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 Antony Blinken heads to Israel to revive Gaza ceasefire talks after Sinwar death TEL AVIV: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Israel on Tuesday, the first stop of a wider Middle East... Published 22 Oct, 2024 12:02pm
World Iran complains to UN nuclear watchdog about Israeli threats against its nuclear sites DUBAI: Iran has written to the UN nuclear watchdog to complain about Israel’s threats against its nuclear sites,... Published 21 Oct, 2024 01:54pm
World US envoy Hochstein to hold ceasefire talks with Lebanese officials, sources say BEIRUT/CAIRO: US envoy Amos Hochstein will hold talks with Lebanese officials in Beirut on Monday on conditions for... Published 21 Oct, 2024 01:51pm
World Israel pounds Beirut and Gaza after rockets hit Israel’s north OCCUPIED JERUSALEM/BEIRUT/CAIRO: Israel struck what it claimed were Hezbollah arms facilities in southern Beirut on... Updated 20 Oct, 2024 11:23pm
World Hezbollah says it will escalate war with Israel after Hamas leader killed OCCUPIED JERUSALEM/CAIRO: Lebanon’s Hezbollah group said on Friday it was moving to a new and escalating phase in... Published 18 Oct, 2024 11:17am
World Israeli strike on Lebanese municipal building kills 16, including mayor BEIRUT: The mayor of a major town in south Lebanon was among 16 people killed when an Israeli airstrike destroyed... Published 17 Oct, 2024 11:50am
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 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 Hezbollah strikes Israel on Gaza war anniversary OCCUPIED JERUSALEM/CAIRO: Hezbollah rockets hit Israel’s third-largest city of Haifa, police said early on Monday,... Updated 07 Oct, 2024 11:24pm
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 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 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 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 Hezbollah deputy says group will select new chief ‘at earliest opportunity’ BEIRUT: Hezbollah’s deputy leader Naim Qassem said Monday that his group would choose a new chief “at the earliest... Updated 30 Sep, 2024 04:32pm
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 Iran calls for UN Security Council meeting after Hezbollah’s leader killed WASHINGTON: Iran on Saturday called for the United Nations Security Council to meet over Israel’s actions in Lebanon... Updated 29 Sep, 2024 10:26pm
World Israel, Hezbollah exchange fire after truce bid fails BEIRUT: Israel and Hezbollah traded fire Friday after the United States and its allies failed to secure a halt in... Published 27 Sep, 2024 03:48pm
World Hezbollah says again launched rockets at defence industry complexes near Israel’s Haifa BEIRUT: Hezbollah said Thursday that it again targeted defence industry complexes in northern Israel near the city... Published 26 Sep, 2024 03:21pm
World Lebanese prime minister believes ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah possible UNITED NATIONS/BEIRUT/OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati has expressed hope that a ceasefire... Published 26 Sep, 2024 02:39pm
World Iran’s Khamenei says killing commanders cannot stop Hezbollah TEHRAN: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday that Israel’s killing of top Hezbollah... Updated 25 Sep, 2024 04:54pm
World Emmanuel Macron meets new Iranian president amid Lebanon crisis UNITED NATIONS: French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday met with Iran’s new president, Masoud Pezeshkian, as... Published 25 Sep, 2024 12:35pm
World FM Wang Yi says China pledges ‘support’ for Iran BEIJING: China’s top diplomat Wang Yi pledged to support Iran in safeguarding its security against “external forces”... Published 25 Sep, 2024 12:25pm
World Hezbollah says fired ballistic missile targeting Mossad HQ near Tel Aviv BEIRUT: Hezbollah said Wednesday it had fired a ballistic missile targeting Israeli spy agency Mossad’s headquarters... Updated 25 Sep, 2024 12:15pm
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