SANAA/JERUSALEM -- Israel on Thursday launched multiple airstrikes on Yemen's Houthi-held capital Sanaa, Houthi TV al-Masirah reported.
The Houthis have not yet provided details on the targets or casualties, but Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said the strikes hit Houthi-linked sites and that "dozens" were killed. (Israel-Yemen-Attack)
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PARIS -- Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced on Thursday to five years in prison with a deferred prison term, after being found guilty of criminal conspiracy over alleged Libyan financing of his 2007 presidential campaign, according to French media BFM TV reports.
The court also fined Sarkozy 100,000 euros (117,000 U.S. dollars) and barred him from holding public office or running for election for five years. (Sarkozy-Libye-Sentence)
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JERUSALEM, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Israeli troops advanced further into Gaza City on Thursday, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state before departing for New York to address the United Nations General Assembly.
Israeli forces continued their offensive across the Gaza Strip, carrying out strikes on 170 separate targets in the past 24 hours. Footage showed tanks in southwestern Gaza City, where heavy bombardments have triggered a mass exodus of residents. (Israel-Gaza City Operation-UN)
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TEHRAN -- Iran and Russia on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the construction of small modular reactors (SMRs) in Iran.
The MoU was signed between Mohammad Eslami, chief of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), and Alexey Likhachev, head of Russia's State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom in Moscow, according to a statement released on the AEOI's website. (Iran-Russia-Small Nuclear Plants) Enditem
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