Gaza mediators to propose truce of ‘less than a month’: source DUBAI: Mediators seeking a Gaza ceasefire are set to propose a truce of under a month to Palestinian Hamas, a source... Published 30 Oct, 2024 05:19pm
World Saudi hosts meeting of new group pushing for Palestinian state Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan says nearly 90 states and international organisations taking part in two-day meeting in Riyadh Updated 30 Oct, 2024 09:58pm
World Israel wants more peace deals with Arab countries after war, Netanyahu says OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday he hopes to reach peace deals with more... Updated 28 Oct, 2024 11:41pm
World Netanyahu claims Israel hit Iran hard OCCUPIED JERUSALEM/CAIRO: Israel’s airstrikes “hit hard” Iran’s defences and missile production, Prime... Published 28 Oct, 2024 06:21am
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 Blinken urges Israel to ‘capitalise’ on Sinwar death and reach Gaza truce TEL AVIV/OCCUPIED JERUSALEM/CAIRO: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken pressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin... Published 23 Oct, 2024 06:22am
World Lebanon’s Hezbollah says there will be no negotiations during fighting BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Hezbollah said on Tuesday that there will be no negotiations while fighting continues, and that it... Published 22 Oct, 2024 05:23pm
World Israel PM says Hezbollah tried to ‘assassinate’ him with drone JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Iran-backed group Hezbollah of trying to kill him on... Published 20 Oct, 2024 12:25am
World Drone launched at Netanyahu home in northern Israel JERUSALEM: A drone was launched towards Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s home in the northern Israeli... Updated 19 Oct, 2024 06:43pm
World Netanyahu, Biden agree to work for hostage release after Sinwar death: Israel PM JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Joe Biden agreed to jointly work for the... Published 18 Oct, 2024 01:11am
World Macron riles Netanyahu with jab on Israel’s creation PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron has further strained tense relations with Israel with a comment referring o... Published 17 Oct, 2024 07:40am
World Macron says Israel PM ‘mustn’t forget his country created by UN decision’ PARIS: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should not forget his country was created as a result of a... Published 16 Oct, 2024 06:58am
World UN says Israeli tanks burst into peacekeeper base: 67 Israelis wounded in Hezbollah drone attack OCCUPIED JERUSALEM/ NEW YORK: An Israeli volunteer rescue service on Sunday said more than 67 people were wounded... Published 14 Oct, 2024 06:24am
World Netanyahu tells UN chief to move peacekeepers in Lebanon out of ‘harm’s way immediately’ OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday called on the UN chief to move UN... Published 13 Oct, 2024 05:16pm
World France’s Macron calls for an end to arms exports used in Gaza and Lebanon PAPHOS: French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday reiterated his call for an end to arms exports to the Gaza Strip... Published 12 Oct, 2024 01:07am
World Biden, Netanyahu speak on Israel plans WASHINGTON/OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on... Published 10 Oct, 2024 03:03am
World Hezbollah agreed Lebanon ceasefire before Israel killed leader: govt source BEIRUT: Hezbollah told the Lebanese authorities it accepted a ceasefire with Israel the day an Israeli strike killed... Published 09 Oct, 2024 11:24pm
World Turkish lawmakers discuss Mideast in closed session after Erdogan’s Israel claim ANKARA: Turkey’s lawmakers held a closed-door session on Tuesday to discuss the spread of war in the Middle East, a... Published 08 Oct, 2024 11:00pm
World Netanyahu says Israel has ‘taken out’ Nasrallah’s successors JERUSALEM: Israeli forces have killed the would-be successors of late Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah,... Published 08 Oct, 2024 10:50pm
World Israel-Hezbollah fighting intensifies, Hamas vows to rise again OCCUPIED JERUSALEM/BEIRUT: Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel’s third-largest city of Haifa and Hamas vowed to rise... Updated 08 Oct, 2024 01:13pm
World Israel’s Netanyahu tells Macron Hezbollah fight aims to ‘bring stability’ in region JERUSALEML: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told French President Emmanuel Macron Sunday that Israel’s fight... Published 06 Oct, 2024 10:31pm
World Netanyahu says ‘shame’ on Macron for urging halt to arms supply to Israel JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday slammed French President Emmanuel Macron for calling for a... Published 06 Oct, 2024 12:16am
World Israel to mark October 7 attack as its aggression in Gaza continues JERUSALEM: Israel will mark the first anniversary Monday of the October 7 attack that sparked the Gaza war and has... Published 05 Oct, 2024 11:06pm
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
Opinion Bibi gets the war he wanted I said and I said, even sneaked it into editorials where the editor has the last say, that Iran would most ... Updated 03 Oct, 2024 07:27am
World Britain committed to Israel’s security, PM Starmer tells Netanyahu LONDON: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has expressed to Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday... Published 02 Oct, 2024 12:26am
World Netanyahu tells Iranians ‘nowhere in the Middle East Israel cannot reach’ OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a fresh warning to Iran Monday, saying there was no... Published 30 Sep, 2024 08:03pm
World Israel army says about 120 Hezbollah targets hit in latest Lebanon strikes **JERUSALEM/BEIRUT: The Israeli military said on Sunday evening it hit dozens more Hezbollah targets in Lebanon... Updated 29 Sep, 2024 10:18pm
World Nasrallah’s killing reveals depth of Israel’s penetration of Hezbollah In the wake of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah’s killing, Hezbollah faces the enormous challenge of plugging the... Published 29 Sep, 2024 11:31am
World Missile fired from Yemen intercepted, Israeli military says JERUSALEM: Air raid sirens sounded across central Israel on Saturday including in Tel Aviv and large bangs were... Published 28 Sep, 2024 11:50pm