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 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 Iran says ready to ‘defend sovereignty’ against Israel attack TEHRAN: Iran said it is “fully prepared to defend its sovereignty” if its arch-foe Israel attacks as it has... Published 11 Oct, 2024 03:06pm
World US Secretary of Defence Austin speaks with Israeli counterpart after Iranian attack WASHINGTON: US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin said he spoke with Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant following... Published 02 Oct, 2024 11:24am
World Top Hezbollah commander among 14 killed in Israeli strike on Beirut BEIRUT/OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israel killed a top Hezbollah commander and other senior figures in the Lebanese movement... Updated 21 Sep, 2024 08:07pm
World Hezbollah says 20 members dead, hours after walkie-talkie blasts BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Hezbollah group said 20 of its members were killed, with a source close to the group telling AFP... Updated 19 Sep, 2024 05:49pm
World Hezbollah devices explode again in Lebanon, raising fears of wider Israel conflict BEIRUT: Hand-held radios used by armed group Hezbollah detonated on Wednesday across Lebanon’s south in the... Published 19 Sep, 2024 10:35am
World Hezbollah says top commander Fuad Shukr was in building targeted by Israeli strike, fate unknown BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Hezbollah said early on Wednesday its senior commander Fuad Shukr was in the building in the... Published 31 Jul, 2024 12:36pm
World Israel says it can send Lebanon ‘back to Stone Age’ as UN warns against war Israel said it does not want war in Lebanon but could send its neighbour “back to the Stone Age”, as the UN’s... Published 27 Jun, 2024 11:34am
World Israeli airstrikes kill at least 24 in Gaza City CAIRO: Israeli forces killed at least 24 Palestinians in three separate airstrikes on Gaza City early on Tuesday,... Updated 25 Jun, 2024 04:21pm
World US urges Israel’s defence minister to avoid Lebanon escalation WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on Israel during a Monday meeting with its defence minister... Published 25 Jun, 2024 01:07pm
World Hamas says it creates broad prospects for a ceasefire deal in Gaza OCCUPIED JERUSALEM/CAIRO: Hamas on Wednesday said its “positive” response to a US ceasefire plan for the... Updated 12 Jun, 2024 11:52am
World Israeli forces kill 4 Palestinians in West Bank RAMALLAH: Israeli forces killed four Palestinians on Monday in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Authority... Published 11 Jun, 2024 12:02pm
World Jordan hosts emergency aid summit for war-torn Gaza AMMAN: Jordan hosts a summit Tuesday on the urgent humanitarian response for Palestinians enduring more than eight... Updated 11 Jun, 2024 03:21pm
World Antony Blinken in Israel to push ceasefire plan for Gaza TEL AVIV: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will hold talks with key Israeli opposition figures on Tuesday, a day... Published 11 Jun, 2024 11:10am
World Antony Blinken heads to Egypt to seek ‘enduring end’ to Gaza war GAZA STRIP: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was due in Egypt on Tuesday as part of a Middle East crisis tour... Updated 06 Feb, 2024 07:58pm
World Antony Blinken heads to Mideast to press for truce GAZA STRIP: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken headed to the Middle East for another crisis tour on Monday in a... Published 05 Feb, 2024 12:52pm
World US Senate unveils $118bn bill on border security, aid for Ukraine, Israel WASHINGTON: The US Senate on Sunday unveiled a $118 billion bipartisan border security bill that would also provide... Published 05 Feb, 2024 11:49am
World Backs to the wall, Gazans fear Israeli assault on last refuge Israeli forces shelled the outskirts of the last refuge on the southern edge of the Gaza Strip on Friday, where the... Published 02 Feb, 2024 07:22pm
World Qatar says Gaza truce proposal to be sent to Hamas as war rages on GAZA STRIP: A framework to halt the Gaza fighting and for hostage releases is to be relayed to Hamas, mediator Qatar... Published 30 Jan, 2024 12:37pm
World Israel’s Herzog to Blinken: Genocide claim at ICJ ‘atrocious and preposterous’ OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israeli President Isaac Herzog said on Tuesday that “there is nothing more atrocious and... Published 09 Jan, 2024 01:11pm
World Blinken on diplomacy push in Israel as it says war to continue all year GAZA/TEL AVIV/CAIRO: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was due to meet Israeli leaders on Tuesday in his quest to... Published 09 Jan, 2024 12:36pm
World Israeli tanks, missiles attack Gaza as Palestinian death toll keeps rising CAIRO/GAZA: Israeli forces attacked areas of the central and southern Gaza Strip where residents have been expecting... Updated 29 Dec, 2023 03:32pm
World ‘No safe place’: Israel bombs Gaza, says Hamas near ‘dissolution’ GAZA STRIP: Israel pressed on with its bombing of Gaza on Tuesday after saying its campaign to destroy Hamas has... Published 12 Dec, 2023 12:25pm
World Hamas releases 24 hostages on first day of Gaza truce, Red Cross confirms Qatar says 39 Palestinian women, children released from Israeli jails Updated 24 Nov, 2023 10:31pm
World Despite mounting calls for ceasefire, Israel's aggression into Gaza continues GAZA STRIP: Despite mounting calls for a ceasefire, Israel’s aggression against Hamas ground into its second month... Updated 08 Nov, 2023 09:55pm
World Israel steps up aggression, pressure grows as Gaza death toll approaches 10,000 US deploys Ohio-class nuclear missile submarine to Middle East Telecom services resume gradually in Gaza Jordan air-drops medical aid to Jordanian field hospital in Gaza Updated 06 Nov, 2023 10:35pm
World UK says Gaza’s Rafah crossing likely to open for foreign nationals LONDON: The Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza is expected to open on Wednesday, Foreign Secretary James... Published 01 Nov, 2023 01:49pm
World Nine Israeli soldiers killed in combat in Gaza: military JERUSALEM: Nine Israeli soldiers were killed during combat operations in Gaza on Tuesday, the military said,... Published 01 Nov, 2023 01:38pm