[ad_1] CNN — Australian police said Monday that the attacker who fatally stabbed six people at a busy shopping mall in Sydney’s beach suburb of Bondi may have been targeting women, as heartbreaking details emerged of those who lost their lives, plunging a nation into mourning. Five women were among the six people killed by … Read more
[ad_1] World leaders are urging Israel not to retaliate after Iran launched an attack involving hundreds of drones, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles. British Foreign Secretary David Cameron told the BBC on Monday the U.K. does not support a retaliatory strike, while French President Emmanuel Macron said Paris will try to “convince Israel that we … Read more
[ad_1] The Biden administration on Sunday congratulated Israel — along with itself and allies — on their “spectacular” success in fending off an unprecedented barrage of more than 300 Iranian missiles and armed drones, even as it made clear its desire for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition government to declare victory and refrain from striking … Read more
[ad_1] Autumn in Sydney is the best time of the year, so it’s no surprise Ashlee Good was having an idyllic Saturday. Walking in the sunshine with baby daughter Harriet in her arms, she realised she was wearing the exact same outfit she’d worn nine months earlier when she was still heavily pregnant. She snapped … Read more
[ad_1] Iran has retaliated directly against Israel for the killings of its senior generals in Damascus, Syria, with an onslaught of more than 300 drones and missiles aimed at restoring its credibility and deterrence, officials and analysts say. That represents a moment of great risk, with key questions still to answer, they say. Has Iran’s … Read more
[ad_1] Saratu Dauda had been kidnapped. It was 2014, she was 16, and she was in a truck packed with her classmates heading into the bush in northeastern Nigeria, a member of the terrorist group Boko Haram at the wheel. The girls’ boarding school in Chibok, miles behind them, had been set on fire. Then … Read more
[ad_1] By Yemisi Adegoke BBC News, northern Nigeria 14 April 2024, 02:03 BST Image source, BBC/Simpa Samson Image caption, Amina Ali became the first Chibok girl to escape prolonged captivity in 2016 We had to meet Lisu in secret as she says the local Nigerian authorities are trying to prevent her from talking to journalists. … Read more
[ad_1] By Lyse Doucet Chief international correspondent 1 hour ago In the wars within wars of this grievous Gaza crisis, the most explosive of all is the searing official enmity between Israel and Iran. It’s now at its most perilous point. And this region, and many capitals beyond, are watching and waiting with bated breath … Read more
[ad_1] Iran and Israel: Is the denial game over? Asharq Al-Awsat, London, April 5 For more stories from The Media Line go to themedialine.org The recent influx of body bags from Damascus has reignited a crucial question in Tehran’s political circles: “Will things be different this time?” These bags carried the remains of 13 … Read more
[ad_1] Syria has issued a new warning to both Israel and the United States at a time when the Middle East is bracing for Iran’s promised retaliation after an alleged Israeli attack on Tehran’s embassy complex in Damascus. With the regional tensions already flaring over the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip, the Syrian Mission … Read more