Stocks tumble as Israel’s strike on Iran roils investors
- 13-Jun-2025
TOKYO: Stocks dived in Asian trade on Friday, led by a selloff in Wall Street futures after Israel conducted a military strike on Iran, sending investors scurrying to safe havens such as gold and the Swiss franc. The escalation in hostilities in the Middle East – a major oil producing region – adds a fresh […]
Hamas ministry says Israel strike kills three policemen in Gaza
- 16-Feb-2025
GAZA CITY: Hamas said an Israeli strike on Sunday killed three police officers near the southern Gaza city of Rafah, a day after Israel and militants carried out a hostage-prisoner swap. The Hamas-run interior ministry initially reported that two officers were killed and a third was critically wounded in a strike while they were deployed […]
Israeli strike on Lebanese municipal building kills 16, including mayor
- 17-Oct-2024
The mayor of a major town in south Lebanon was among 16 people killed when an Israeli airstrike destroyed its municipal headquarters in the biggest attack on an official Lebanese state building since the Israeli air campaign began. Lebanese officials denounced the incident, which also wounded more than 50 people in Nabatieh, a provincial capital, […]
Global protests erupt after Israeli strike kills hundreds at Gaza hospital
- 18-Oct-2023
Protests have erupted in several countries hours after an air strike hit a Gaza City hospital, killing at least 500 people, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. For tens of thousands of families in Gaza, hospitals became a refuge from seemingly endless Israeli shelling. Then came the strike Tuesday night on Ahli Arab Hospital in […]