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
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 Gaza rescuers say 14 killed in Israeli strikes GAZA STRIP: Gaza’s civil defence agency said on Saturday that Israeli air strikes killed at least 14 Palestinians... Updated 09 Nov, 2024 04:14pm
World UN peacekeepers say Israel army damages south Lebanon position BEIRUT: UN peacekeepers on Friday accused the Israeli army of damaging one of their south Lebanon positions in a... Published 08 Nov, 2024 11:04pm
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 Lebanon says 11 dead, 48 injured in Israeli strikes on Beirut BEIRUT: Lebanon’s health ministry said Thursday at least 11 people had been killed in Israeli strikes on Beirut –... Published 11 Oct, 2024 12:16am
World Amnesty accuses Israel of ‘misleading’ Lebanon evacuation orders BEIRUT: Amnesty International accused Israel on Thursday of “misleading” and sometimes inadequate calls for... Published 10 Oct, 2024 11:16pm
World Italy says shooting at UN Lebanon peacekeepers possible ‘war crimes’ ROME: Italy’s defence minister Thursday said shells fired at the headquarters of the UN’s Lebanon peacekeeping force... Published 10 Oct, 2024 10:52pm
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 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 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 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 US does not want to see UN peacekeepers in Lebanon put in danger, State Dept says WASHINGTON: The United States does not want United Nations peacekeepers in Lebanon to be put in danger in any way,... Published 08 Oct, 2024 12:44am
World Hezbollah tells fighters not to attack Israeli troops near peacekeepers BEIRUT: The Hezbollah group said on Monday it ordered its fighters not to attack Israeli troops who recently moved... Published 07 Oct, 2024 11:08pm