Hizbollah threatens Israel after military says Lebanon offensive ready
Hassan Nasrallah - whose powerful Iran-backed group has exchanged near-daily fire with Israel since its ally Hamas's October 7 attack...Geostrategy
Gaza war rages as US wants to ‘close’ ceasefire agreement
Doha, Qatar - Top US diplomat Antony Blinken said Wednesday that a truce and hostage release deal to end the Gaza...Geostrategy
Israel and Hamas nearing agreement to free hostages: report
Washington, United States - Israel and the Hamas are close to reaching agreements that will make possible to free the...The agreement can be announced within several days if the latest issues are resolved, according to the Washington Post op-ed
According to preliminary agreements, Israeli women and children will be freed in groups simultaneously with Palestinian women and youth currently in Israeli prisons
Iranian Army reveals advanced Kaman 19 drone
Tehran, Iran – The Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran has made its newest operational drone Kaman-19, a drone...Equipped with a specialized engine, the drone is optimized for high-altitude flights, primarily geared towards reconnaissance missions
What sets the Kaman-19 apart is its prowess in electronic warfare, disrupting enemy radar and electronic systems
Israelis use disinformation to discredit Gaza horror
Falsely accusing people of faking their suffering has become "one of the most predictable" disinformation tactics in a crisis scenario, said Mike Caulfield,...The information war running in parallel with the deadly conflict on the ground has seen conspiracy theorists accuse ordinary Palestinians and Israelis of being "crisis actors"
Some of the most viral posts targeting war-afflicted Gazans have used the term "Pallywood", a derogatory label blending "Palestine" with "Hollywood."
Biden exhorts Israel to protect Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital
Speaking to the reporters in the Oval Office, US president said he hoped and expected "that there will be less...The WHO said that nearly 2,300 people were in the 'crippled' Al-Shifa facility
Israel is under huge international pressure to minimize civilian suffering
Israel pauses bombing in Rafah for four hours
Tel Aviv, Israel - The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) suspended its military operation in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip,...A humanitarian corridor to evacuate civilians from the Palestinian enclave’s northern areas will be available from Al Shifa Hospital to the southern Gaza Strip.
The Israeli military will allow Palestinian refugees to leave the Al-Shati camp, which the IDF claims to have taken control of,
UN warns fuel shortage to halt Gaza aid work in ’48 hours’
JERUSALEM - The UN agency for Palestinian refugees warned Monday its operations in war-torn Gaza would shut down within two..."The humanitarian operation in Gaza will grind to a halt in the next 48 hours as no fuel is allowed to enter Gaza," UNRWA's Gaza chief Thomas White said
"This morning two of our main water distribution contractors ceased working -- they simply ran out of fuel -- which will deny 200,000 people potable water," he said
North Gaza hospitals out of service as UN aid work risks halt
Youssef Abu Rish told AFP seven premature babies and 27 patients had died in recent days in Gaza City's Al-Shifa...The UN agency for Palestinian refugees warned Monday its Gaza operations might shut down due to fuel shortages.
Jordan's King Abdullah II said on Monday that "any scenario or idea of (Israel) reoccupying parts of Gaza or establishing buffer zones there will exacerbate the crisis".
Nations start negotiations over global plastics treaty at Nairobi meet
Nairobi, Kenya -- Nations grappling with the plastic "suffocating" nature and leaching into food and the human body began fresh...Around 60 so-called "high ambition" nations have called for binding rules to reduce the use and production of plastic
Kenyan President William Ruto described plastic pollution as "an existential threat to life, to humanity and everything in between."
UN flag at half mast in remembrance of 100 staff killed in Gaza
In Geneva, the second-largest UN headquarters after New York, the UN flag on Monday flew at half-mast and none of...The blue and white United Nations flag was first lowered at 9:30 am local time at offices in Bangkok, Tokyo and Beijing, and later, other UN offices followed suit
The UN agency for supporting Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) announced on Friday that 101 of its employees had died in the Gaza Strip since the war erupted
US strikes Iran-linked locations in eastern Syria
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said that his country's forces carried out precision strikes on facilities in Syria used by...Austin said the strikes were conducted against a training facility and a safe house
There are nearly 2,500 American troops based in Iraq and some 900 in Syria