DUBAI—An attack on a tanker off the coast of Oman on Tuesday was carried out by an Iranian-made drone, U.S. Central Command said in a statement, adding that a multilateral maritime operation led by a British Royal Navy frigate had responded to the area. An Israeli official had blamed Iran for the strike on the…
Second Fire Breaks out in Baghdad Airport, Prompting Probe
BAGHDAD—A fire broke out in Baghdad’s international airport Thursday for a second time in 48 hours, prompting Iraqi authorities to open an investigation. Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani dismissed the head of the Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority over the incidents, according to a statement from his office. The fire broke out at dawn on the…
Rabbis Call On New Israeli Coalition to Reexamine Relationship With the Chinese Regime
HAIFA, Israel—In a letter to the new Israeli coalition bloc, twenty-five rabbis called for a reexamination of Israel-China relations in light of crimes committed by the Chinese regime. Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Nov. 13 tasked Benjamin Netanyahu to build the next coalition government together with nationalist and religious parties following the elections on Nov….
State Media: Gunmen Attack Bazaar in Iran, Killing 5
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—Gunmen opened fire in a bazaar in the southwestern Iranian city of Izeh on Wednesday, killing at least five people, including a young girl, and wounding civilians and security forces, state TV reported. In a separate attack, gunmen shot dead two members of Iran’s paramilitary Basij in the central city of Isfahan,…
Palestinian Kills 3 Israelis in West Bank
A Palestinian killed three Israelis near a Jewish settlement in the West Bank on Tuesday, hours before Israel swore in lawmakers set to return Benjamin Netanyahu to power atop a conservative coalition. The attack occurred at Ariel settlement’s industrial zone, which Israeli officials said was carried out by a knife-wielding man who was later shot…
China, Russia, and Iran Are ‘Not Squeamish About Tactics,’ MI5 Chief Warns
The Director General of Britain’s internal intelligence service, MI5, Ken McCallum, has said the country faces in Russia, China, and Iran “adversaries who have massive scale and are not squeamish about the tactics they deploy.” On the eve of the World Cup in Qatar, McCallum used a series of football analogies, saying Russia “thinks nothing of…
Scientists Find Oldest Evidence of Controlled Use of Fire to Cook Food
The remains of fish analyzed by an international team of scientists found the earliest signs of cooking by humans dating 780,000 years ago, predating available data by about 600,000 years. The finding, published by Nature, was made by researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU), Tel Aviv University (TAU), and Bar-Ilan University (BIU), in…
New AI Technology Detects Cancer Mutations in Minutes
HAIFA, Israel—A new Israeli technology that analyzes digitized biopsy images in real time enables the detection of cancer mutations in a few minutes instead of a few weeks. This artificial intelligence (AI) tool was an initiative of a young computer scientist who lost his mother five years ago to ovarian cancer. Dean Bitan, 34, told…
US Navy Seizes Over 170 Tons of Hazardous Materials Smuggled to Yemen
The U.S. Navy found a massive volume of missile fuel and type of explosive material often used in terrorism aboard a vessel bound for Yemen from Iran, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on Tuesday. CENTCOM said in a statement that its forces had interdicted a stateless sailing dhow on Nov. 8 that appeared to…
Iran Strikes Dissident Sites in Iraqi Kurdistan, 2 Dead: Officials
SULAIMANIYA, Iraq—At least two people were killed and 10 were wounded on Monday when rockets and drones hit the headquarters of Iranian Kurdish parties in the autonomous Kurdish region of neighboring Iraq, local officials and security sources said. Iran’s semi-official Fars news said the country’s Revolutionary Guards had attacked the bases of “terrorist groups” in…
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