1+ hour, 6+ min ago  (716+ words) After a week's buildup, acts from 25 countries will take to the stage at the Wiener Stadthalle arena in Vienna to battle for the continent's pop crown. Millions of viewers around the world will cast judgment on a fiery Finnish violinist,…...

8+ hour, 56+ min ago  (478+ words) Posted today at 12: 15pm WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) " Israel and Lebanon agreed to a45-day extension of a ceasefire that has tamped down the conflict between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, as two days of talks facilitated by Washington concluded on…...

12+ hour, 41+ min ago  (762+ words) Posted today at 10: 31am By Alexander Cornwell and Rami Ayyub JERUSALEM, May 15 (Reuters) " The U. S. is considering asking Israel to give some tax money it is withholding from the Palestinian Authority to Donald Trump's Board of Peace to fund the U. S. president's post-war…...

1+ day, 25+ min ago  (959+ words) Posted today at 12: 20am The village, al-Joura, was demolished by the Israeli military at the time. It has since vanished under neighborhoods of the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon and the grounds of a national park. The neighborhood where Abu Hamam's…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (916+ words) With a nominal truce in place that has reduced but not halted the fighting, Al-Zain tried to assess whether to rebuild the shop in Beirut's southern suburbs that he once hoped to pass down to his kids. But it's unlikely…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (576+ words) Posted today at 5: 19pm Fifteen countries battled for 10 of the 25 spots in Saturday's finale of the pan-continental pop competition, with the results decided by votes from national juries and viewers around the world. Those heading for the final include Denmark's S'ren…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (814+ words) Lebanese officials are hoping that the two-day negotiations will yield a new ceasefire deal and pave the way for tackling a series of thorny issues, including the withdrawal of Israeli forces from southern Lebanon and the disarmament of Hezbollah. The…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago  (661+ words) Posted today at 9: 20am The young, mostly-male group did their chanting under the eye of Israeli police, who had barred off parts of the plaza for journalists to cover the event. Normally a bustling marketplace for Palestinian residents of east Jerusalem,…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (381+ words) Posted today at 3: 18am The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center said it received reports that the vessel was taken by unauthorized personnel while anchored 38 nautical miles (70 kilometers, 44 miles) northeast of the UAE port of Fujairah, near the Strait of Hormuz....

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (270+ words) Posted today at 4: 27pm May 13 (Reuters) " A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked U. S. sanctions against Francesca Albanese, a U. N. expert on the Palestinian territories, finding that the Trump administration likely violated her free-speech rights by imposing the measures after she criticized U. S. ally…...