LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif changed tack Friday and said he would seek to form a coalition government after his party trailed independent candidates backed by his imprisoned rival, Imran Khan, in parliamentary election results. Sharif told supporters he was sending his brother and former premier, Shehbaz Sharif, to meet…
The Indian Defense Ministry announced this week that it had begun a joint army exercise alongside Saudi Arabia named “Sada Tanseeq,” or “Forever in Coordination,” expected to run through February 10. The event is the first of its kind uniting the armies of Saudi Arabia and India. India is hosting the exercises in the northern…
Indian naval forces have rescued two hijacked vessels off Somalia’s coast as fears grow over a possible resurgence in piracy in the area. The rescues by the warship INS Sumitra came within 36 hours of each other. Just days earlier, Seychelles defence forces reported freeing a group of fishermen from pirates. The waters off the…
JERUSALEM/GENEVA, Jan 29 (Reuters) – An Israeli intelligence dossier that prompted a cascade of countries to halt funds for a U.N. Palestinian aid agency includes allegations that some staff took part in abductions and killings during the Oct. 7 raid that sparked the Gaza war. The six-page dossier, seen by Reuters, alleges that some 190…
GENEVA, Jan 26 (Reuters) – The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said on Friday it had opened an investigation into several employees suspected of involvement in the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel by Hamas and that it had severed ties with those staff members. “The Israeli authorities have provided UNRWA with information about…
ISLAMABAD, Jan 18 (Reuters) – Pakistan launched strikes on separatist militants inside Iran on Thursday, in a retaliatory attack two days after Tehran said it struck the bases of another group within Pakistani territory. Iranian media said several missiles hit a village in the Sistan-Baluchestan province that borders Pakistan, killing at least nine people, including…
Jan. 16 (UPI) — The United States launched a third round of airstrikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen on Tuesday, following a missile strike on a U.S. bulk carrier in the Gulf of Aden. The U.S. airstrikes targeted Houthi military sites, including a missile site. The site housed ballistic missiles that U.S. officials said posed a threat to…
DUBAI/BAGHDAD, Jan 16 (Reuters) – An Iranian missile strike on targets in northern Iraq set off an unusual dispute between the neighbouring allies on Tuesday, with Baghdad recalling its ambassador in protest and Tehran insisting the attack was intended to deter threats from Israeli spies. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards hit what they called an Israeli espionage centre in…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and British militaries bombed more than a dozen sites used by the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen on Thursday, in a massive retaliatory strike using warship- and submarine-launched Tomahawk missiles and fighter jets, U.S. officials said. The U.S. Air Force’s Mideast command said it struck over 60 targets at 16 sites…
Jan. 9 (UPI) — Iran-backed Houthi rebels on Tuesday launched what the U.S. military described as “a complex attack” involving missiles and drones in the Red Sea, further raising already high tensions in the Middle East. The attack occurred at about 9:15 a.m. local time, with Iran-designed one-way attack drones and anti-ship cruise and ballistic…