Israel to halt automatic visas for UN employees amid rising tensions

Israel on Tuesday announced it will halt automatic visas for United Nations employees amid rising tensions with the intergovernmental organization over Israel’s war with Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza. Israel will now consider such visa requests on a “case-by-case basis,” saying the country will no longer work with “those cooperate with Hamas’s terror regime’s … Read more

Iranian drone attack: Pentagon says Iranian drone ‘attack’ hit chemical tanker near India

A drone launched from Iran struck a chemical tanker in the Indian ocean early on Saturday, the U.S. Department of Defense said. “The motor vessel CHEM PLUTO, a Liberia-flagged, Japanese-owned, and Netherlands-operated chemical tanker was struck at approximately 10 a.m. local time (6 a.m. GMT) today in the Indian Ocean, 200 nautical miles from the … Read more