Only 12 trucks delivered food, water in North Gaza Governorate since October: Oxfam UNITED NATIONS: Just 12 trucks distributed food and water in northern Gaza in two-and-a-half months, aid group Oxfam... Published 23 Dec, 2024 01:46pm
World Lebanon official media says Israel releases 7 detainees BEIRUT: Lebanese official media said the Israeli army handed over seven people to United Nations peacekeepers at the... Published 23 Dec, 2024 12:33am
World Gaza medics struggle to rescue patients after Israel orders hospital evacuated CAIRO: Israel ordered the closure and evacuation on Sunday of one of the last hospitals still partly functioning in... Updated 22 Dec, 2024 10:24pm
World Khamenei says Iran does not have or need regional proxy forces TEHRAN: Iran’s supreme leader denied Sunday that the groups around the region functioned as Tehran’s proxies,... Updated 22 Dec, 2024 10:31pm
World 3 bodies found at site of Israel strike on Hezbollah chief: media BEIRUT: Lebanese rescuers recovered three bodies from the rubble of a building struck by Israel in a September air... Published 20 Dec, 2024 10:49pm
World Iran welcomes Lebanon ceasefire, reserves right to react to Israeli airstrikes LISBON: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Wednesday that Tehran reserves the right to react to Israeli... Published 27 Nov, 2024 11:32pm
World Lebanon state media says Israeli fire wounds 2 journalists in south BEIRUT: Two journalists were injured by Israeli fire on Wednesday, state media said, while reporting from a border... Published 27 Nov, 2024 11:01pm
World Israel, Hezbollah ceasefire holds in first hours, Lebanese civilians return to south US President Biden says pushing for elusive ceasefire in Gaza Updated 27 Nov, 2024 10:41pm
World China says ‘welcomes’ ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon BEIJING: China said Wednesday it welcomed a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, after more... Published 27 Nov, 2024 12:44pm
World Ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah looks imminent, officials say JERUSALEM/BEIRUT: Israel and Hezbollah looked set to reach a ceasefire deal on Tuesday, Israeli and Lebanese... Updated 26 Nov, 2024 10:52pm
World Israeli strike in Syria injures two, damages bridges, state media says Israeli strikes injured at least two people and caused damage to several bridges in the Qusayr countryside of... Published 26 Nov, 2024 12:42am
World UNIFIL ‘seriously concerned’ by deadly strikes on Lebanon army BEIRUT: UN peacekeepers in south Lebanon expressed worry Monday over deadly strikes on Lebanese soldiers, which... Published 25 Nov, 2024 11:05pm
World ‘No obstacles’ to begin implementing US-proposed truce in Lebanon BEIRUT: Lebanon’s deputy speaker of parliament Elias Bou Saab told Reuters on Monday that there were “no serious... Published 25 Nov, 2024 08:51pm
World Israel moving towards Hezbollah ceasefire but issues remain JERUSALEM: Israel is moving towards a ceasefire in the war with Lebanon’s Hezbollah but there are still issues to... Published 25 Nov, 2024 04:51pm
World Gunman shot dead, 3 police injured in shooting near Israeli embassy in Jordan AMMAN: A gunman was dead and three policemen injured after a shooting near the Israeli embassy in neighbouring... Updated 24 Nov, 2024 10:04pm
World US says committed to ‘diplomatic resolution’ in Lebanon WASHINGTON: Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin stressed that the United States was dedicated to a diplomatic resolution... Published 23 Nov, 2024 07:58pm
World 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 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 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 Iran backs Lebanon in ceasefire talks, seeks end to ‘problems’ BEIRUT: Iran backs any decision taken by Lebanon in talks to secure a ceasefire with Israel, a senior Iranian... Published 15 Nov, 2024 11:03pm
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 Lebanon economic losses top $5 billion in year of clashes: World Bank BEIRUT: More than a year of clashes that recently escalated into war have cost Lebanon more than $5 billion in... Published 14 Nov, 2024 11:43pm
World Lebanon army redeployment in south crucial to war solution: UN peacekeeping chief BAABDA: The UN peacekeeping chief whose force monitors Lebanon’s south said redeploying Lebanese troops there is... Published 14 Nov, 2024 11:24pm
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 Russia asks Israel to avoid air strikes near Syrian base MOSCOW: Russia has asked Israel to avoid launching aerial strikes as part of its war against Lebanon’s Hezbollah... Published 13 Nov, 2024 03:30pm
World Israel says it is pushing to get aid into Gaza before US deadline as fighting persists CAIRO/JERUSALEM: The Israeli military said on Tuesday it had delivered hundreds of packets of food to cut-off areas... Published 12 Nov, 2024 06:41pm
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 Lebanon state media says Israel struck village in far north BEIRUT: Lebanese state-run media said Israel struck a house in the northern Akkar region on Monday, one of the... Published 11 Nov, 2024 10:52pm
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