US envoy to travel to Israel in bid to seal Hezbollah ceasefire BEIRUT: U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein said he will travel to Israel on Wednesday to try to secure a ceasefire ending the... Published 20 Nov, 2024 05:50pm
World 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 Italy says Hezbollah staged UN base attack it had blamed on Israel ROME: Italy’s defence ministry said Tuesday that the Hezbollah group staged an attack on a UN peacekeeping base in... Published 19 Nov, 2024 11:17pm
World Israeli strike on Beirut kills Hezbollah media head, security sources say BEIRUT: An Israeli strike on a building in a densely populated district of Beirut on Sunday killed Hezbollah’s media... Published 17 Nov, 2024 10:19pm
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 Malaysia says six UN peacekeepers injured in Lebanon blast KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia said Friday that six of its peacekeepers serving under the United Nations were injured in an... Published 08 Nov, 2024 12:26am
World Israel strikes on Lebanon kill 40 people around Baalbek, health ministry says BEIRUT: Israeli strikes on Lebanon killed 40 people around the eastern city of Baalbek in the Bekaa Valley on... Published 07 Nov, 2024 12:57pm
World Hezbollah chief says indirect truce talks only possible if Israel stops attacks BEIRUT: Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem said on Wednesday that only developments on the battlefield, not political... Published 06 Nov, 2024 08:28pm
World NGOs seek UN emergency rights meeting, investigation on Lebanon GENEVA: A group of NGOs pressed countries on Wednesday to hold an emergency session of the United Nations Human... Published 06 Nov, 2024 06:20pm
World Red Cross urgently appeals for $115 million for Lebanon aid GENEVA: The Red Cross on Tuesday urgently appealed for more than $115 million to address towering needs in Lebanon... Published 05 Nov, 2024 11:09pm
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 War monitor says 2 killed in Israel strikes south of Damascus BEIRUT: At least two Hezbollah members were killed Monday near the Sayyeda Zeinab area south of Damascus, home to an... Published 04 Nov, 2024 10:37pm
World Israel pounds Lebanon, Gaza as Netanyahu visits northern border BEIRUT: Israel on Sunday pressed on with its campaigns in Lebanon and Gaza, launching several deadly strikes as... Published 03 Nov, 2024 11:29pm
World WHO ‘deeply concerned’ about ‘rising attacks’ on Lebanon healthcare GENEVA: The World Health Organization said Friday it was deeply concerned about Israeli attacks hitting healthcare... Published 01 Nov, 2024 10:56pm
World US asked Lebanon to declare unilateral ceasefire with Israel BEIRUT: The US asked Lebanon to declare a unilateral ceasefire with Israel to revive stalled talks to end... Published 01 Nov, 2024 05:18pm
World Fresh strikes hit south Beirut after Israeli evacuation calls BEIRUT: At least 10 strikes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs early Friday, after the Israeli army issued orders for... Published 01 Nov, 2024 12:15pm
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 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 Senior Biden advisers to visit Israel to try to end war in Lebanon, Axios reports US President Joe Biden’s senior advisers Amos Hochstein and Brett McGurk will arrive in Israel on Thursday to try to... Published 30 Oct, 2024 11:05am
World Hezbollah elects Naim Qassem to succeed slain head Nasrallah BEIRUT: Lebanese armed group Hezbollah said on Tuesday it had elected deputy head Naim Qassem to succeed slain... Published 29 Oct, 2024 02:22pm
World Israeli strike on Beit Lahiya kills at least 55 Palestinians, many trapped under rubble CAIRO: At least 55 Palestinians were killed and dozens of others wounded in an Israeli strike on a residential... Updated 29 Oct, 2024 06:25pm
World Israel strike on Lebanon-Syria crossing hampers key escape route AL QUSAYR: The flow of displaced families crossing from Lebanon into Syria via a secondary crossing has slowed to a... Published 29 Oct, 2024 12:15am
World Lebanon says Israeli strike that killed media workers a ‘war crime’ BEIRUT: Lebanon accused Israel of targeting journalists in a “deliberate” attack that killed three media workers in... Published 25 Oct, 2024 06:17pm
World Israeli strike kills Lebanese troops as France hosts aid conference BEIRUT/OCCUPIED JERUSALEM/PARIS: An Israeli strike killed three Lebanese troops in south Lebanon on Thursday as... Updated 24 Oct, 2024 03:42pm
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 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 Hezbollah fights Israeli troops near Lebanon’s Ramiya village; third UN peacekeeper wounded BEIRUT/CAIRO: Hezbollah said on Sunday it was fighting Israeli forces trying to infiltrate Ramiya village in... Updated 13 Oct, 2024 11:57pm
World Hezbollah says launched missiles on Israeli base near Haifa BEIRUT: Hezbollah on Saturday said it launched a salvo of missiles at an Israeli military base south of the coastal... Updated 12 Oct, 2024 10:00pm
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 Antony Blinken says US wants Lebanon solution, not ‘broader conflict’ VIENTIANE: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken voiced hope Friday for a diplomatic solution in Lebanon and... Updated 11 Oct, 2024 08:36pm