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 At least 40 killed as Israel pounds Lebanon, Lebanese officials say BEIRUT: Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon over the last day have killed at least 40 people including several children,... Updated 10 Nov, 2024 10:52pm
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 UNRWA chief says Israeli forces damaged agency’s West Bank office; Israel disputes claim Israeli bulldozers damaged the office of UN aid agency UNRWA in the occupied West Bank’s Nur Shams camp on Thursday,... Published 01 Nov, 2024 09:55am
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 Israeli strikes kill 20 Palestinians in Gaza, medics say CAIRO: A series of Israeli military strikes across the Gaza Strip killed at least 20 people on Wednesday, medics... Published 30 Oct, 2024 03:37pm
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 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 Israel kills at least 50 in Gaza, forces encircle northern Jabalia CAIRO: Israeli military strikes killed at least 50 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip as Israeli forces tightened... Updated 15 Oct, 2024 07:02pm
World Iran’s Quds Force chief Qaani attends general’s funeral TEHRAN: Iranian commander Esmail Qaani on Tuesday appeared in public after weeks of absence to attend the funeral... Published 15 Oct, 2024 01:16pm
World Israel steps up military pressure in north Gaza amid fears of siege and displacement CAIRO: Palestinian medics said on Monday that at least 10 people were killed and 30 injured by Israeli tank shells... Updated 14 Oct, 2024 03:27pm
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 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
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 Israel says it eliminates Hezbollah ‘Golan Heights’ member, Syrian media report Israeli airstrikes OCCUPIED JERUSALEM/BEIRUT: Israel’s military said it had eliminated a Hezbollah member in Syria who relayed... Updated 10 Oct, 2024 01:09pm
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 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 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
World At least 24 killed in Israeli air strike on Gaza mosque and school CAIRO: At least 24 people were killed and 93 others wounded when Israeli airstrikes targeted a mosque and a school... Published 06 Oct, 2024 10:02am
World Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says Iran’s allies ‘will not back down’ in war with Israel BEIRUT: Iran’s supreme leader vowed in a rare address on Friday that his allies around the region would keep... Updated 04 Oct, 2024 04:29pm
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 Iran Revolutionary Guards consultant dies from injuries in Israeli strike on Damascus DUBAI: A consultant working for Iran’s Revolutionary Guards has died from injuries sustained in an Israeli air... Published 03 Oct, 2024 02:42pm
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 Israel presses on with military presence in Lebanon after Iran attack OCCUPIED JERUSALEM/BEIRUT: The Israeli military said on Wednesday that regular infantry and armoured units were... Updated 02 Oct, 2024 05:14pm
World Iran says attack on Israel is over as fears grow of wider conflict Israel and US vow to retaliate against Tehran UN Security Council schedules meeting, EU calls for immediate ceasefire Updated 02 Oct, 2024 10:41pm
World Lufthansa extends suspension of Beirut flights FRANKFURT: German airline group Lufthansa said Tuesday it had extended its suspension of flights to Beirut and Tel... Published 01 Oct, 2024 01:52pm
World Israel launches ground operations in Lebanon with ‘limited’ raids on Hezbollah BEIRUT: Israel said its troops had launched raids inside Lebanon on Tuesday, starting its widely expected ground... Updated 01 Oct, 2024 06:36pm
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
Sanctions on Pakistan’s missile program not meant to ‘color other areas of cooperation’: US State Dept
Sanctions on Pakistan’s missile program not meant to ‘color other areas of cooperation’: US State Dept