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‘Struck and destroyed’: Israel launches airstrikes on Yemen’s Houthis; India-bound vessel seized by rebel group in 2023 among targets hit

Galaxy Leader cargo ship was captured by the Houthis on November 19, 2023 (Image credit: Jerusalem Post) Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted successful airstrikes against ports and facilities held by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, a spokesperson of the Israeli military announced on Monday.The targets included a commercial vessel seized by the Houthis in November 2023, according […]

Israeli jets strike Houthi targets in Yemen; Iran-linked weapon sites bombed; seized ship, power plant hit

The Israeli military on early Monday confirmed carrying out airstrikes on several ports in Yemen, targeting sites linked to the Houthi group. The strikes hit the ports of Hodeidah, Ras Issa, Al-Salif, and the Ras Qantib power plant.In a post on social media platform X, the IDF wrote: “IAF jets, guided by intelligence, struck Houthi […]

Another hit piece on Kash Patel? FBI director accused of ‘fire-transfer-push to resign’ playbook

Kash Patel has been blamed in an NYT editorial for making Americans feel unsafe. In a stinging editorial piece, the New York Times criticized FBI director Kash Patel for making the agency an “instrument of Mr Trump’s political will”. It said that Patel’s main qualification is his unquestioning fealty to President Donald Trump and so […]

‘Half the size of a refrigerator door’: Trump says B-2 pilots had to hit small target from 50,000 ft; ‘They hit it every single time’

Trump said B-2 bomber pilots had the difficult task of hitting a target as small as half the size of a refrigerator door from 50,000 feet up in the air. Amid critics questioning the impact of US’s Operation Midnight Hammer on Iran’s nuclear sites, President Donald Trump praised the B-2 bombers and said he invited […]

Watch: Paris hit by deadly thunderstorms; floodwaters rise near Eiffel Tower

Visuals of Eiffel tower drenched in rain Severe thunderstorms and heavy rain have battered Paris since Wednesday, leading to flooding and damage across the city.Several videos have gone viral on social media showing Paris drenched in rain. One trending clip captured the iconic Eiffel Tower illuminated as floodwaters blocked nearby roads and people ran for […]

From student visas to mugshots: Indian nationals convicted in US for fraud; Model minority tag takes rare hit

They arrived with passports, promises, and WhatsApp forwards about green cards and Trader Joe’s frozen samosas. But for three Indian students, the journey from international classroom to American dream took a criminal detour. Kishan Rajeshkumar Patel, 20, was sentenced this week to over five years in prison for conspiracy to commit money laundering. His co-accused, […]

How the L.A. Port got hit by Trump’s Tariffs

New York Times reporter Ana Swanson reports from the Los Angeles Port, the largest port in the Western Hemisphere as well as the place that first saw the signs of Trump’s tariff war. The Port of Los Angeles is significant because of our trade relationship with China in particular, which is why The Trump administration’s […]

Karen Read ‘NOT GUILTY’ of murdering police officer boyfriend John O’Keefe, he was not hit by any car

After deliberating since June 13, the jury Wednesday pronounced the verdict in the Karen Read case and found her not guilty of second-degree murder in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend John O’Keefe but guilty of a lesser charge of drunken driving. Read’s lawyers have been claiming for long that she was framed […]

Nuclear sites hit, oil depot targeted: Israel-Iran trade heavy blows; key details

A day after the Khamenei-led Islamic Republic struck the IDF’s military base in Tel Aviv, Israel launched a major counteroffensive on Sunday, directly targeting Tehran’s defence and energy infrastructure in a sharp escalation of hostilities between the two arch-rivals.IDF also hit Iranian Shahran oil facility in its latest series of attacks.In response, Iran fired a […]

Operation Rising Lion: Before strike, Trump called for diplomacy; hours later, Israel hit Iran

Just hours before Israel launched a military strike on Iran, US President Donald Trump called for a peaceful resolution to tensions over Iran’s nuclear program. In a message posted late Thursday on his Truth Social account, Trump wrote, “We remain committed to a Diplomatic Resolution to the Iran Nuclear Issue! My entire Administration has been […]