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“These narrowly tailored strikes in self-defense were intended solely to protect and defend U.S. personnel in Iraq and Syria,” Mr. Austin said. “They are separate and distinct from the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, and do not constitute a shift in our approach to the Israel-Hamas conflict.” He added: …

Sam Kerr hit the scoreboard in her first match in Perth in five years as the Matildas prevailed in a “frustrating” Olympic qualifier against Iran. A capacity crowd turned out at Perth’s HBF Park to watch Australia in action for the first time on home soil since their World Cup …

Antony J. Blinken is in the middle of his most intense trip as the top American diplomat, traveling to at least seven countries across the Middle East in four days to shore up support for Israel as it wages war against Hamas. During a whirlwind tour, at times guarded by …

The Israeli government has retaliated against Hamas following its surprise attack and the death toll has passed 1,100, with thousands wounded on both sides.   The attack is in retaliation for one of the bloodiest attack in its history when Islamist group Hamas killed 700 Israelis and abducted dozens more. …

A lightning strike has caused a huge gas explosion at a food waste recycling plant in Oxfordshire.   Severn Trent Green Power, which processes food waste, confirmed that lightning struck a tank at its plant in Yarnton on Monday evening, October 2.   JUST IN: A massive explosion went off …

The Lagos State Governorship Election Tribunal has struck out the Labour Party and its candidate, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, from the petition of his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) counterpart, Olajide Adediran popularly known as Jandor, against the recent governorship election.    Jandor in his petition before the tribunal challenged the return of …

Air strikes carried out by the air component of Operation Delta Safe have destroyed 7 active illegal oil refining sites in Cawthorne Channel and Bille, in Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State.   Also, storage tanks, reservoirs, and Cotonou boats suspected to be siphoning crude oil from a flow …

A powerful earthquake struck Morocco late Friday night, September 8, killing hundreds of people and damaging buildings and villages in the North African country.   Morocco’s Interior Ministry said that at least 296 people had died, mostly in Marrakech and five provinces near the quake’s epicenter. Another 153 people were …

Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar’s petition of dual citizenship and drug conviction against President Bola Tinubu, has been dismissed by the Presidential Election Petitions Court. Atiku had claimed that Tinubu failed to disclose in his form EC9 that he holds dual citizenship of Nigeria and Guinea, having …

Ethan Bullemor is over! Haumole Olakau’atu jumps over the Tigers defence after a kick from Jakob Arthur and finds Bullemor in support to go under the posts. However, there is suspicion over the pass from Olakau’atu.  “The last pass is forward and clearly so,” commentator Andrew Voss said on …