A judge in Georgia has struck down the state’s abortion law that has prohibited abortions after six weeks of pregnancy since it took effect in 2022. Georgia’s Life Act was fully nullified by Judge Robert McBurney’s decision, meaning that the state must now allow abortions up to 22 weeks of pregnancy. The judge wrote in
Hezbollah has unleashed a barrage of rockets on several Israeli settlements hours after Israel’s Defence Forces (IDF) launched raids on southern Lebanon and were met with heavy resistance. The Lebanese group targeted the villages of Shtula and Metula just across the border and also sent dozens of rockets streaming into the city of Haifa –
Reports have circulated previously regarding Iran’s supply of ballistic missiles to Russia, with Tehran consistently denying any involvement. The use of Iranian drones by Russian forces to target Ukrainian civilian infrastructure has also been subject to similar denials. Despite these claims, recent intelligence suggests a significant shift in Russia’s military strategy, signalling further escalations in
BBC Israel’s continuing air strikes may have forced as many as one million people from their homes across Lebanon, the country’s prime minister, Najib Mikati, has said. Lebanon’s health ministry reported 105 people killed in Sunday’s strikes – two days after Israel assassinated Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut. Meanwhile, Hezbollah fired more rockets into
A fire engine ladder extends up a building that was hit in an apparent Israeli airstrike, in central Beirut early Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. Bilal Hussein/AP hide caption toggle caption Bilal Hussein/AP JERUSALEM — The first apparent Israeli airstrike on central Beirut in nearly a year of conflict leveled an apartment building early Monday. It
Palestinian militant group Hamas has announced that its leader in Lebanon has been killed by Israeli air strikes as hundreds of IDF tanks line up along the border. Fears are mounting about a potential ground invasion by Israel that could plunge the Middle East into an all-out war – as it was revealed 1million people
Last Updated: September 30, 2024, 07:58 IST People walk on the rubble at the site of the Israeli airstrike that killed Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Friday, in Beirut’s southern suburbs, Lebanon, September 29, 2024. (Reuters) An Israeli airstrike on an apartment in Beirut escalates regional tensions, marking a new phase in hostilities
The Israeli military said Sunday evening it hit dozens more Hezbollah targets in Lebanon during a new barrage “a short while ago”, as frequent cross-border air raids continued. “During the intelligence-based strikes, the (air force) struck approximately 120 Hezbollah terror targets in southern Lebanon and deep inside Lebanese territory,” a military statement said, adding that
Israel’s continuing air strikes may have already forced as many as one million people from their homes across Lebanon, the country’s prime minister has said. “It is the largest displacement movement that may have happened,” Najib Mikati said. Lebanon’s health ministry reported more than 50 people killed in Sunday’s strikes – two days after Israel
The body of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has been recovered from the site of an Israeli airstrike on Beirut’s southern suburbs, Reuters reported. The report said that the body had no direct wounds and that it appeared the cause of death was blunt trauma from the force of the blast. Hezbollah has confirmed Nasrallah’s death