTop US intelligence officials set to testify about Iran war and threats confronting the homeland
Top Trump administration national security officials facing back-to-back congressional hearings starting Wednesday are expected to be pressed on the war in Iran, including a deadly strike on a school, as well as the FBI’s capacity to prevent terror attacks inside the United States. The annual worldwide threats hearings involving the government’s senior-most intelligence officials are…
Read MoreFear and defiance in southern Lebanon city as Israel-Hezbollah war intensifies
An uneasy quiet has fallen on the streets of the usually bustling southern Lebanese coastal city of Tyre. Israel has told civilians in the city – the fifth-largest in Lebanon and one of the oldest in the world – to leave their homes as its war with the Iran-backed Shia Muslim group Hezbollah intensifies. The…
Read MoreAfghan govt says ‘around 400’ killed in Pakistani strike on Kabul rehab clinic
Hundreds more were said to have been wounded at the facility, which was hit on Monday night, flattening buildings used to treat people from across the country for addictions to marijuana, amphetamines and other narcotics. There was no immediate independent verification of the toll but AFP reporters saw at least 30 bodies taken from the…
Read MoreIsrael says Iran’s security chief Ali Larijani killed in overnight attack
The Israeli minister of defense said Tuesday that the head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Ali Larijani, was killed in an overnight attack on Tehran. “Larijani and the Basij commander were eliminated last night and have joined Khamenei, the head of the annihilation program, along with all those eliminated from the axis of evil…
Read MoreDrone attack disrupts Dubai flights as Iran continues Gulf attacks
The United Arab Emirates has announced the diversion of some flights from Dubai International Airport, one of the world’s busiest, after a drone attack sparked a fire near the facility as Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia also have reported intercepting drones and missiles. The Dubai Media Office said civil defence teams on Monday “successfully…
Read MoreSpain temporarily relocates special forces from Iraq over security fears
Spain has temporarily relocated its special forces from Iraq citing deteriorating security and the inability to carry out operations safely, the Spanish Ministry of Defence announced on Sunday. The Special Operations Task Group was moved to secure locations after the security situation made it impossible to continue its training missions with Iraqi forces, the ministry…
Read MoreMan who rammed his vehicle into Michigan synagogue was naturalized citizen from Lebanon, DHS says
The armed man who rammed his vehicle into one of the nation’s largest Reform synagogues Thursday has been identified as a 41-year-old naturalized citizen born in Lebanon, according to federal officials. Ayman Mohamad Ghazali was fatally shot by security officers after driving through a hallway at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township near Detroit, Michigan,…
Read MoreAfghanistan accuses Pakistan of targeting homes in airstrikes that kill at least 4 civilians
Afghanistan’s Taliban government early Friday accused Pakistan’s military of targeting homes in overnight airstrikes in Kabul and the southern province of Kandahar, saying at least four civilians were killed as fighting between the neighbors entered its third week. Government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on X that Pakistan’s aircraft also struck fuel depots belonging to the…
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