Amman, July 27 (IANS) The Royal Jordanian Air Force intercepted and shot down two drones targeting the kingdom on Monday morning, the Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF) said.In a statement, the JAF said the interception caused no casualties or damage.Royal Engineering Corps teams were dispatched to the sites where the drone debris fell and secured the areas in accordance with established technical and security procedures, Xinhua News Agency reported.The JAF said it continues to monitor the kingdom’s a…
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New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Climate-driven temperature changes are on track to cause about 430,000 more deaths annually by 2050, with 10 times more deaths occurring in poor countries than in richer countries. How many of those lives can be saved largely depends on access to energy, particularly the electricity needed for cooling. Yet, a new Climate Impact Lab report on Monday found that many of the regions most impacted by extreme heat will also lack the resources to power the cooling needed to ad…
Tehran, July 24 (IANS) Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said Friday that its forces had launched fresh retaliatory strikes against the US bases and assets in Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan.In statements carried by its official news outlet Sepah News, the IRGC said the attacks were carried out in response to what it described as US “crimes” against Iran.The IRGC said its forces had struck and completely destroyed a “very large” US ammunition depot at Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait wit…
Kuwait City, July 23 (IANS) The Abdali border crossing – Kuwait’s northern land port with Iraq – was targeted by drones, causing material damage with no casualties.“The Official Spokesman for the Ministry of Defence, Major General Saud Abdulaziz Al-Otaibi, stated that the Abdali border crossing was subjected, this afternoon, to an attack by hostile drones, which resulted in material damage, with no human casualties recorded,” the Kuwait Army wrote on X.He added that the specialised teams i…
Washington, July 22 (IANS) US forces successfully completed the 11th consecutive evening of strikes against Iran at 8:15 p.m. ET on Tuesday (US time), said US Central Command (CENTCOM).In a post on X, CENTCOM said: “CENTCOM assets targeted Iranian military operations centers, maritime capabilities, aircraft hangars, drone storage facilities, and military logistics infrastructure to further degrade Iran’s ability to threaten commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.”According to the Central Co…
Sanaa, July 21(IANS) Yemen’s Houthis have warned international shipping companies that ships trading with Saudi ports could face military action, in what appears to be an escalation, following the group’s announcement of a maritime blockade imposed on Saudi Arabia.An email notice, circulated last night by the Sana’a-based group’s Humanitarian Operations Coordination Centre, specified that the warnings concern not only Saudi-flagged vessels but also those loading or unloading goods in Saudi ports…
Kuwait City, July 21 (IANS) Kuwait said its air defence systems were responding to “hostile” missile and drone threats on Tuesday, with warning sirens activated across the country.In a statement on social media platform X, the General Staff of the Kuwaiti Armed Forces said that any explosions heard were the result of interceptions and urged the public to follow safety instructions from relevant authorities.State news agency KUNA reported that sirens had been activated as the response to aerial t…
Kuwait City, July 21 (IANS) Kuwait on Tuesday condemned Yemen’s Houthi group over its threats against Saudi shipping and reaffirmed its full support for Riyadh, stressing that freedom of navigation must be protected under international law.In a statement, Kuwait’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejected what it called the Houthi group’s “false allegations” against Riyadh and denounced threats to the “freedom and security of maritime navigation.”The ministry called on the international community to …
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) Union Minister of State for External Affairs, Kirti Vardhan Singh, will travel to Kyrgyzstan on a two-day visit from July 23 to attend the Meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). During the meeting set to be held in Cholpon-Ata, the Foreign Ministers will review progress in key areas of SCO cooperation and discuss matters of regional and international significance and discuss matters of regional and international…
Tehran, July 21 (IANS) Iran’s armed forces said Tuesday that they have carried out missile and drone strikes against the US bases, assets and infrastructure in Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan following another round of US attacks on Iran.Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said in statements carried by its official news outlet Sepah News that its aerospace forces targeted US air defence systems, radar facilities, communications infrastructure and other military assets in Bahrain and Kuwai…