- Around 80,000 Lebanese serve in the army, which is seen as a key pillar of the country's stability. The force...
Parliament approved delaying the retirement of senior officers at the head of the military and security services for one year, Lebanon's official National News Agency said
Lebanon has been without a president for more than a year and its government is operating in a caretaker capacity as political deadlock paralyses decision-making
- The Qatari network had first reported that cameraman Samer Abu Daqqa and Gaza bureau chief Wael Al-Dahdouh were wounded in...
The network said that following Samer's injury, he was left to bleed to death for over 5 hours
Al Jazeera held "Israel accountable for systematically targeting and killing Al Jazeera journalists"
- PARIS, FRANCE - While the UN's COP28 climate summit marked a pivot moment, when the world pledged to say "goodbye" to...
It gave an unmistakable signal to investors that if you continue to invest in fossil fuels you may well have serious business risks
It gives a signal to the investors for clean energy that they may be more profitable than many people now believe they are.
- Seoul, South Korea - Microsoft has seized the websites of a Vietnam-based group it alleges sold millions of fake accounts to...
Storm-1152 is "the number one seller and creator of fraudulent Microsoft accounts", creating around 750 million to date, the company said Wednesday
Storm-1152 pursued a model called "cybercrime-as-a-service" or CaaS, acting as a provider to other criminal groups, Microsoft and Arkose said
- There have been near-daily cross-border exchanges between Hezbollah, an Iran-backed Hamas ally in Lebanon, and Israel since the Palestinian group's...
Along the Israel-Lebanon border violence has remained relatively limited, with 128 killed in total, including 90 Hezbollah combatants and at least 11 Israelis.
Israel's current objective is that Hezbollah forces move back from the border by 40 kilometers (25 miles), a Western diplomatic source in Beirut said.
- The US has suggested the internationally-recognized PA could play a role in governing Gaza after the war, though the Ramallah-based...
"We do not believe that it makes sense for Israel, or is right for Israel, to occupy Gaza, reoccupy Gaza over the long term," Sullivan told journalists in Tel Aviv
"Ultimately the control of Gaza, the administration of Gaza and the security of Gaza has to transition to the Palestinians," he added
- Jerusalem, Undefined -- Multiple rockets were intercepted over central Jerusalem on Friday, AFP journalists reported. Staff saw two explosions and heard...
Hamas's armed wing, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, said it had fired rockets towards Jerusalem "as a response to the Zionist massacres of civilians".
Paramedics rushed to the scene after the alarm was raised in Jerusalem and nearby Beit Shemesh, the Magen David Adom emergency medical services said.
- The talks with US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan came as Israel pressed its offensive in Gaza despite mounting international...
Abbas "emphasized the urgent need to halt the ongoing Israeli aggression, particularly the genocide being carried out these days upon the Palestinian people in Gaza".
Sullivan's visit to the region has also included meetings in Israel with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
- Erdogan has been one of the Muslim world's most vocal critics of Israel's military tactics in Gaza. He has referred...
Turkish leader spoke on the telephone with US President in their first talks since October 7, when an unprecedented attack on Israel by Hamas sparked the war
During the telephone call, Erdogan said that "the United States has a historic responsibility to ensure a permanent ceasefire in the region as soon as possible"
- The latest death was a 17-year-old boy who the ministry said was shot in the chest by the Israeli army...
Israeli troops launched their incursion into the northern city of Jenin and its refugee camp early Tuesday and were still present on Thursday afternoon
More than 280 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces or settlers in the West Bank since the war in Gaza erupted on October 7, health officials say





















