Friday, Apr 19 2024 | Time 08:44 Hrs(IST)
image
World


Syrian Kurdish YPG says Turkey shells villages in northwest

BEIRUT, Mar 22 (Reuters) Turkish shelling of Syrian villages in the predominantly Kurdish region of Afrin near the border wounded 10 civilians today, the Kurdish YPG militia said.
"This morning from 8 a.m. (0600 GMT) the Turkish artillery began shelling the border villages in the Afrin area," YPG spokesman Redur Xelil told Reuters. "The Turkish army shelling is continuing," he said. "Any response by our forces in this region comes as self defence," he added in a written message.
REUTERS JW RK1455
More News

Magnitude-5 6 earthquake rocks northern Turkish province of Tokat: AFAD

18 Apr 2024 | 11:53 PM

Ankara, Apr 18 (UNI) A magnitude-5.6 earthquake rocked the northern Turkish province of Tokat on Thursday, according to the country's disaster management authority AFAD.

see more..

8 Kenyan military officers killed in plane crash

18 Apr 2024 | 10:55 PM

Nairobi, Apr 18 (UNI) A military helicopter crashed in northwestern Kenya on Thursday, resulting in the deaths of at least eight senior officers, a security source has confirmed.

see more..

Zambia, WHO seek to strengthen cooperation to fight cervical cancer

18 Apr 2024 | 9:22 PM

Lusaka, Apr 18 (UNI) Zambia and the World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday pledged to strengthen cooperation in the fight against cervical cancer in the southern African country.

see more..

Iran vows tit-for-tat response should Israel attack its nuke sites

18 Apr 2024 | 9:19 PM

Tehran, Apr 18 (UNI) A senior Iranian military commander threatened on Thursday to target Israel's "nuclear facilities" should it attack Iran's nuclear sites.

see more..

4 gov't officials killed in terrorist attack in NW Pakistan

18 Apr 2024 | 9:13 PM

Islamabad, Apr 18 (UNI) Four officials of Pakistan Customs were killed and two other people injured in a terrorist attack in the country's northwest Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Thursday, police officials said.

see more..
image