4+ hour, 34+ min ago  (28+ words) / VIEWS & REVIEWS Nazrul Russell | May 17, 2026 00: 00: 00 Nazrul Russell is a writer, analyst and researcher and the author of the Amazon-listed book...

12+ hour, 38+ min ago  (361+ words) BEIRUT, May 16 (Arab News): Israel launched new airstrikes against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon on Saturday, a day after the two countries agreed to extend a truce following talks in Washington. The IDF has begun striking Hezbollah infrastructure sites in several…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago  (409+ words) BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 10 (AFP): Israel carried out strikes across Lebanon on Saturday, killing at least nine people in the south according to authorities, with raids also targeting a highway not far from Beirut outside of Hezbollah's traditional strongholds. The fresh…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago  (630+ words) May 10, 2026 00: 00: 00 TEHRAN, May 09 (Agencies): The US and Iran appeared no closer on Saturday to finding an end to their war after the two sides traded fire in the Gulf amid a tenuous ceasefire, while a US intelligence analysis concluded Tehran…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (369+ words) May 09, 2026 00: 00: 00 BEIRUT, May 08 (AFP): Lebanon's health ministry reported at least 12 people killed, including two children and a paramedic, in a series of Israeli airstrikes on Thursday in spite of a ceasefire. The new deaths came a day after Israel killed…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (134+ words) Israeli strike kills top Hamas official's son in Gaza hospital, Hamas The Financial Express Israeli strike kills top Hamas official's son in Gaza: hospital, Hamas GAZA CITY, May 07 (AFP): A Gaza hospital and Hamas on Thursday said the son of…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (378+ words) May 07, 2026 00: 00: 00 WASHINGTON, May 06 (Agencies): US President Donald Trump issued an ultimatum Wednesday for Iran to accept a deal to end the war or face renewed, more intense US bombing, in the latest of a series of abrupt policy shifts. "If…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (1405+ words) There are moments in global affairs when a quiet infrastructural decision carries more strategic weight than a loud military maneuver. Saudi Arabia's effort to expand and operationalise alternative oil routes-bypassing the Strait of Hormuz-is one such moment. What appears to…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (588+ words) May 01, 2026 00: 00: 00 JERUSALEM, April 30 (AFP): Israel's foreign ministry said Thursday that Israeli forces had arrested about 175 activists aboard 20 ships from an aid-laden flotilla bound for Gaza. Israel controls all entry points to Gaza, and has been accused by the United Nations…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (123+ words) April 22, 2026 00: 00: 00 The report said $26. 3 billion will be needed in the first 18 months to restore essential services, rebuild critical infrastructure and support economic recovery. It estimated damage to physical infrastructure at $35. 2 billion, while economic and social losses since the war began…...