Tag: Strikes

Blast strikes north Syria town

  BEIRUT: A blast killed at least one person in a region of north Syria controlled by Turkey-backed Syrian rebel groups, a witness and a...

Flash flood strikes northern Athens suburb after squall

  ATHENS: A flash flood has struck a northern Athens suburb following a squall, with the Greek capital's fire department receiving 140 calls for assistance...

Powerful cyclone strikes Oman, Yemen; 5 dead, 30 missing

SALALAH: A cyclone more powerful than any previously recorded in southern Oman slammed into the Gulf country and neighboring Yemen on Saturday, deluging a...

EU calls Iranian strikes against Israel ‘extremely worrying’

BRUSSELS: The European Union called reports about Iranian strikes against Israeli army posts from inside Syria “extremely worrying” and said Israel had the right...

Syria’s Ghouta reels from strikes, clashes despite ceasefire call

Desperate civilians trapped in one of the most ferocious assaults of Syria's civil war awaited aid and medical help on Monday after regime airstrikes...

German industrial workers start 24-hour strikes over wages, working hours

FRANKFURT: Industrial workers in Germany started 24-hour strikes overnight, affecting companies including automotive supplier ZF Friedrichshafen and lighting company Zumtobel, amid a dispute over...

Turkish army launches new strikes on YPG militants in Afrin

AFRIN: The Turkish army said it launched new strikes on Saturday against the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) militia in northern Syria, amid mounting...

Tensions rise in new French prison guards strikes

CORSICA: French police fired tear gas to break up a picket line of striking prison guards at Europe's biggest jail on Friday, as a...

Drone strike kills two near Pak-Afghan border

PESHAWAR: At least two suspected militants, including a commander, were killed on Tuesday when a US drone targeted a house at Ghuaz Garhi, near to...

Saudi-led strike on Yemen TV station kills four

SANAA: A Saudi-led coalition air strike hit Yemen’s rebel-controlled state television station in Sanaa overnight, killing four guards, rebel media and the head guard said...

Saudi-led coalition carries out strikes on defence ministry in Yemen capital

SANAA: A Saudi-led coalition carried out air strikes on the defence ministry in Yemen's rebel-held capital Sanaa late Friday, witnesses and rebel media said,...

QAU students stage protest, boycott academic activities yet again

ISLAMABAD: The students of Islamabad’s Quaid-e-Azam University (QAU) on Monday once again staged a protest and boycotted academic activities. The students locked the admin department...

India, US should go for pre-emptive strikes, destroy Pak’s N-assets: Ex-US...

WASHINGTON: Suggesting that both India and the US conduct pre-emptive strikes inside Pakistan to destroy its nuclear sites, former US senator Larry Pressler says...

Nanny who beheaded Russian child says it was revenge for Putin’s...

A woman suspected of beheading a child in her care before brandishing the severed head outside a Moscow metro station has said she acted...

Govt puts off PIA’s ‘privatization’ for 6 months after strikers refuse...

Senator Mushahidullah says no official will be terminated, perks and privileges of employees will remain intact Says govt cannot be blackmailed, urges protesting employees to...

Suicide bomber strikes in Somalia

A suicide bomber attacked a popular restaurant in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, on Saturday, killing himself and at least three others, Somali police said. The...

Saudi-led coalition keeps up strikes on Yemen rebels

Saudi-led coalition warplanes launched new strikes in Yemen on Thursday despite a demand by rebels for a complete halt to the raids as a...