MONITORING (SW) – Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group has claimed a new missile attack on Western interests amid Israel’s war on Gaza, this time on a British oil tanker that the United States identified as a Panamanian-flagged vessel carrying crude oil bound for India.
MONITORING (SW) – Iran unveiled new weaponry on Saturday including what it said was the locally made Arman anti-ballistic missile system and the Azarakhsh low-altitude air defense system, the official IRNA news agency reported.
KABUL (SW) – The Afghanistan Meteorological Department of the Ministry of Transport and Aviation has warned of the possibility of heavy rain and snowfall with flash floods in 22 provinces of the country.
ISLAMABAD (SW) – The spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan, Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said that “any self-serving and fanciful claims regarding the legality of the Pak-Afghan border, (Durand Line), cannot change the facts of geography, history and international law.”
MONITORING (SW) – Gaza’s largest functioning hospital was under siege on Friday in Israel’s war with Islamist group Hamas, leaving patients and doctors helpless in the chaos as warplanes struck Rafah, the last refuge for Palestinians in the enclave, officials said.
MONITORING (SW) – Japan successfully launched its new H3 flagship rocket on Saturday, putting its satellite programme back on track after multiple setbacks including the failure of the rocket’s inaugural flight last year.
MONITORING (SW) – Médecins Sans Frontières, aka Doctors Without Borders (MSF), has warned that an Israeli offensive on Rafah would be “catastrophic” for the estimated 1.5 million Palestinians sheltering in the city.
