News
Lebanon heads to historic Israel talks with few hopes except to staunch bloodshed
2+ hour, 17+ min ago (929+ words) Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun has called for historic direct talks with longtime foe Israel since war erupted a month ago " a month in which Israel's military has forced more than a million Lebanese to flee, levelled parts of Beirut and…...
As Jerusalem holy sites reopen, Jews, Muslims and Christians flock to pray
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (664+ words) Thousands of Jews, Muslims and Christians flocked to the Old City of Jerusalem on Thursday to pray at the Western Wall, Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the day after a two-week ceasefire was announced in the…...
Lebanon's hospitals may run out of vital medical supplies within days, WHO warns
1+ day, 41+ min ago (349+ words) Some of Lebanon's hospitals could run out of life-saving trauma medical kits within days as supplies near depletion following mass casualties from large-scale Israeli strikes over the past day, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. The life-saving trauma kits…...
Analysis - As Trump claims victory, Iran emerges bruised but powerful with leverage over Hormuz
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (1197+ words) Dubai, United Arab Emirates Reuters Nearly six weeks of war in Iran have ended, for now, with President Donald Trump claiming victory, but the US-Iran ceasefire locks in a harsh reality: an entrenched, radical government with control over the Strait…...
Pope Leo praises Iran war ceasefire after criticising Trump threat
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (226+ words) Pope Leo on Wednesday praised the two-week ceasefire in the Iran war, hours after calling US President Donald Trump's threat against the population of Iran "unacceptable. Pope Leo XIV waves on the day he holds the weekly general audience in…...
Shaky US-Iran ceasefire in doubt as Israel pounds Lebanon
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (938+ words) Israel pounded Lebanon with its heaviest strikes yet on Wednesday, killing hundreds of people and drawing a threat of retaliation from Iran, which said the attacks violated a ceasefire deal agreed with the United States a day earlier. Iran and…...
Trump agrees to two-week Iran ceasefire, drops threat to destroy "whole civilization"
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (762+ words) US President Donald Trump on Tuesday agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran, less than two hours before his deadline for Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face devastating attacks on its civilian infrastructure. Trump's announcement on social…...
Gunfight outside Israeli consulate in Istanbul leaves one attacker dead
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (537+ words) One attacker was killed and two others were wounded in an extended gun battle with police outside the tower building housing the Israeli consulate in Istanbul on Tuesday." Footage showed the backpack-wearing attackers firing with automatic rifles and handguns, and…...
Preliminary UN probe blames Israel and likely Hezbollah for peacekeeper deaths
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (182+ words) Preliminary findings in a UN probe into the deaths of three Indonesian peacekeepers in Lebanon last month show one was killed by an Israeli tank projectile and two others by an improvised explosive device most likely placed by Hezbollah, the…...
Ahead of ceasefire announcement, US faith leaders denounced Trump's "civilization will die" threat
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (1422+ words) In the hours before President Donald Trump announced a two-week ceasefire in the war with Iran, religious leaders across faith traditions responded with alarm after the President's message Tuesday morning warning that "a whole civilization will die tonight." "A whole…...