… w on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter A supporter of Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah, holds a portrait of Iran's supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei during an anti-US and anti-Israel protest organised by the International Popular Committees to Resist Aggression in Beirut …
… Earlier, Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz insisted that the campaign in Lebanon would carry on regardless and said Israel would strike the Hezbollah-dominated southern suburbs of Beirut in retaliation for each attack on northern Israel by the militant group.Trump, who has rep …
… Since Sunday evening, Iran has launched about 30 missiles at Israel, according to an Israeli military official, in response to deadly Israeli strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs.Israel, meanwhile, said it had struck and destroyed Iranian defence systems. …
… The Iranian missile barrage came after Israeli strikes in Beirut targeting Hezbollah positions, with Iran describing its attack as retaliation for Israeli operations in Lebanon. …
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… e on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter Emergency personnel operate around a destroyed car following a targeted Israeli strike, amid escalating hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, as the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran continues, in Beirut …
BEIRUT,Jun 2- Lebanon says Hezbollah has accepted a US plan for it to halt attacks on Israel and for Israel not to attack the Lebanese capital Beirut. …
… Iran's Tasnim news agency reported Tehran had suspended dialogue with mediators in protest at Israel's expanding offensive in Lebanon, with Israel saying it would once again target Beirut's southern suburbs. …
The United States launched fresh attacks against Iran on Thursday, prompting Tehran to retaliate, marking the second straight day of tit-for-tat strikes amid a three-month war. US President Donald Trump accused Iran of dragging out negotiations and said it will "have to pay the price," while the strikes sent oil prices rising.
The United States launched fresh attacks against Iran on Thursday, prompting Tehran to retaliate, marking the second straight day of tit-for-tat strikes amid a three-month war. US President Donald Trump accused Iran of dragging out negotiations and said it will "have to pay the price," while the strikes sent oil prices rising.
US President Donald Trump accused Iran of taking too long to negotiate a peace deal and warned it would "have to pay the price," following renewed military exchanges between the two countries that strained a ceasefire established in April.
Iran and Israel say they have halted attacks on each other after exchanging fire for the first time since April's truce. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country was holding fire "at the moment," while Iran warned of "more severe and crushing measures" if Israel carried out more strikes.
US President Donald Trump said negotiators were in the "final throes" of reaching a peace deal in the Middle East after Iran and Israel halted fresh hostilities, with Trump estimating it would take "two or three days." Diplomacy has previously stalled despite a ceasefire since April 8, with Iran insisting any agreement include Lebanon where Israel has been pressing its war with Iran-backed Hezbollah.
Residents of Tehran expressed anxiety and uncertainty following Iranian and Israeli strikes over the weekend, with Iranians describing exhaustion and confusion about whether the region is heading toward war or maintaining a fragile ceasefire. Iran launched about 30 missiles at Israel in response to Israeli strikes, marking the sharpest escalation since a ceasefire took hold in April.
Israel launched retaliatory airstrikes on military targets in western and central Iran after Tehran fired missiles toward northern Israel. The Iranian attack was described as retaliation for Israeli strikes in Beirut targeting Hezbollah positions.
In an NBC interview, U.S. President Donald Trump called for more "surgical" strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon and said he is not demanding the conflict be included in a peace deal with Iran.
An Israeli strike on a military vehicle in southern Lebanon killed two officers and a soldier Saturday, according to Beirut's military. The incident occurred days after the countries agreed a conditional truce during U.S.-brokered talks.
Lebanon says Hezbollah has accepted a US proposal for a mutual halt to attacks: Israeli strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs would cease in exchange for Hezbollah refraining from attacks on Israel. However, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu warned strikes would continue if Hezbollah does not stop attacking Israeli cities, and said the IDF would continue operating in southern Lebanon as planned.
US President Donald Trump said Iran talks were moving at a "rapid pace" despite negotiations to end the Mideast war appearing in deep trouble, with Iran's Revolutionary Guards warning of new fronts and Tehran suspending dialogue with mediators in protest at Israel's expanding offensive in Lebanon.
Israel and Hezbollah clashed overnight despite a US-announced agreement to halt fighting ahead of US-hosted talks between Israel and Lebanon. Israel's deepening offensive in Lebanon, including heavy bombardment and ground invasion, has threatened to undermine a wider Middle East ceasefire involving the United States and Iran.
Israel said Monday it would target Beirut's southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold, as it stages its deepest incursion into Lebanon in two decades, citing repeated ceasefire violations. The UN Security Council convened an emergency meeting on Israel's expanded operations in Lebanon, while the EU called for a halt to military escalation.
The United States and Iran exchanged military strikes on Monday as negotiations to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz remained deadlocked over disagreements on Iranian nuclear efforts and fighting in Lebanon. The US military carried out "self-defense strikes" on Iranian radar and drone control sites in response to a downed US drone, and Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they targeted a US military air base in retaliation.
Israel launched strikes across south Lebanon on Saturday following evacuation orders from more than a dozen locations. Lebanon's army said a targeted Israeli strike wounded two soldiers, as military delegations from both countries held security talks in Washington ahead of US-brokered negotiations scheduled for early next week.
Iran's top negotiator said Tehran would only trust Washington's actions, not its words, after US Vice President JD Vance announced progress on a ceasefire extension and peace framework. President Donald Trump has remained silent about the deal despite US sources saying it only needed his sign-off.
US Vice President JD Vance said Washington and Tehran are close to agreeing a deal to extend their Middle East ceasefire, though the breakthrough still requires President Trump's approval. The potential agreement would allow unrestricted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, with Iran removing mines within 30 days and the US lifting its naval blockade if commercial traffic resumes, but Iran has not confirmed commitments and has said any unilaterally announced deal by Trump would not be recognized.
Israel's military launched an airstrike in the Beirut area on Thursday, with Lebanese authorities saying at least 14 people, including three children, were killed. The strike came as Lebanon and Israel prepare for military talks at the Pentagon and US-brokered negotiations, amid the latest Israel-Hezbollah conflict that began on March 2.
Hundreds of thousands of Kenyan households dependent on money sent home from relatives abroad are facing a deepening financial crisis after diaspora remittances fell sharply last month.
Yasser Abbas, 64, son of Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas and a businessman based in Canada, won a seat on Fatah's central committee in preliminary results from the movement's first congress in years. Jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti topped the results with the highest number of votes.
Israel launched airstrikes on southern Lebanon on Saturday, a day after the two countries extended their truce by 45 days. Israel says it is targeting Hezbollah, but the strikes preceded evacuation warnings for nine villages and prompted a new exodus of residents toward Sidon and Beirut.
Lebanon's Simon Karam and Israel's Yechiel Leiter, both veteran politicians, will meet in Washington for the third round of direct negotiations as President Trump seeks a breakthrough. Lebanon seeks to consolidate a ceasefire and secure Israeli troop withdrawal, while Israel wants Hezbollah disarmed.
A cargo ship was struck by a drone off Qatar's coast, with a small fire that was extinguished and no casualties reported. Iran's Revolutionary Guards have threatened to target US interests in the Middle East, following a US fighter jet's strike on two Iran-flagged vessels in the Gulf of Oman on Friday.
Following renewed US naval clashes with Iranian tankers in the Persian Gulf, Iran questioned American diplomatic credibility on Saturday. US President Trump had anticipated Iran's response to a ceasefire extension proposal "supposedly tonight," but Tehran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi cited US violations of the ceasefire and questioned the reliability of American leadership in talks mediated by Pakistan.
Lebanon said at least one person was killed in Israeli strikes on the country's south on Saturday despite a ceasefire with Hezbollah in effect since April 17. Israel's military issued an evacuation warning to nine villages and warned it would act "forcefully" against Hezbollah after alleged ceasefire violations.
Lebanon and Israel will hold a third round of direct talks in Washington on May 14–15, a US State Department official announced Thursday, despite an Israeli strike in Beirut that killed a senior Hezbollah commander. Israeli strikes in Lebanon have killed more than 2,700 people since March 2, according to Lebanese authorities.
US President Donald Trump said a ceasefire with Iran initiated April 8 remained in effect despite an Iranian attack on three American destroyers in the Strait of Hormuz and subsequent US strikes on Iranian military targets in response. The UAE reported its air defences were engaging Iranian missile and drone attacks, while Iran accused the US of violating the truce by attacking ships.
US President Donald Trump has predicted the war in Iran will be "over quickly" and said most people understand his goal of ending Tehran's nuclear ambitions. Iran is considering a US proposal, which Axios reports includes a 14-point memorandum of understanding that could set a framework for nuclear negotiations, with provisions including suspension of Iranian nuclear enrichment, lifting of sanctions, and restoring free transit through the Strait of Hormuz.