33+ min ago  (113+ words) He said the military is working on countermeasures against Hezbollah as the group targeted Israel with drone attacks. Read more at straitstimes. com. Read more at straitstimes. com. Israel's Netanyahu orders escalation of Lebanon offensive to "crush' Hezbollah Israel's Prime…...

3+ hour, 31+ min ago  (456+ words) Published'May 25, 2026, 07: 43 PM Updated'May 25, 2026, 11: 58 PM CAIRO/GAZA, May 25 - An Israeli airstrike on a tent in the southern Gaza Strip on Monday killed two people including a six-year-old girl and wounded 17 other people, including children, Palestinian health officials said. Medics said the…...

8+ hour, 7+ min ago  (499+ words) Israel's far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called for strikes on Beirut in response to Hezbollah's drone attacks. Published'May 25, 2026, 07: 00 PM Updated'May 25, 2026, 07: 23 PM JERUSALEM " Israel's two far-right ministers on May 25 called for an escalation of military operations in Lebanon, with one advocating…...

8+ hour, 30+ min ago  (852+ words) US President Donald Trump greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Palm Beach, Florida, in December. Israel has largely been left out of talks to reach an initial deal to halt the Iran war. Published'May 25, 2026, 06: 23 PM Updated'May 25, 2026, 06: 59 PM JERUSALEM - Israeli…...

10+ hour, 40+ min ago  (464+ words) Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said that negotiations were "neither a concession nor a surrender". Published'May 25, 2026, 04: 50 PM BEIRUT " Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on May 25 said Israel's withdrawal from the country's south was a "non-negotiable" demand that the authorities would pursue through…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (458+ words) Mourners attend the funeral of Palestinians killed in an Israeli strike on a house, according to medics, in Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, on May 24. Published'May 25, 2026, 01: 30 AM Updated'May 25, 2026, 01: 37 AM CAIRO/GAZA - An Israeli airstrike…...

20+ hour, 40+ min ago  (420+ words) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has denounced what he called Hezbollah's "reckless call to overthrow Lebanon's democratically elected government. Published'May 25, 2026, 05: 46 AM Updated'May 25, 2026, 06: 50 AM NEW DELHI - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio accused Hezbollah in a statement on May 24 of…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (324+ words) Published'May 24, 2026, 09: 28 PM JERUSALEM, May 24 - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told U. S. President Donald Trump Israel would remain free to act against threats in Lebanon during a phone call about an emerging agreement between Washington and Iran on Saturday, an Israeli source…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (321+ words) Published'May 24, 2026, 03: 35 PM Updated'May 24, 2026, 03: 51 PM TEHRAN " Iran on May 24 hanged a man convicted of espionage, the judiciary said, the first known execution for a spying offence committed during the war with Israel and the US. It said he shared information related…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (657+ words) Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli strike that targeted the Nabatieh village in southern Lebanon on May 22. Published'May 24, 2026, 07: 25 AM BEIRUT " Israel struck south Lebanon on May 23 despite a ceasefire as Hezbollah said its backer Tehran had pledged not…...