Tag: War and unrest
Israel: Rocket from Gaza is 2nd in 24 hours; no injuries
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The Israeli military says Palestinian militants fired a rocket from Gaza into the country’s south Friday, the second incident...
UN: 40 civilian casualties in central Yemen in March alone
CAIRO — The ongoing battle between Yemen's Houthi rebels and government forces in the central province of Marib has caused 40 civilian casualties in...
UN agrees to deploy cease-fire monitors in Libya
UNITED NATIONS — International monitors will watch over a nearly six-month-old cease-fire agreement in Libya, the U.N. Security Council decided in a vote announced...
Ambassador: UAE played part in India-Pakistan cease-fire
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The United Arab Emirates played a role in getting longtime Asian rivals India and Pakistan to agree to a...
Denmark charges 3 Iranian separatists with promoting terror
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Three members of an Iranian separatist group, the Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahwaz, were charged Thursday with financing...
Local media: Explosion rocks east Baghdad
BAGHDAD, Iraq — A powerful explosion rocked east Baghdad on Thursday, local media said, one day after a rare drone struck a northern Iraqi...
Ukraine seeks stronger Western backing amid Russian buildup
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine's top diplomat asked Thursday for stronger Western backing, saying “words of support aren't enough” amid escalating tensions in the country’s...
UN warns COVID-19 is `roaring back’ as Yemen faces famine
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. humanitarian chief warned Thursday that the world’s largest humanitarian crisis in Yemen is getting even worse with the COVID-19...
UN Security Council votes on monitors of Libya cease-fire
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council is voting on a draft resolution that urges all foreign forces and mercenaries to leave Libya and...
Israeli army: Rocket from Gaza hits south Israel
JERUSALEM — The Israeli military says a projectile fired from the Gaza Strip Thursday evening landed in south of the country, breaking weeks of...
