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n what may be the worst incident along the Gaza border since Operation Protective Edge in 2014, four Israeli soldiers were wounded after an explosive device was detonated against their military jeep while on patrol along the Gaza border fence Saturday afternoon.  An Israeli military jeep drives near Israel’s border with the Gaza Strip December […]

The aircraft was carrying officials en route to inspect damage from yesterday’s earthquake The scene of last night’s helicopter crash An official visit to the epicenter of yesterday’s earthquake in Oaxaca turned to tragedy last night when an armed forces helicopter crashed, killing 14 people. The Black Hawk aircraft was carrying federal Interior Secretary Alfonso […]

British Prime Minister Theresa May on Saturday pleaded for an urgent deal with the European Union on post-Brexit security cooperation, warning that citizens’ lives were at stake. British PM Theresa May gives a speech during the Munich Security Conference on Saturday. Photo: Thomas Kienzle/AFP In a speech at the Munich Security Conference, she acknowledged that […]

US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump visited a Florida hospital Friday to offer their respects to the victims of a mass shooting that claimed 17 lives at a nearby high school. Trump’s visit to the hospital h The first couple visited Broward Health North Hospital, where a white house official said they […]

LAHORE: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) handed down on Saturday death sentence on four counts to culprit Imran Ali in the rape and murder case of minor Zainab. The verdict was announced by ATC judge Sajjad Ahmed. The prosecution counsel said that his team has brought the culprit to justice. PHOTO: REUTERS He has been sentenced on […]

Russia’s tech giant Yandex has conducted a successful test of its self-driving car through the harsh and snowy streets of Moscow. Yandex.Taxi, an on-demand transportation service similar to Uber, first unveiled the driverless prototype in the summer of 2017. It tested the car’s maneuverability in snow conditions on a closed course in November.  The road-test video demonstration shows the driverless […]

ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn submitted a letter of resignation to relinquish power as FDRE Prime Minister. In his brief and televised speech yesterday, Premier Hailemariam said he is awaiting Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front and Parliament’s approvals to resign as FDRE Prime Minister and the Front’s Chairperson adding that he continues […]

The U.S. will work on the promises it gave to Turkey on northern Syria’s Manbij, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in his visit to Ankara in an attempt to soothe the highest tension between the two NATO allies in decades. AA Photo Speaking at a press conference with his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu […]

Qatar Charity-funded drinking water project in Somalia. DOHA: Qatar Charity has drilled and rehabilitated 316 artesian and surface wells last year to provide safe drinking water to as many as 350,000 people in Somalia, which made 2017 the most abundant year yet in the field of water and sanitation. Qatar Charity implemented these projects in […]

Sweden and Kuwait on Thursday presented a revised draft UN Security Council resolution calling for a 30-day ceasefire in Syria that diplomats said could win backing from Russia. The draft calls for a 30-day ceasefire in Syria. ( (File photo: AFP) The new text, obtained by AFP, specifies that the 30-day humanitarian truce would not apply […]