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Iran denies involvement in alleged terror plot against Israel's UK embassy
TEHRAN — Iran has denied any involvement in an alleged terror plot against Israel's embassy in London, following the arrest of five Iranian nationals on Saturday.Four of the men who were arrested in counter-terrorism raids across England over the weekend are still being questioned by police, who say they were detained in connection with a suspected plan to attack a "specific premises".The Metropolitan Police said it could not give more details amid a "fast-moving" investigation.However, British media reports suggest that the intended target was Israel's embassy in central London.Reacting to the allegations, Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said Iran was in no way involved in the alleged plot."Iran in no uncertain terms categorically...
May 08, 2025

Iran denies involvement in alleged terror plot against Israel's UK embassy

The latest mishap involving an expensive Super Hornet is under investigation
Second US fighter jet falls overboard from US aircraft carrier
WASHINGTON — For the second time in just eight days, a US fighter jet has been lost to the Red Sea after falling from the USS Harry S Truman aircraft carrier, US officials say.An F/A-18F Super Hornet was attempting to land on the Truman's flight deck on Tuesday when a manoeuvre failed, "causing the aircraft to go overboard", an official told the BBC's US partner CBS News.The two crew members inside the aircraft ejected, and sustained minor injuries in the incident. The jets are reportedly worth around $67m (£50m) each."Both aviators safely ejected and were rescued by a helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 11," the official told CBS.It comes after another Super Hornet went overboard into the same sea last Monday in a separate incident.It...
May 08, 2025

Second US fighter jet falls overboard from US aircraft carrier

Palestinians collect belongings from a school used as a shelter by displaced residents that was hit twice by Israeli army strikes in Bureij, 7 May, 2025
At least 59 people killed in strikes across Gaza as Israel prepares to ramp up offensive
GAZA — Israeli strikes across Gaza have killed at least 59 people, including women and children, hospital officials have said as Israel prepares to ramp up its campaign against Hamas militants.The strikes included an attack on Tuesday night on a school sheltering hundreds of displaced Palestinians, which killed 27 people, officials from the Al-Aqsa Hospital said, including nine women and three children.It was the fifth time since the war began that the school in central Gaza has been struck.An early morning strike on another school turned shelter in Gaza City killed 16 people, according to officials at Al-Ahli Hospital, while strikes on targets in other areas killed at least 16 others.A large column of smoke rose and fires pierced the skies above the school shelter in Bureij, a built-up...
May 07, 2025

At least 59 people killed in strikes across Gaza as Israel prepares to ramp up offensive

Syria's interim President Ahmad al-Shara at a press conference in Ankara, 4 February, 2025
Syria's interim leader Ahmad al-Sharaa visits Paris in first official trip to Europe
PARIS — Syria's interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa will visit Paris on Wednesday for talks with President Emmanuel Macron, his first trip to Europe since taking office in January and a possible opening to broader ties with Western countries.Al-Sharaa took power after his Islamist group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), led a lightning offensive that toppled long-time former President Bashar al-Assad in December.Al-Assad, a member of Syria’s Alawite minority, ruled for more than two decades and fled to Russia after he was toppled.The Élysée Palace said Macron will restate France's support for "a free, stable, sovereign Syria that respects all components of its society," while emphasizing the importance of regional stability and the fight against terrorism.The visit comes...
May 07, 2025

Syria's interim leader Ahmad al-Sharaa visits Paris in first official trip to Europe

Smoke rises over the city of Sanaa, on 6 May, following an Israeli air strike
Israel attacks main airport in Yemen's capital Sanaa
TEL AVIV — The Israeli military has said it "fully disabled" Yemen's main airport in the capital Sanaa, which is controlled by the Houthis. Tuesday's strikes targeted three civilian planes, the departures hall, the runway and a military air base, airport sources told Reuters. An official told AFP that the airport had been "completely destroyed". The Houthis said at least three people had been killed and vowed to respond. It comes two days after the Iran-backed Houthis fired a missile that landed near Israel's main airport, forcing it to close briefly. Israel began responding on Monday by striking the Yemeni port city of Hudaydah, then targeted Sanaa airport the next day. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that anyone targeting Israel...
May 07, 2025

Israel attacks main airport in Yemen's capital Sanaa

People search for survivors in the aftermath of an Israeli strike on a school compound in central Gaza on May 6, 2025
Israeli airstrike on central Gaza school compound housing displaced people kills 22
GAZA — At least 22 people, including seven children, were killed Tuesday in an Israeli strike on a school compound sheltering thousands of displaced people in the Al Bureij camp in central Gaza, hospital officials said.Dozens more were injured in the strike, they said.At the site of the attack, video from the scene showed a large crater where people searched through the rubble of the school for survivors, the remnants of tents and belongings littering the ground.Safaa Al Khaldi, who was sheltering at the school, said that her son was injured in the strike.“Our children are starving, our children cannot find a piece of bread,” she said, referring to Israel’s complete blockade of Gaza, now in its third month. “What did we do wrong?”The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it struck...
May 07, 2025

Israeli airstrike on central Gaza school compound housing displaced people kills 22

A Yemeni gunman walks past paintings depicting rockets and scenes in solidarity with Gaza, displayed on a roadside fence in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, May 5, 2025
Israel launches strikes on Yemen a day after Houthi strike near Tel Aviv airport
SANAA — At least one person was killed and 35 more wounded after a wave of Israeli airstrikes hit Yemen's Red Sea province of Hodeida, according to the area's Houthi-run health ministry.The strikes came a day after the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen launched a missile that hit Israel’s main airport.On Sunday, the Houthis — who claim they are targeting Israel in support of Palestinians — launched a missile from Yemen that struck an access road near Israel's main airport, Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion, injuring four people.This is the first time a Houthi missile has come anywhere near Tel Aviv's urban area since the start of the Israel-Hamas war on 7 October 2023. The rockets from Yemen have mostly been intercepted, although some have penetrated Israel’s missile...
May 06, 2025

Israel launches strikes on Yemen a day after Houthi strike near Tel Aviv airport

Israeli officials say the offensive will involve displacing the majority of Gaza's 2.1 million population
Hamas says 'no point' to talks as Israel plans expanded Gaza offensive
GAZA — A senior Hamas official has said there is "no point" in further talks on a new Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal after Israel said it would expand its ground offensive and occupy Gaza indefinitely.Bassem Naim told the BBC the Palestinian armed group would not engage with new proposals while Israel continued what he called its "starvation war".Israel says its objective is the return of hostages still held by Hamas and its "dismantling and decisive defeat".Israeli officials said on Monday that the plans involved displacing the majority of Gaza's 2.1 million population, seizing all of the territory, and taking control of humanitarian aid after a two-month blockade.They also said the offensive would not begin until after US President Donald...
May 06, 2025

Hamas says 'no point' to talks as Israel plans expanded Gaza offensive

Palestinians struggle to get donated food at a community kitchen in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip on Monday
Israel vows to escalate war with new plan to ‘conquer’ Gaza
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the population of Gaza will be displaced to the south after his security cabinet approved an expanded military operation in the enclave that a minister described as a plan to “conquer” the territory.The vote on Sunday came hours after the military said it would mobilize tens of thousands of reservists, strengthening its capacity to operate in the besieged Palestinian territory.“One thing will be clear: there will be no in-and-out,” Netanyahu said in a Monday video message posted on X. “We’ll call up reserves to come, hold territory — we’re not going to enter and then exit the area, only to carry out raids afterward. That’s not the plan. The intention is the opposite.”“There will be a movement of the...
May 06, 2025

Israel vows to escalate war with new plan to ‘conquer’ Gaza

An Israeli army tank maneuvers in the Gaza Strip is seen from southern Israel on May 4
Israel approves Gaza ‘conquest’ plan
JERUSALEM — Israel’s security cabinet voted Sunday to expand military operations in Gaza and approve a new framework for aid delivery, according to two Israeli officials, one of whom described the plan as involving the “conquest” of enclave.The vote came hours after the military said it would mobilize tens of thousands of reservists, strengthening its capacity to operate in the besieged Palestinian territory.One of the Israeli officials said the new plan for Israel’s war in Gaza involves “the conquest of territory and remaining there.” The Israeli military will displace the Palestinian population to southern Gaza while carrying out “powerful strikes” against Hamas, the official said.Over 2,400 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since mid-March when Israel launched a...
May 05, 2025

Israel approves Gaza ‘conquest’ plan

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