Middle East

LONDON — A huge meteorite first discovered in 2014 caused a tsunami bigger than any in known human history and boiled the oceans, scientists have discovered. The space rock, which was 200 times the size of the one that wiped out the dinosaurs, smashed into Earth when our planet was …

BEIRUT — Israel’s military claims to have found a bunker full of “cash and gold” belonging to former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah under a hospital in southern Beirut. Without providing evidence, spokesman Daniel Hagari said Israeli agents had discovered the bunker under the Sahel General Hospital in Beirut’s Dahiyeh neighborhood, …

OTTAWA — Two hitmen have pleaded guilty in a Canadian court over the shooting of a man acquitted of the 1985 bombing of an Air India flight. Tanner Fox and Jose Lopez pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of Sikh businessman Ripudaman Singh Malik in 2022. They entered their pleas …

Several Palestinians were martyred and wounded overnight Tuesday as the Israeli occupation continued its brutal assault on the Gaza Strip for the 382nd consecutive day.Eyewitnesses reported dangerous military escalation in the northern areas of the Gaza Strip, where heavy gunfire and loud explosions were heard.The occupation forces also targeted a …

ISLAMABAD — Polio is once again spreading in Pakistan, where officials say more than 1 million children missed their vaccination doses last month, underscoring the challenges they face in eradicating one of the world’s most intractable diseases. Pakistani officials reported more than a dozen new polio cases in October, bringing …

WASHINGTON — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken departed Monday for Israel and other unspecified countries in the Middle East as the United States seeks to move forward on efforts to resolve the conflict in the wake of the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. American officials, led by President …

MOSCOW — This week in the city of Kazan President Putin will greet more than 20 heads of state at the Brics summit of emerging economies. Among the leaders invited are China’s Xi Jinping, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. The Kremlin has called it one …

BEIRUT — Four people including a child have been killed in an Israeli air strike near the main government hospital in southern Beirut, the Lebanese health ministry says. The strike appeared to hit the car park of the Rafik Hariri University Hospital, a hospital source told Reuters news agency. The …

The Israeli military on Monday said it struck about 300 Hezbollah targets in Lebanon over the past 24 hours, in a widening air campaign now also targeting the group’s financial operations. “Approximately 300 targets were hit in the last 24 hours alone,” the military said in a statement, after military …

Saudi Gazette report ALAIN — Salem Al Dawsari scored a remarkable hat trick to secure a dramatic 5-4 victory for 10-man Al Hilal SFC against Al Ain FC at Hazza bin Zayed Stadium on Monday, maintaining Jorge Jesus’ side’s perfect start to the AFC Champions League Elite 2024/25. Al Hilal …