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US can keep naval blockade on Iranian ports "indefinitely," Pentagon chief says
1+ hour, 1+ min ago (431+ words) PANAMA CITY, Aug 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. military has enough assets to maintain a naval blockade of Iran indefinitely, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Thursday, adding ships could be rotated in and out of the region as needed. Hegseth's comments suggest…...
Israeli strikes in Gaza kill two people, first fatalities in more than a week, medics say
3+ hour, 1+ min ago (433+ words) CAIRO, Aug 13 (Reuters) - An Israeli airstrike killed two Palestinians, including a senior police official, in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, in the first reported fatalities in more than a week as the Israeli military scaled back its targeted attacks in…...
Israel sends troops to settler siege as US ambassador slams 'act of terror"
8+ hour, 18+ min ago (626+ words) Israeli forces on Thursday moved against rogue settlers laying siege to Palestinians amid unusually strong US criticism, even as Israel inaugurated an emblematic settlement elsewhere in the West Bank. Settlers at Qusra near Nablus since Sunday have blockaded Palestinian homes,…...
Israel sends troops into West Bank homes besieged by Jewish settlers
7+ hour, 1+ min ago (621+ words) QUSRA, West Bank, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Israeli troops took up positions inside Palestinian homes in the West Bank village of Qusra on Thursday, the mayor said, after settlers trapped Palestinian families this week in a siege Palestinians say is aimed at…...
Lebanon has not agreed to shortlist of countries that could verify Hezbollah's disarmament, official says
5+ hour, 1+ min ago (204+ words) BEIRUT, Aug 13 (Reuters) - A Lebanese official denied on Thursday a Reuters report that Beirut had agreed with Israel to a shortlist of countries that could send troops to Lebanon to verify the disarmament of Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, and said…...
After US criticism, Israel ties Lebanon withdrawal to Hezbollah disarmament
5+ hour, 1+ min ago (492+ words) By Maayan Lubell and Maya Gebeily JERUSALEM/BEIRUT, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Israel won't withdraw from southern Lebanon until Hezbollah is disarmed, the defence minister said on Thursday, qualifying remarks he made a day earlier that had suggested Israeli forces would occupy…...
Israel sends more troops to West Bank village besieged by Jewish settlers
7+ hour, 1+ min ago (494+ words) QUSRA, West Bank, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Israel's military said on Thursday it had sent more troops to a West Bank village where settlers have trapped Palestinian families inside their homes, a siege the Palestinians say is aimed at forcibly displacing them…...
Gaza cancer patients face rising death rate amid Israeli curbs, doctors say
17+ hour, 12+ min ago (752+ words) By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Hasseb Alwazeer CAIRO/GAZA, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Gaza cancer patients are dying at two to three times the pace they did before the start of the war in the territory, as Israel blocks many from travelling for…...
Who benefits from Lebanon’s amnesty law and why it is controversial
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (644+ words) BEIRUT — Lebanon passed the highly controversial general amnesty law on Wednesday, the first of its kind since the end of the civil war in 1991. A majority of the 128-member parliament voted in favor of the bill, while all 13 lawmakers from…...
Eurovision to bar countries at war from hosting
23+ hour, 17+ min ago (437+ words) Eurovision Song Contest organisers announced rule changes Wednesday excluding any country in an armed conflict from hosting the competition and increasing the mininum age of competitors. While they did not mention any country by name, Israel, which has been at…...