MIDDLE EAST

Israel bombs Gaza militants in response to fire balloons

1:59 pm August 25, 2020

Jerusalem: Israel’s military said it bombed militant positions in the Gaza Strip early on Tuesday in response to incendiary balloons launched into southern Israel farmlands a day earlier. It was the second night in a row that Israel bombed the coastal territory. Tensions between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza have intensified in recent weeks. Tuesday’s strikes came as US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was visiting […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Turkey detains IS suspect planning ‘sensational’ attack

1:54 pm August 25, 2020

Ankara: Police in Istanbul have detained a suspected Islamic State group militant who was allegedly planning a “sensational” attack in the city, Turkey’s state-run news agency reported Tuesday. Anadolu Agency said the suspect, identified by the initials H.S., was detained in an operation at a hotel in the low-income Kucukcekmece district. Police seized an automatic rifle, spare magazines and bullets during the raid, […]

5 dead, 11 missing as flooding hits Turkey’s Black Sea coast

8:46 pm August 23, 2020

Ankara: Five people have died in floods caused by heavy rain along Turkey‘s Black Sea coastline, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday. A further 11 people were missing after flooding around the mountain town of Dereli in Giresun province. “As a state, we will quickly overcome the destruction and devastation here with God’s will,” Erdogan said at an event in Istanbul. […]

Internet disruption reported in southeast Iran amid unrest

Iran: UN nuclear chief’s visit to Tehran no link to US push

7:22 pm August 23, 2020

Tehran: Iran said Sunday that an upcoming visit this week by the head of the UN’s atomic watchdog agency to Tehran has nothing to do with a US push to impose so-called “snapback” sanctions on Iran. The Trump administration last week dismissed near-universal opposition to its demand to restore all UN sanctions on Iran, declaring that a 30-day countdown for […]

Iran summons Emirati envoy over killing of 2 fishermen

7:06 pm August 20, 2020

Tehran: Iran’s Foreign Ministry said Thursday it summoned the United Arab Emirates envoy after Emirati Coast Guard vessels shot at several Iranian fishing boats, killing two fishermen. The ministry said in a statement that Iran expressed its anger to the UAE’s charge d’affaires in Tehran on Tuesday, a day after the incident. On Monday, the UAE’s Coast Guard opened fire on some Iranian fishing boats, killing […]