Top Hezbollah commander killed in Israeli strike on Beirut
The killing of Aqil was the second of a senior Hizbollah commander since the start of the war in Gaza,...Geostrategy
Lebanon under attack. Fears of all-out war. 20 killed, 450 injured. Israel blamed and flayed.
A second wave of device explosions killed 20 people and wounded more than 450 in Lebanon on Wednesday, officials said,...Geostrategy
Trump increasingly ambiguous on Israel amid Gaza war
At the start of Israel's war with Hamas in October, Donald Trump loudly presented himself as the key US ally's...In an exchange with Israeli media, Trump warned that videos "of bombs being dropped into buildings in Gaza" offer "a very bad picture for the world."
Despite allusions to his concerns, Trump has not explicitly mentioned the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, where experts warn a famine is looming.
Tehran, Baghdad to launch maritime passenger transport line
TEHRAN, IRAN – Iran and Iraq will launch the first maritime passenger transport line within the next two months, an...Given the readiness of Iran’s Abadan and Khorramshahr ports for the transportation of passengers to the destination of Wasliya and Basra ports in Iraq..
the officials of the two sides have expressed their readiness for the initiation of the transportation of passengers via sea, Ali Akbar Safaei emphasized.
Air Arabia Egypt marks its first flight to Istanbul
CAIRO, Egypt – Air Arabia Egypt on Sunday commenced its first non-stop flight from Cairo International Airport to Sabiha Gökçen...Upon arrival at Istanbul, the flight was greeted with a water cannon salute and a welcome ceremony.
The newly added route will connect both cities with a frequency of three weekly flights.
Top Europe rights court to issue landmark climate verdicts
STRASBOURG, FRANCE – Europe's top rights court will on Tuesday issue unprecedented verdicts in three separate cases on the responsibility of...In a sign of the importance of the issue, the cases have all been treated as priority by the Grand Chamber of the ECHR.
All three cases accuse European governments of inaction or insufficient action in their measures against global warming.
‘Terrible’ Israel-Hamas conflict ‘must end’: UK’s Sunak
The British government on Friday called for "utmost transparency" and a "wholly independent review" into the killing of seven aid...Sunak said the children of Gaza needed a "humanitarian pause immediately, leading to a long-term sustainable ceasefire"
The British government, meanwhile, said a Royal Navy ship would be deployed to help get more aid into Gaza
Israelis rally against Netanyahu as Gaza war reaches half-year mark
Organizers said about 100,000 people converged at a Tel Aviv crossroads renamed "Democracy Square" since mass protests against controversial judicial...Rallies were also held in other cities, with Israel's opposition leader Yair Lapid taking part in one in Kfar Saba ahead of his departure for talks in Washington
Israeli media said clashes had broken out between protesters and police at the Tel Aviv rally and police said one protester had been arrested
Israeli strikes target eastern Lebanon: source close to Hizbollah
Israel and Hizbollah have exchanged near-daily cross-border fire since the Palestinian group Hamas carried out an unprecedented attack on southern...Israeli strikes targeted two areas in the Bekaa Valley, Janta and Sifri, the source told AFP in the Baalbek region in Lebanon's east
Janta is an arid, mountainous region close to the border with Syria, while Sifri is in the centre of the Bekaa Valley
Seven children killed in Syria’s as explosive device goes off
Damascus, Syria - Seven children were killed in southern Syria's Daraa province on Saturday when an "explosive device" detonated, state media...The Britain-based monitor said militias were accused of planting the device in order to target an unidentified person in the area.
Syria's war, which escalated into a deadly conflict that pulled in gunmen and foreign armies, has killed more than 507,000 people.
UN agency chief laments Gaza war as ‘betrayal of humanity’
United Nations - Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza has escalated into a "betrayal of humanity", the United Nations' humanitarian...UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths called for a "collective determination that there be a reckoning for this betrayal of humanity".
"Each day, this war claims more civilian victims," said Griffiths, who will leave his post at the end of June due to health reasons.
Hamas to stick on truce conditions amid renewed Cairo talks
"The demands ... are complete ceasefire, withdrawal of the occupation forces from Gaza, the return of the displaced to their..."Hamas confirms its adherence to the position it presented on March 14 ... and we will not back down from this position," it said in a statement.
Negotiators were expected in Cairo over the weekend for a renewed push to strike a ceasefire and hostage exchange deal.