JERUSALEM – Just a week ago, some residents of Iran’s central province of Isfahan – a nuclear weapon and missile production hub of the Islamic Republic – cheered the Iranian rockets fired into Israel.In the early-morning hours of Friday, the Isfahan authorities were jolted by Israeli strikes that triggered their air…

Ukraine has started mass-producing two sea drones capable of carrying up to one ton of explosives as the military sets its sights on retaking Crimea, a crown jewel in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ambitions for the neighboring country. “These are already new generations of drones, on the improvement of which the…

Iran’s top foreign affairs official dismissed weapons launched against the country by neighboring Israel as “toys” and said there was no plan to retaliate.Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian downplayed the Israeli strike during an interview on Friday, hours after the impact.”What happened last night wasn’t a strike,” Foreign Minister Hossein…

South Korea’s government will delay plans to increase medical school admissions to resolve a weeks-long doctor strike.The strike began in February after the government proposed recruiting 2,000 more students, raising concerns about the quality of medical education.A compromise proposal from the presidents of six state-run universities was adopted by the…

Israel’s national amputee soccer team is heading to France for the 2024 European Amputee Football Championships in June.The team lineup includes two Israeli soldiers who were seriously wounded and lost limbs during the war in Gaza.Another team member was wounded in the Hamas militants’ attack on the Tribe of Nova…

Israel carried out limited strikes in Iran early Friday in retaliation for Tehran firing a barrage of missiles and drones at Israel last Saturday.Here are the key facts you need to know about the latest escalation of violence between the two countries.1. Where did the strike hit?Fox News confirmed there…

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia’s Constitutional Court on Friday banned President Zoran Milanović from becoming prime minister in case his center-left party manages to garner a majority after this week’s highly contested parliamentary election.The ballot on Wednesday ended inconclusively. The governing center-right Croatian Democratic Union, or HDZ, won the most…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president is in a rush to finish the big legislative and building projects he promised before his term ends in September, and experts say officials are getting a bit sloppy amid all the haste.This week, legislators from the governing Morena party mistakenly submitted the wrong…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s air force claimed Friday it shot down a Russian strategic bomber, but Moscow officials said the plane crashed in a sparsely populated area due to a malfunction after a combat mission.Neither claim could be independently verified. Previous Ukrainian claims of shooting down Russian warplanes during…

The U.S. is attempting a new military agreement with Niger, shortly after the country’s junta deemed American presence no longer justified.Niger is a key U.S. military outpost in the Sahel, home to a key airbase and rising threats of violence by Islamic militants.”We are in touch with the transition authorities…