News
Trump's peace board hands Hamas disarmament proposal, sources say
2+ hour, 51+ min ago (774+ words) Donald Trump's Board of Peace has presented Hamas with a written proposal on how it could lay down its weapons, two sources said, a step the Palestinian militants have thus far refused to take as the US President pushes on…...
UNRWA head warns on agency's future work in Gaza ahead of his departure
1+ hour, 40+ min ago (435+ words) The outgoing head of the UN Palestinian refugee agency has warned that the viability of the organisation is in doubt, a letter showed on Friday, saying any collapse would result in Israel taking over its humanitarian work in Gaza." The…...
Israel steps up Beirut strikes, hits bridges in south Lebanon
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (825+ words) Israel stepped up airstrikes on Beirut on Wednesday, killing at least 10 people and destroying a 10-storey building near the city centre in the third week of its war with Iran-backed Hezbollah, Lebanese authorities said." In a further escalation, Israeli warplanes…...
Missile shrapnel falls in Jerusalem's Old City holy sites, police say
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (206+ words) Shrapnel from ballistic missiles fired by Iran and debris from the Israeli interceptors that shot them down fell on Monday around Jerusalem's walled Old City and some of its most sacred Christian, Muslim and Jewish sites, Israeli police said. Part…...
Pope escalates call for ceasefire in Iran by addressing those responsible for the war
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (495+ words) Pope Leo XIV demanded a ceasefire in the Middle East on Sunday in his strongest comments to date, directly addressing the leaders who launched the war in Iran. "On behalf of the Christians of the Middle East and all women…...
Israeli forces kill 16 people in Gaza and the West Bank, medics say
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (663+ words) Cairo, Egypt/Ramallah, West Bank Reuters Israeli forces killed 16 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, health officials said, in one of the heaviest death tolls in a single day in weeks, as Israel continued to launch attacks…...
In heavy rain, Lebanese fleeing war huddle under makeshift shelters
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (502+ words) Hussain Murtada and his family are camping in the back of a small truck, a flimsy tarpaulin shielding them from a storm on Sunday, with no room left at shelters for displaced people in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon....
US officials predict quick end to Iran war, while Tehran says it can outlast foes
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (1327+ words) US officials responding to economic uncertainty over high oil prices predicted on Sunday that the US-Israeli war on Iran would end within weeks and that a drop in energy costs would follow, despite Iran's assertion that it remains "stable and…...
Iran threatens to retaliate against region for US Kharg Island attack
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (951+ words) Iran threatened on Saturday to escalate the war raging in the Middle East by targeting any facility in the region with US ties, after Washington bombed its main energy hub and US President Donald Trump predicted "many countries" would send…...
Israel and Lebanon to talk as war with Hezbollah rages, Haaretz reports
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (971+ words) Israel and Lebanon are expected to hold direct talks in the coming days, Israel's Haaretz newspaper reported on Saturday, in what would be a diplomatic milestone between the two states as Israel and the Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah wage war....