

A private house, a passenger car, a warehouse, and an enterprise were damaged in Russian attacks on September 7 in Brovary and Boryspil districts of Kyiv region.

Palestinian child killed by Israel on first day back at school in Gaza MEE staff on Mon, 09/07/2026 - 18:07 Wafaa Akila, aged eight, was photographed smiling in her blue school uniform hours before an Israeli strike killed the little girl and her father Images of eight-year-old Palestinian girl Wafaa Akila are circulating on social media after an Israeli strike killed her alongside her father in Gaza City on Sunday (Social media/X) Off An eight-year-old Palestinian girl, whose age was confir
Hatzalah noted that the terrorist arrived at Usarin in a car, asked the victim if he was armed, and then attacked him before fleeing.

Carmaker, which is battling Trump tariffs and fallout from cyber-attack, wants to reduce 34,000-strong UK workforce Business live – latest updates Jaguar Land Rover has announced thousands of job cuts as it grapples with tough conditions in the car market, Donald Trump’s tariff wars and the fallout from a cyber-attack. Britain’s largest carmaker, which is owned by the Indian conglomerate Tata, on Monday confirmed the anticipated cuts, saying it wants to reduce its 34,000-strong UK workforce by

Morning update Good morning Middle East Eye readers, Here are the latest developments: Israeli strikes on a residential building early on Monday killed at least 11 people, including two infants, in the southern Lebanese town of Kfar Rumman, state media reported. Five others were also wounded in the attack. Israeli across the Gaza Strip on Sunday resulted in the killing of five Palestinians, including two children. One drone strike targeted a car in al-Nasr neighbourhood, killing one and injur

Heavy rainfall hit eastern Japan and elsewhere on Monday, with the weather agency urging maximum vigilance against landslides on Niijima and Oshima islands, south of Tokyo, and a woman dying in Iwaki in the northeast after her car became submerged. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a special landslide warning for Niijima after more than 480mm (19 inches) of rain fell there over 24 hours, the largest amount since local records began. Heavy rain also hit eastern Japan including Tokyo from the

At least five killed across Gaza on Sunday Israeli across the Gaza Strip on Sunday resulted in the killing of five Palestinians, including two children. One drone strike targeted a car in al-Nasr neighbourhood, killing one and injuring several others. A young boy was reportedly killed by artillery shelling on a school sheltering displaced people in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip. Earlier, another girl was killed alongside her father while they were travelling in Gaza City. Palestin

Israeli air strikes kills two in Gaza, including a child An Israeli aerial strike on Sunday targeting a civilian car killed two Palestinians in the al-Nasr neighborhood in western Gaza City, including one child, local sources report. Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip have killed over 73,651 people since October 2023, with thousands more missing and presumed dead under the rubble. An Israeli airstrike on Sunday targeting a civilian car killed two Palestinians in western Gaza, including one

Death toll from Israeli drone attack in southern Lebanon rises to three An Israeli drone strike on a vehicle near the Fakhr al-Din car park in the Nabatieh area has killed three people, Lebanon’s Health Ministry says.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi on Sunday voiced his determination to hold a rally in Karachi despite any possible hurdles as his convoy reached Tando Allahyar. The KP CM, accompanied by PTI’s provincial President Junaid Akbar, has been on a five-day public mobilisation campaign in Sindh for the party’s September 27 nationwide protest for the release of its founder Imran Khan and his immediate medical treatment at Islamabad’s Shifa International Hospital. While the PTI in a state

Russian forces struck a car service station in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, killing one person and injuring five, with two in critical condition.
The number of people injured in a drone attack on a minibus and a car in Kherson has risen to 12, while one person was killed.

Lorena Isceri was thrown off a motorway bridge, allegedly by ex-boyfriend Federico Vella A 45-year-old woman has been killed and thrown off a motorway bridge near Florence, in the seventh alleged femicide in Italy since mid-August. Lorena Isceri was abducted on Thursday afternoon, allegedly by her ex-boyfriend, Federico Vella, in the Rifredi area of Florence, before being forced into the boot of his car and driven towards the bridge on the A1 motorway. In the UK, Samaritans can be contacted on f
Russian forces have attacked a bus stop, a minibus and a passenger car with UAVs in Kherson, killing and injuring civilians.

‘There was blood everywhere’: Survivors recount US strike on wedding in Iran MEE correspondent on Fri, 09/04/2026 - 10:28 Witnesses describe chaos and devastation as a family celebration instantly turned into a night of mourning A medic runs an ultrasound on an injured child following an overnight strike in Kuhestak, southern Iran, on 2 September 2026 (Morteza Akhondi/Tasnim News/AFP) Off Maryam and Ziaeddin were meant to spend the most memorable night of their lives surrounded by their love

The efforts are part of an ongoing attempt to cripple the country’s power grid ahead of winter Russia keeps targeting Ukraine’s energy facilities in its latest round of overnight attacks, part of an ongoing attempt to cripple the country’s power grid ahead of winter. Odesa region governor Oleh Kiper said that one was died and at least five were injured in the attack. Continue reading...

Chinese tech firm Xiaomi will start selling electric cars in Europe next year, it announced at a consumer electronics trade show in Berlin on Thursday, adding to the growing list of Chinese carmakers expanding into the European market despite EU tariffs on China-made electric vehicles (EVs) and growing wariness across the bloc. Xiaomi Auto, the group’s EV arm, said it would enter several European markets including Germany, where it had signed agreements with eight car dealer groups to build a...
The occupiers attacked the village of Bilenke in the Zaporizhzhia district with a drone. One person was killed and another wounded when the drone struck a civilian car.

As a new convoy of Russian armored vehicles arrives from the port of Lomé to support Russia’s Africa Corps deployment in Mali, that mission has entered its fifth year. Russia’s investment of blood and treasure urgently demands a return, but what could this return be? What is the Russian end goal in Mali?When the Wagner Group, Africa Corps’ predecessor, entered Mali in December 2021, it was pursuing a resources-for-security deal like the one it had achieved in the Central African Republic. Along

Two men in their 30s killed after shots fired at car, three hours before a 27-year-old is also shot dead; police searching for suspects The post Three killed in two separate Nazareth shootings, as crime wave rocks Arab community appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Chinese President Xi Jinping called on Middle Eastern nations to oppose external interference and consider reshaping the region’s security order during a visit to Egypt on Wednesday, as Beijing seeks to expand its influence amid the US-Israeli war against Iran. Xi’s first trip to the Middle East in four years comes as US partners in the region reassess their strategic relationships after months of conflict that have disrupted trade, shaken economies and raised questions about Washington’s long-t
In the Dnipro district of Kherson, Russian troops struck a civilian car with a drone, injuring two people.

The world banned landmines and cluster munitions. Can it stop killer AI before it is too late? Gergana Krasteva on Wed, 09/02/2026 - 08:13 Campaigners race to rein in systems ‘designed to kill’, as autonomous weapons lower the threshold for war and increase civilian harm A plume of smoke rises after a strike on the Iranian capital Tehran, on 3 March 2026 (Atta Kenare/AFP) Off Throughout the history of war, the machinery of killing has always left room for a human to intervene. A soldier coul

KARACHI: A police task force on narcotics in Karachi, in collaboration with a federal civilian intelligence agency, carried out an intelligence-based raid on a warehouse in Mehran Town, Korangi, on Tuesday, arresting eight members of an alleged “international narcotics network” and recovering 50kg of crystal meth, also known as ice, worth Rs900 million. Speaking at a press conference, West Deputy Inspector General of Police Irfan Ali Baloch said the suspects were allegedly operating an internati
It remains unclear at the time of writing whether the explosion was accidental in nature or a deliberate explosion as a car bomb.

UK's Burnham urged to address alleged UAE plot against British academic MEE staff on Tue, 09/01/2026 - 13:51 UAE allegedly funded an operation to surveil British-Muslim activist Anas Altikriti, with a mercenary reportedly discussing killing him Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham leaves from 10 Downing Street in central London on 1 September 2026 (AFP) Off A British academic has written to Prime Minister Andy Burnham asking for his response to a report alleging that the United Arab Emirate

One person has been killed as a result of a Russian FPV drone attack on a vehicle in Kherson.
Russian occupiers attacked three districts of Dnipropetrovsk region more than 20 times using drones and an aerial bomb, reported Head of Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration Oleksandr Hanzha.
The latest incident occurred on Sunday, when a suspected car bomb ripped through the central Mexican state of Zacatecas, injuring at least 11 people, including two police officers.

A video clip went viral on social media after a remote-controlled car crashed into a police van in Islamabad, reportedly due to a “technical fault” caused by an internet disruption. On Sunday, journalist Muhammad Aalijah uploaded a video on his official social media account showing him seated in the front passenger seat of a car at Islamabad’s D-Chowk, which appeared to be operated using a remote-control device. As Aalijah explains the car’s features and it moves forward, the steering wheel, co
A Russian drone hit a civilian car carrying a family in Zolochiv, and the children suffered an acute stress reaction, said Oleh Synehobov, head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration.

A Russian attack has damaged a petrol station, gas pump and car in Odesa Oblast and sparked a grass fire. No casualties have been reported.

Damage has been recorded on the territory of a gas filling station in Odesa region—a gas dispenser and a passenger vehicle were damaged, reported Head of the Regional Military Administration Oleh Kiper.

Alia al-Hallaq’s son Mohammed was nine when he was killed by an Israeli army bullet last October, but the Palestinian homemaker still speaks of herself as a mother of five, not four. “I still haven’t accepted the idea of the loss. I often sit in the courtyard of the house and look at Mohammed’s grave below, and I cry while making sure that my children don’t see me,” she told AFP. She said Mohammed was killed after running away from soldiers patrolling their village of Al-Rihiya, in the south of

• PM’s 30pc target stalls as OMCs expand outlets without chargers • Petrol demand stays robust on two-wheeler boom KARACHI: The government is considering several options to reduce the fuel import bill, the latest being the upgrade of refineries at an estimated cost of $6 billion. Earlier efforts to reduce petrol imports by promoting compressed natural gas (CNG) in the automotive sector faltered due to gas shortages. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has called for a 30 per cent shift to electric veh

Israeli forces, settlers killed 235 children in West Bank since 7 Oct 2023, report says Israeli forces have killed 235 children and teenagers, including a seventh-month-old infant, in West Bank since 7 October 2023, AFP reported. The killing of Palestinian children and teenagers by Israel in the West Bank has become increasingly common since the start of the war in Gaza, the report said. Five of the 235 children have been killed by Israeli settlers, according to B'Tselem, an Israeli rights gro

Afghan national granted protection in the US is one of dozens of people deported to war-torn Central African Republic.

Israeli settlers attack NBC News team, wound Palestinian woman near Nablus Masked Israeli settlers attacked an NBC News team and a Palestinian woman on Saturday in Jalud, a village near Nablus in the occupied West Bank that has been the scene of relentless settler violence in recent weeks. The crew was interviewing Aida Ahmed Abdullah, who had been forced from her home by settlers, when a car with Israeli plates reversed toward them. Abdullah, 51, had non-life-threatening injuries but remained

While electric scooties may not have much motor power, a bike with peak power of 2,000W can carry heavier loads.—Courtesy NCGCL On a Sunday, a family of five can climb onto a Honda CD 70 in North Nazimabad and head to the beach. On weekdays, the same bike can carry a commuter to work, a child to school and a delivery ride through an entire shift. This is the benchmark electric two-wheelers have to beat in Pakistan. “Essentially, Pakistan is a two-wheeler market,” says Faraz Zaidi, Chairman Wasl

The Tokyo metropolitan government has unveiled a plan to use an underground facility near Tokyo Station as a shelter for residents and tourists in the event of a ballistic missile attack. Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike told a press conference earlier this month that a survey would begin in the current financial year through March in preparation for revamping Yaesu car park, which is located about two to 11 metres (six to 36 feet) underground. The alterations are expected to include setting up...

Transgender former Israeli spy detained by ICE in US MEE staff on Fri, 08/28/2026 - 17:36 Allison Alon worked for US tech companies before kidnapping acquaintance mmigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents walk outside the Ventura County Government Center in Ventura, California, on July 27, 2026. The Ventura County Government Center has been the site of tense standoffs and confrontations in recent weeks between US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, local community observ
JENIN, West Bank, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Israel's military said it carried out an airstrike in the West Bank on Friday that killed a Palestinian it described as a Hamas militant operative as well as two of his accomplices, in a rare use of deadly Israeli air power in the occupied territory. Hamas condemned the strike but did not claim the person targeted — whom the Israeli military named as Qais Bitawi — as a member. The strike targeted a car in the area of Jenin in the northern West Bank, the mili
JENIN, West Bank, Aug 28 (Reuters) - An Israeli strike killed a Hamas operative and two of his accomplices in the West Bank on Friday, the military said, in a rare use of deadly air power in the occupied territory. Hamas confirmed the man that Israel named as Qais Bitawi was one of its members and condemned the attack that killed him. The allied Islamic Jihad militant group also claimed him as a member. The air strike targeted a car in the area of Jenin in the northern West Bank, the Israeli mil

US satellite imagery restrictions leave journalists in the dark on Iran and Gaza Gaspard Rouffin on Thu, 08/27/2026 - 08:52 Tightened satellite‑imagery access over the Middle East raises fears conflicts are slipping out of view and pushes journalists toward Chinese and European providers A satellite view of the Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman taken by Nasa's Terra satellite on 5 February 2025 (Nasa Earth Observatory/AFP) Off As the US and Israel launched joint strikes on Iran on 28 Februar

This is the latest in a series of blasts targeting military personnel and others linked to Russia's war on Ukraine.

Russia has seen a series of assassinations against military personnel. Moscow has usually blamed Ukraine for the attacks, but Kyiv has not always claimed responsibility.

The lieutenant colonel’s wife was also in the car at the moment of the blast and was badly injured, local media reported.

Russia is the largest destination for stolen Canadian cars. Smugglers are meeting the demand of a booming black market.

Two miners, Vitalii Semenov and Illia Rusanenko, were killed when a Russian drone struck the car they were travelling in as they were returning home after their shift.