US envoy says end to Israel-Hezbollah war ‘within grasp’ BEIRUT: US special envoy Amos Hochstein said during a visit to Beirut on Tuesday that an end to the Israel-Hezbollah... Published 20 Nov, 2024 06:45am
World US envoy expected in Beirut on Tuesday for ceasefire talks BEIRUT: The US official overseeing contacts to secure a ceasefire between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah in... Published 18 Nov, 2024 02:21pm
World Six people killed, 11 wounded in Israeli strikes on Lebanon’s Baalbek, ministry says BEIRUT: Israeli airstrikes on the village of Khreibeh in the Baalbek District of eastern Lebanon killed six people... Published 17 Nov, 2024 01:34pm
World Strike hits south Beirut after Israeli evacuation call BEIRUT: A strike hit the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital Beirut on Saturday, AFPTV footage showed, shortly... Updated 16 Nov, 2024 06:59pm
World Strike hits south Beirut after Israel evacuation call BEIRUT: An air strike hit the Lebanese capital’s southern suburbs on Friday, sending plumes of grey smoke into the... Updated 16 Nov, 2024 04:32pm
World Israel hits Beirut again, ceasefire terms in focus A World Bank report estimates cost of physical damage and economic losses due to conflict in Lebanon at $8.5 billion, massive price for a country still suffering effects of financial collapse five years ago Updated 14 Nov, 2024 11:00pm
World Lebanon says Israel strikes Hezbollah bastion in south Beirut BEIRUT: Lebanese state media reported on Wednesday a third wave of Israeli raids on Hezbollah’s south Beirut bastion... Published 13 Nov, 2024 05:11pm
World Israeli airstrikes pound Beirut suburb, no sign of ceasefire BEIRUT/JERUSALEM: The Israeli military pounded Beirut’s southern suburbs with airstrikes on Tuesday, mounting one of... Published 12 Nov, 2024 06:18pm
World Hezbollah says no official ceasefire proposal received yet BEIRUT: Hezbollah has not received any proposals on a truce for Lebanon, a spokesperson said Monday, as Israel’s... Updated 11 Nov, 2024 08:49pm
World Israeli strikes hit south of Beirut and Lebanon’s Bekaa region BEIRUT: At least one Israeli airstrike hit an apartment building in a beach town south of Beirut on Tuesday,... Published 05 Nov, 2024 06:26pm
World Bangladeshi killed in air strike in Lebanon: govt DHAKA: A Bangladeshi worker died in an air strike in Lebanon, Dhaka’s foreign ministry said Sunday, as the Israeli... Updated 03 Nov, 2024 10:41pm
World Lebanon source says one dead in Israel strike on car near Beirut BEIRUT: A Lebanese security source said one person was killed Thursday by an Israeli strike on a road where a... Published 31 Oct, 2024 03:05pm
World Lebanon says five dead in Israeli strike on Tyre city centre BEIRUT: Lebanon’s health ministry said Israel struck the southern city of Tyre on Monday, killing at least five... Published 28 Oct, 2024 03:23pm
World Lebanon state news agency reports Israeli raid on southern Beirut BEIRUT: Lebanon’s state news agency on Sunday reported an Israeli raid on southern Beirut, after Israel’s army... Updated 27 Oct, 2024 10:08pm
World Israel says killed Nasrallah’s apparent successor in Beirut strike TEL AVIV: Israel’s army said it had killed the cleric tipped to succeed slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in... Published 23 Oct, 2024 11:46am
World Israeli strike rocks Beirut after US says it opposes scope of air assault BEIRUT/WASHINGTON: At least one Israeli strike hit Beirut’s southern suburbs early on Wednesday morning, Reuters... Published 16 Oct, 2024 11:28am
World UNRWA chief says many Palestinians camps in Lebanon empty after Israeli strikes BEIRUT: Most Palestinian refugees living in camps in southern Lebanon or near Beirut have fled following escalating... Published 11 Oct, 2024 08:45pm
World Israeli strikes kill 22 in Beirut as Hezoballah leader evades assassination BEIRUT/OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israeli strikes killed 22 people and injured more than 100 in central Beirut on Thursday,... Updated 11 Oct, 2024 06:30pm
World Hezbollah targets Israeli troops on Lebanese border, sirens sound in northern Israel OCCUPIED JERUSALEM/BEIRUT: Hezbollah targeted Israeli soldiers near the Lebanese border village of Labbouneh with... Published 09 Oct, 2024 01:48pm
World ‘Iran’s Quds Force chief out of contact since Beirut strikes’ BEIRUT Iran’s Quds Force commander Esmail Qaani, who travelled to Lebanon after the killing last month of ... Published 07 Oct, 2024 06:48am
World Latest US-organized flights carry 145 out of Lebanon WASHINGTON: The US State Department said 145 passengers traveled Saturday on two flights that it had organized out... Published 06 Oct, 2024 01:50pm
Editorials Terrifying tit-for-tat in the Middle East EDITORIAL: All things considered; it was only a matter of time before Iran responded to Israel’s deliberate... Updated 05 Oct, 2024 07:48am
World Most of Lebanon’s displacement shelters are full, UN says GENEVA: UN officials said on Friday most of Lebanon’s nearly 900 shelters were full and that people fleeing Israeli... Published 04 Oct, 2024 05:05pm
World Iran’s foreign minister lands in Beirut: Lebanese official media BEIRUT: Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi landed in Lebanon’s capital Friday, official media said, as Israel... Published 04 Oct, 2024 12:31pm
World Israeli strike closes off road used to flee Lebanon, transport minister says WASHINGTON/BEIRUT/OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: An Israeli strike on Friday morning near Lebanon’s Masnaa border crossing with... Published 04 Oct, 2024 11:28am
World China urges UN Security Council to de-escalate Middle East crisis HONG KONG: China called on the United Nations Security Council to take “urgent actions” to de-escalate the situation... Published 03 Oct, 2024 12:18pm
World Israel bombs heart of Beirut, killing six BEIRUT/OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israel bombed central Beirut early on Thursday, killing at least six people, after its... Updated 03 Oct, 2024 02:12pm
World KLM halts all flights to Tel Aviv until the end of the year AMSTERDAM: Dutch airline KLM has suspended all flights to Tel Aviv until the end of this year at least, the Dutch... Published 01 Oct, 2024 06:13pm
World Hezbollah says it is ready for any Israeli land invasion in Lebanon BEIRUT: Hezbollah fighters are ready to confront any Israeli ground invasion of Lebanon, the group’s deputy leader... Published 30 Sep, 2024 05:42pm
World Israel used US-made bomb in attack on Hezbollah head, US senator says The bomb that Israel used to kill Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut last week was an American-made... Published 29 Sep, 2024 09:50pm