5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (584+ words) KFAR RUMMAN (AFP): Israel conducted on Monday a wave of airstrikes in southern Lebanon, killing 12 people, including women and children, according to the Lebanese health ministry, in an intensification of violence after a weeks-long lull. Israel’s military vowed to continue…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago   (416+ words) (AFP): The US ambassador to Israel said Saturday there was no plan underway to force Palestinians out of Gaza, after Israeli ministers laid out ideas on how to expel the war-battered territory’s two million people. “I can tell you categorially…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (219+ words) (AFP): Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, stated during a visit to Israeli military positions in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday that Israeli forces would not withdraw from their current locations, according to an official statement from the Prime Minister’s…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (408+ words) JERUSALEM (AFP): Israel has plans ready to remove Palestinians from the Gaza Strip but is waiting for the United States to figure out where to take them, the defense minister said Wednesday. “There is no real solution for Gaza in…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (225+ words) BEIJING (Reuters): China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Monday the situation in the Middle East and Gulf region had again reached a critical juncture and urged parties involved to return to dialogue and negotiations as soon as possible. Wang…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (44+ words) Trump says no talks with Tehran scheduled; Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi claims US ‘begging’ for negotiations. Trump denies holding or scheduling talks with Tehran, while Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Washington is ‘begging’ to negotiate after failing to…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (512+ words) Trump’s son-in-law and special envoy says the US will not ‘restrict Israel’s right to defend itself’ as strikes on Gaza continue. United States envoy Jared Kushner has stressed that the administration of President Donald Trump will not allow reconstruction in…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (571+ words) Ghassan Charbel Officially, the 60-day ceasefire between Iran and the US, established under the memorandum of understanding, has now expired....

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (103+ words) Iran will adopt a more aggressive approach in the Strait of Hormuz and across the wider region if diplomatic efforts with the United States fail. According to media reports, Iran has decided to move away from a primarily defensive strategy…...

4+ week, 6+ hour ago   (244+ words) JERUSALEM (AFP): Israel wants new and more ambitious US-brokered talks with Lebanon after carrying out deadly strikes targeting Hezbollah, a spokesman for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday. The Israeli strikes against Hezbollah “should jumpstart the talks and make…...