Friday, 18 September 2026, 04:56 am
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Gaza hospitals come under new Israeli attacks
Online Desk: Gaza officials said Israel launched air strikes on or near at least three hospitals on Friday, further endangering a health system swamped with thousands of casualties and peopleread more
India, Pakistan border guards trade fire along their frontier in Kashmir; one Indian soldier killed
Online Desk: Indian and Pakistani soldiers exchanged gunfire and shelling along their highly militarized frontier in disputed Kashmir, killing an Indian border guard, officials said Thursday. Authorities in the Indian-controlledread more
US confirms Huthis shot down American drone off Yemen
Online Desk: Yemen’s Huthi rebels shot down an American MQ-9 Reaper drone, a senior US defense official said Wednesday, confirming an earlier claim by the Iran-backed group. The Huthis —read more
5.2-magnitude quake hits Jordan-Syria region
Online Desk: A 5.2-magnitude earthquake jolted Jordan-Syria region at 0232 GMT on Thursday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, wasread more
Putin, Erdogan and Raisi make visits in Central Asia
Online Desk: Russian President Vladimir Putin visits Kazakhstan on Thursday, while Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi are expected in Uzbekistan, amid renewed diplomatic interestread more
Thwarted Thai PM candidate Pita vows to run again: AFP interview
Online Desk: Thwarted Thai election winner Pita Limjaroenrat vowed Thursday to run for prime minister again, defying conservative forces that blocked him from the job earlier in the year andread more
Tens of thousands flee as Israel tightens Gaza City ‘stranglehold’
Online Desk: Tens of thousands of Palestinians fled the fighting and bombardment in Gaza, as Israel said it was tightening the “stranglehold” around Hamas and again rejected a ceasefire withoutread more
Zelensky calls for Ukrainian unity after rift with top general
Online Desk: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on Ukrainians to remain united, days after a rift emerged between his office and the country’s commander-in-chief as the war with Russiaread more
NATO freezes a Cold War-era security pact after Russia pulls out
Online Desk: NATO member countries that signed a key Cold War-era security treaty froze their participation in the pact on Tuesday just hours after Russia pulled out, raising fresh questionsread more
