Russian forces launched a powerful aerial strike on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure on Friday, firing 93 missiles and nearly 200 drones, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced. Zelensky described the attack as one of the heaviest to date. He said it was part of Russia’s ongoing campaign to destroy Ukraine’s energy grid. He added that Ukrainian air…
By Anastasiia Malenko and Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) – Russia launched an intercontinental ballistic missile during an attack on Ukraine on Thursday, Kyiv’s air force said, in the first known use in the war of such a powerful, nuclear-capable weapon with a range of thousands of kilometres. The air force reported the launch after Ukraine…
Houthi rebels claim to have hit an Israeli military base with a ballistic missile in the wake of US strikes against its strongholds. The Iran-backed militia announced a “hypersonic ballistic missile”, known as the Palestine 2, was used in the strike on the Nahal Sorek military base in central Israel, between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv….
Iran’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in an address in Tehran, called the missile attack on Israel “legal and legitimate”. He had a rifle by his side as he spoke, days after Iran’s missile attack on Israel. In other news, India’s External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar will travel to Pakistan to attend the Shanghai…
US stock futures continued to retreat on Wednesday as escalating Israel-Iran tensions fanned worries about a wider Middle East conflict, prompting caution in the market. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM=F) pulled back 0.3%, while S&P 500 future (ES=F) dropped roughly 0.2%, as investors braced for Israel’s promised retaliation for a massive missile…
US stocks (^DJI,^GSPC, ^IXIC) got off to a rocky start in October after Iran launched a missile attack on Israel. Amid rising Middle East tensions, oil prices (CL=F, BZ=F) soared and gold (GC=F) closed near a record high as investors flocked to more defensive areas of the market. Meanwhile, China stocks (BABA, JD, BIDU) are…
Iran bombarded around 200 missiles into Israel on Tuesday evening, escalating the years-long conflict between Israel and Iran and its Arab allies. A chilling video, reportedly recorded from a British Airways flight around Israel, has emerged, showing an orange glow streaking across night sky – suggesting that Iran failed to confirm that airways were clear…
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The dollar held its sharpest gain in a week on Wednesday after an Iranian missile attack on Israel drove buying of safe assets as investors fretted about the widening of conflict in the Middle East. Early Asia moves were slight, leaving the euro below $1.10 following its largest drop in nearly four…
Firefighters continue to extinguish the fire that broke out after Russian airstrikes in Kharkiv, Ukraine on September 15, 2024. According to officials, at least 41 people are wounded due to the attack. Credit – George Ivanchenko/Anadolu—Getty Images Two people died in a missile attack on the Ukrainian Black Sea port city of Odesa, local officials…