Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would inflict a “heavy price” on the Iran-aligned Houthis who control northern Yemen, after they reached central Israel with a missile on Sunday for the first time. Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea said the group struck with a new hypersonic ballistic missile that travelled 2,040 km (1270 miles) in just 11 1/2 minutes. After initially saying the missile had fallen in an open area, Israel’s military later said it had probably fragmented in the air, and that pieces of interceptors had landed in fields and near a railway station. Nobody was reported hurt. Air…
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A Russian-guided bomb struck a multi-storey apartment building on Sunday in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, triggering a fire and killing one person and injuring 42, officials said. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the latest attack underscored the need for Ukraine’s Western partners to provide weapons and air defence systems and permission to use weaponry on targets deep inside Russia to save lives. Prosecutors in Kharkiv region in northeastern Ukraine said on Telegram that the body of a 94-year-old woman had been recovered from the ninth floor of the building. Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said the fire sparked by the bomb had…
WARSAW: The death toll from central European flooding rose to eight on Sunday as thousands were evacuated from their homes in the Czech Republic after days of heavy rain caused rivers to overflow. A low-pressure system, named Boris, triggered downpours from Austria to Romania, leading to some of the worst flooding in nearly 30 years in the Czech Republic and Poland. Further rain and strong winds are expected until Monday, though conditions eased in Romania on Sunday after severe flooding the day before. Thousands of homes were damaged over the weekend, with bridges swept away and power cuts affecting around…
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is safe after an incident on Sunday in which two people exchanged gunfire outside his Florida golf club, the New York Post said, citing law enforcement sources. Trump’s campaign had earlier said he was safe following gunshots in his vicinity but gave no details. “Sources said that Trump was never in danger,” the newspaper said. Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Trump was injured in an assassination attempt in Pennsylvania on July 13, just months ahead of what looks likely to be highly contested Nov. 5 election…
JERUSALEM: The Israeli military announced on Sunday that there is a “high probability” that three hostages, whose bodies were found in December, were killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza last November. The investigation identified the hostages as Cpl. Nik Beizer, Sgt. Ron Sherman, and Elia Toledano. According to the military’s findings, the hostages were likely killed during an airstrike targeting Hamas Northern Brigade commander Ahmed Ghandour on November 10, 2023. The assessment was based on several factors, including the location of the bodies relative to the airstrike’s impact, intelligence findings, pathological reports, and conclusions from the Forensic Medicine Institute.…
In a report by The Guardian, The Tom Hiddleston-led drama The Life of Chuck, adapted from Stephen King’s novella, has won this year’s Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) Audience Award, a surprise result in a category that often forecasts Oscar success. Directed by Mike Flanagan, the under-the-radar film beat out several high-profile contenders despite not having a distributor going into the festival. Flanagan, known for his previous King adaptations Doctor Sleep and Gerald’s Game, as well as the Netflix hit The Haunting of Hill House, brings a unique genre-bending take on the life of an accountant. The film, co-starring Chiwetel Ejiofor…
SHANGHAI: Typhoon Bebinca made landfall in Shanghai on Monday morning as a Category 1 storm, marking the strongest tropical cyclone to directly hit the Chinese financial hub in over 70 years. With maximum wind speeds of 151 kph (94 mph) near its centre, Bebinca reached the city of nearly 25 million at around 7:30 a.m. (2330 GMT), making it the most powerful storm to hit Shanghai since Typhoon Gloria in 1949. Shanghai is rarely hit directly by severe typhoons, which typically make landfall further south in China. Last week, Category 4 Typhoon Yagi swept past southern Hainan province. Since Sunday…
BRUSSELS: Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon padded her remarkable winning streak over 1,500 metres with her fifth Diamond League season title at the series finale, while compatriot Beatrice Chebet nearly crashed into a photographer en route to her 5,000m victory on Saturday. The 30-year-old Kipyegon, who has not lost over the distance since 2021, took the lead just before the final lap and then held off a challenge from Diribe Welteji to cross the line in three minutes 54.75 seconds. Welteji clocked 3:55.25. Kipyegon, the world record holder and three-times reigning Olympic champion in the 1,500, smiled and held up five fingers…
BAKU: Oscar Piastri won the Azerbaijan Grand Prix and sent McLaren top of the constructors’ standings in a race that finished with a virtual safety car after a penultimate lap collision between Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz and Red Bull’s Sergio Perez. Ferrari’s pole-sitter Charles Leclerc, who was overtaken by Piastri on the 20th of 51 laps and then battled nose-to-tail before his tyres faded, came second with George Russell inheriting third for Mercedes after the Sainz-Perez collision. Red Bull’s Formula One leader Max Verstappen finished fifth, just behind his closest title rival Lando Norris, who started 15th for McLaren and ended…
FAISALABAD: Zahid Mahmood took a five-wicket haul to help Markhors beat Stallions by 126 runs in their Champions One-day Cup match here at the Iqbal Stadium on Sunday. The leg-spinner registered figures of 5-18 as a remarkable batting collapse saw the Stallions lose eight wickets for just 26 runs in a space of 54 balls in their pursuit of 232 runs. As spin ruled the roost at the venue, Salman Ali Agha, too, flourished with his orthodox off-spin, taking three Stallions’ wickets while giving away just 21 runs. Stallions were cruising at 79-2 requiring 153 runs from 211 balls before…
