Bahrain reports several aerial attacks
The General Command of the Bahrain Defence Force has announces that Iran attacks targeted civilians in the Kingdom.The General Command said that the Bahrain Defence Force’s air def…
Cargo ship missing after collision off Turkey coast
Istanbul: Turkish authorities said Wednesday that they had lost contact with a cargo ship and its 10 crew members after it collided with another vessel.The two ships hit each other…
16 dead in bus crash in Egypt’s Sinai
Cairo: A bus crash in Egypt’s eastern Sinai Peninsula on Wednesday killed 16 people and injured 28 others, the health ministry reported.Twenty ambulances rushed to the scene of the…
Iranian drone targets ‘residential complex’ in Kuwait
Kuwait City: Kuwait on Wednesday said an Iranian drone attack caused a fire in a residential complex in the capital but there were no casualties and it was brought under control.”A…
UNESCO expert urges turning floodwater into strategic groundwater reserves
Salalah: Rainfall and floodwater in arid regions should increasingly be treated as an opportunity to replenish strategic groundwater reserves rather than as short-lived surface…
Global temperature to exceed 1.5 Celsius ‘within a few years: UNEP
SINGAPORE: Global temperature rises are set to exceed the key threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) “within a few years”, the UN’s environmental body said on…
Hopes of finding survivors dim in Nepal
KATHMANDU: Hopes of finding more survivors among the thousands still missing in Nepal were fading, authorities said on Wednesday, a week after a glacier collapse in the Himalayas…
11 dead in US strikes on its territory: Iran
Tehran: Iran said Wednesday that US strikes on its territory killed 11 people, state media reported, after a fresh attack in the southwestern province of Khuzestan.”The Deputy Gove…
US aircraft carrier in Thailand after months at sea
Laem Chabang, Thailand: A US aircraft carrier at the centre of controversy over conditions on board arrived in Thailand on Wednesday for its first port call in nine months.The 5,00…
Iran strikes back against latest US attacks
Tehran: Iran struck US interests around the Middle East on Wednesday, vowing “severe” consequences for renewed American attacks on the Islamic republic.The latest fighting over the…