10+ hour, 25+ min ago  (525+ words) Organizers of the Global Sumud Flotilla say that more than 70 boats and 1, 000 people from around the world will participate, with campaigners saying it's the biggest civilian-led mobilization of its kind against Israel's actions in the Palestinian territory. Nearly 40 boats were…...

7+ hour, 38+ min ago  (1011+ words) Officials have sought to temper expectations of what might come out of the negotiations, but the fact that they are happening at all represents a significant step. The two countries have had a rocky and often hostile relationship since Israel's…...

19+ hour, 12+ min ago  (1763+ words) The U. S. military claimed Tuesday that it has successfully begun to enforce a blockade of Iranian ports, as the standoff between the U. S. and Iran deepens. Tehran threatened to strike targets across the region, a day after Trump warned on social media…...

15+ hour, 29+ min ago  (558+ words) U. S. President Donald Trump said the war in Iran was "very close to over" in clips of an interview set to air Wednesday, while the U. S. military said its blockade on Iranian ports had been "fully implemented." Pakistan said Tuesday it was…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (854+ words) Wafiq Safa, a high-ranking member of Hezbollah's political council, spoke on the eve of the talks expected in Washington between Lebanese and Israeli ambassadors to the U. S. It will be the first time in decades that envoys from Lebanon and Israel,…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago  (670+ words) It was not the homecoming they had anticipated when they fled to Lebanon six years ago. The bodies, along with that of his six-month pregnant daughter-in-law, arrived in wooden coffins on a bus from Lebanon, their names scribbled on the…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago  (889+ words) Meanwhile, the U. S. military said two destroyers transited the Iran-gripped Strait of Hormuz ahead of mine-clearing work, a first since the war began. Iran's state media, however, said the joint military command denied that. "We're sweeping the strait. Whether we make…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago  (839+ words) Such challenges could represent what's to come in the latest war, as U. S. President Donald Trump's approach to peacemaking appears to be stopping bombardment and leaving the bigger picture for others to work out. Whether Trump can force through that kind…...

5+ day, 26+ min ago  (999+ words) Many issues could derail the truce and the negotiations aimed at making a broader deal to stop the fighting permanently. Iran's semiofficial Tasnim news agency, close to the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, claimed that the talks set for Saturday would not…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago  (596+ words) The statues of five women as part of the structure named "She Wouldn't Take Off Her Boots." The camera people can look through to see the statues of the five women." FAIRFIELD " A part of the class Lauretta Webb took…...