September 13, 2024

Lebanon: Several casualties by an occupying forces airstrike

An airstrike by the occupying Israeli forces on Friday targeted a town in the Western Beqaa region, Southeast Lebanon, killing one person and injuring seven others, according to a report from the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health.

The report said t…

47 Palestinians martyred in renewed Israeli occupation atrocities

At least 47 Palestinians fell martyred on Friday in renewed aggressions by Israeli occupation aircraft on separate areas in the Gaza Strip as part of the 344-day genocidal war on the enclave.

Palestinian medical teams transferred the dead bodies of …

Japan scrambles fighters as Russian patrol aircraft circles

Japan scrambled fighters after two Tu-142 Russian maritime patrol aircraft flew along Japan’s coast, Japan’s Defense Ministry said Friday.

From Thursday morning to afternoon, the Russian aircraft flew from the waters off Oki Island in Shimane Prefec…

UN humanitarian fund announces USD 24 mln in aid to S. Lebanon

UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Lebanon Imran Riza has allocated a USD 24 million emergency aid package from Lebanon Humanitarian Fund (LHF) to support the country’s most vulnerable populations and those impacted by ongoing hostilities in south Leban…

China MPs vote to raise retirement age

Chinese lawmakers on Friday voted to adopt a decision on gradually raising the statutory retirement age in the country, marking the first adjustment in the arrangement since 1950s.

Under the decision adopted at the 11th session of the Standing Commi…

UN chief denounces Israeli airstrikes on UNRWA-run school in Gaza

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned the death of at least 18 people, including children, women and six United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) staff, in Israeli airstrikes that hit a school s…