3+ hour, 6+ min ago  (253+ words) Israeli soldiers walking along the road between destroyed houses in southern Lebanon Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem rejected Lebanon's planned direct talks with Israel, calling them a "grave sin" that will destabilise Lebanon. "We categorically reject direct negotiations with Israel, and…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (661+ words) Austrian-Hungarian singer Benjamin Gedeon, aka Cosmo, will represent Austria at the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest is famous for celebrating everything from cross-dressing ballad singers to heavy metal bands in monster masks, but geopolitics is threatening its 70th anniversary…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago  (942+ words) Sporadic violence has continued and Israel's military warned civilians against returning to dozens of villages in southern Lebanon There has been no word on when talks in Pakistan will resume A ceasefire in the Middle East war is holding, but…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (907+ words) Sporadic violence has continued and Israel's military warned civilians against returning to dozens of villages in southern Lebanon There has been no word on when talks in Pakistan will resume A ceasefire in the Middle East war is holding, but…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (623+ words) Palestinians in the West Bank and a central area of Gaza will vote in municipal elections for the first time since the Gaza war began Palestinians in the West Bank and a central area of Gaza began voting Saturday in…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago  (589+ words) The prospect of renewed peace talks lifted hopes that tankers stuck at the Strait of Hormuz will soon be allowed to move Major Wall Street indices closed at fresh records as markets cheered the latest batch of earnings reports and…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago  (629+ words) Mourners carry the coffin of Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil during her funeral procession in the southern town of Bissariye US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, Israel Ambassador to US Yechiel Leiter, US Vice President JD Vance and US Secretary of…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago  (399+ words) One mural shows demonstrators gathered before Azadi Square, chanting "Death to America," with one holding a portrait of Ali Khamenei Oil prices edged higher Wednesday while Europe's main stock " One mural depicts a fractured Statue of Liberty with a broken…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago  (96+ words) President Javier Milei and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Credit: GPO/Amos Ben Gershom. JERUSALEM, April 20, 2026 Signing comes as other Latin American countries emulate Argentina's example and expand ties with Israel JERUSALEM, April 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Yesterday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (1074+ words) Shipping in the Strait of Hormuz has already been disrupted by the Iranian military, and some vessels now also face a US blockade A woman walks past an anti-US mural depicting Iran-US talks near the former US embassy in Tehran…...