Iran chides British, French, German envoys for ‘irresponsible stance’ on strikes against Israel

Iran chides British, French, German envoys for ‘irresponsible stance’ on strikes against Israel

The Iranian Foreign Ministry has summoned the ambassadors of Britain, France, and Germany to question their “irresponsible stance” regarding the Islamic Republic’s retaliatory strikes on the occupied territories. The British, French and German ambassadors, Simon Shercliff, Nicolas Roche and Hans-Udo Muzel, respectively, were summoned separately to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by the director general of the Western Europe Department, the ministry said in a statement on Sunday It added that certain officials of the three countries had made irresponsible statements regarding Iran’s reciprocal response to Israel’s actions against the…

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Gaza hostages cross border into Egypt, set for return to Israel

Gaza hostages cross border into Egypt, set for return to Israel

The released hostages will be brought to hospitals where they will meet their families. The 13 hostages released from Hamas on Friday are currently in Red Cross custody inside Egypt, N12 reported citing an Israeli official. Another Israeli source stated that the list of the released hostages for the first day corresponds to those who are currently in Egypt. The transfer was made in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, Walla reported citing an Israeli official. This was after the IDF had completed its preparations for the reception of…

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Heartbroken mother weeps over the coffin of Hamas hostage Noa Marciano after she and another were found dead in hospital complex

Heartbroken mother weeps over the coffin of Hamas hostage Noa Marciano after she and another were found dead in hospital complex

Heartbroken mother weeps over the coffin of Hamas hostage Noa Marciano after she and another were found dead in hospital complex where Israel is searching for Hamas HQ The heartbroken mother of a soldier held captive by Hamas terrorists today wept over her daughter’s coffin after the 19-year-old and another hostage were found dead in Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital complex. Overcome with grief, Adi Marciano broke down in tears as she placed her hand on her daughter Noa’s coffin during an emotional service for the soldier in the central Israeli city…

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I thought 15-year-old Emmanuel would fall in love with someone his age; says’’ Brigitte Macron

I thought 15-year-old Emmanuel would fall in love with someone his age; says’’ Brigitte Macron

Emmanuel Macron’s wife and former teacher thought he would “fall in love with someone his [own] age” after he was moved from the school where she taught him. In an interview, Brigitte Macron said she put off marriage to her ex-pupil by a decade because she feared her three children’s lives would have been ruined if she had made her relationship with a teenager their age official. The French president was 15 when he fell for his married drama teacher, Brigitte Auzière, then 40, at the Catholic Providence school in…

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Indian authorities contact Thai cave rescue team as urgency increases to reach trapped men

Indian authorities contact Thai cave rescue team as urgency increases to reach trapped men

Indian authorities trying to rescue dozens of workers trapped for more than 90 hours deep inside a Himalayan mountain have reached out for international help, contacting the Thai team that rescued a boys’ soccer team from a flooded cave in 2018. The 40 men have been trapped since a tunnel collapsed during construction work in northern Uttarakhand state on Sunday, with rescue efforts becoming more urgent amid reports some are becoming ill. Four days after the incident, authorities flew in a high-powered drill from the capital New Delhi to begin…

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Magnitude 6.7 earthquake rocks southern Philippines

Magnitude 6.7 earthquake rocks southern Philippines

A strong magnitude 6.7 earthquake has shaken the southern Philippines, the US Geological Survey said, causing people to flee buildings and part of a shopping mall ceiling to collapse. No tsunami threat was issued after the quake struck off Sarangani province on the main southern island of Mindanao at a depth of 78 kilometres (48 miles) at 0814 GMT, the USGS said in a statement on Friday. There were no immediate reports of casualties but the quake was felt across a wide area of the mountainous island. A photo shared…

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Israel soldiers found the Hamas tunnel under Al Shifa hospital

Israel soldiers found the Hamas tunnel under Al Shifa hospital

People search through buildings, destroyed during Israeli air strikes in the southern Gaza Strip. The army released a video it said showed a tunnel entrance in an outdoor area of Al Shifa, Gaza’s biggest hospital. The video, which Reuters could not immediately verify, showed a deep hole in the ground, littered with and surrounded by concrete and wood rubble and sand. It appeared the area had been excavated; a bulldozer appeared in the background. The army said its troops also found a vehicle in the hospital containing a large number…

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US President Joe Biden Declares Emergency For Mississippi Due To Tornado Damage

US President Joe Biden Declares Emergency For Mississippi Due To Tornado Damage

President Joe Biden early on Sunday issued an emergency declaration for Mississippi, making federal funding available to Carroll, Humphreys, Monroe and Sharkey counties, the areas hardest hit Friday night by a deadly tornado that ripped through the Mississippi Delta, one of the poorest regions of the US. At least 25 people were killed and many others were injured in Mississippi as the massive storm ripped through several towns on its hour-long path. One man was killed after his trailer home flipped several times in Alabama. Search and recovery crews on…

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US vows support for Niger as China invests and Russia expands nearby

US vows support for Niger as China invests and Russia expands nearby

Top US diplomat Antony Blinken, on a rare visit to the landlocked West African country, announces $150 million in new aid for Sahel region, including Niger, one of world’s poorest countries. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has offered new aid as he threw his support behind Niger on a rare visit, holding up the Western military partner and new democracy as a model in an insurgency-torn region where Russia is making inroads. “Niger is a young democracy in a challenging part of the world,” Blinken told a news conference…

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Kanye West says he lost $2 billion in a day as he returns to Instagram and pokes fun at backlash over his anti-Semitic rants

Kanye West says he lost $2 billion in a day as he returns to Instagram and pokes fun at backlash over his anti-Semitic rants

Kanye West has claimed he lost $2 billion in a single day as companies have continued to sever ties with the rapper following his anti-Semitic remarks. The rapper, 45, returned to Instagram on Thursday after his account was restricted earlier this month following his series of shocking posts. Discussing the backlash, West – known legally as Ye – insisted that ‘money is not who I am’ as he penned a ‘love letter’ to Hollywood super agent Ari Emanuel, who had called for West to be dropped by all major brands….

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