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Strike shutters Zimbabwe’s main university | World News

HARARE: More than 100 lecturers and teaching staff picketed at Zimbabwe’s main university Tuesday to back a five-week wage strike that has already forced the cancellation of exams.Lecturers at the University of Zimbabwe downed tools on April 16 to demand an increase in salary from $230 (US dollars) to $2,500 per month, the amount they […]

Watch: Massive crater at Israel’s main airport after Houthi missile strike

(Source: X) A massive crater was left just outside an airport in Israel after a ballistic missile, fired by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels, struck near the country’s busiest air hub, Ben Gurion International Airport, early Sunday.The impact site, located next to an access road near Terminal 3, carved out a crater reportedly 25 metres wide […]

Footage captures moment Yemen missile strikes near Israel’s main airport

A Houthi missile strike hit Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport on Saturday, injuring at least one person, according to reports. The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) confirmed its failure to intercept the ballistic missile, which was fired from Yemen. Despite several attempts to shoot it down, the missile landed near the airport, striking a grove adjacent to […]

A wildfire closes main highway linking Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and sends 12 people to the hospital

JERUSALEM – A wildfire shut the main highway linking Tel Aviv to Jerusalem on Wednesday, sending at least a dozen people to the hospital and turning skies over Jerusalem gray. Video footage showed vehicles stranded nearby as flames spread throughout the area, while another video showed the fire approaching a Catholic monastery. The fire was […]

‘I’m President who stands up for Main Street, not Wall Street’: Donald Trump amid tariff war

US President Donald Trump (Pic credit: AP) Amid mounting criticism over plunging markets and global economic unease, US President Donald Trump has defended his aggressive tariff policy, insisting he “stands up for Main Street, not Wall Street.” “I’m proud to be the President for the workers, not the outsourcers; the President who stands up for […]