Updates: Israel hits more targets in Lebanon as Blinken travels to Middle East to push for truce
Lebanon says four people were killed including a child in the latest Israeli strikes as Tehran says the United States...Geostrategy
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar killed in Gaza as Iran issues fresh warning over Israeli retaliation
Israel and the US government officials express "relief" at the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. He became the militant...Geostrategy
EU nuclear coordinator to visit Iran this week
The European Union's coordinator for talks between Iran and world powers over restoring a frayed 2015 nuclear deal will visit...The coordinator, Enrique Mora, has played a key role as an intermediary between the US and Iran during a year of on-off talks in Vienna that seek to revive the deal
The 2015 deal gave Iran sanctions relief in exchange for curbs on its nuclear program to guarantee that it could not develop a nuclear weapon
Nearly 60 percent Lebanon diaspora voter turnout for May 15 polls
Some 130,000 Lebanese expatriates out of 225,000 registered voters cast their ballots, foreign ministry official Hadi Hashem said, releasing preliminary...The overseas ballots will now be sent to the capital Beirut for counting when polls close after nationwide voting on May 15.
The elections are the first since mass protests erupted in late 2019 against the country's entrenched ruling elite, widely blamed for the economic collapse.
US First Lady Biden makes unannounced visit to Ukraine
"I wanted to come on Mother's Day" said Jill Biden while telling reporters that people from US support people of..."I wanted to come on Mother's Day" said Jill Biden while telling reporters that people from US support people of Ukraine in the war against Russian invasion
She traveled to Ukraine from Slovakia as part of a regional tour that included Romania and was meant to be yet another display of American support for Ukraine
Iran’s foreign minister says Tehran ‘against’ Ukraine war
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said that "we are against the war in Ukraine, just as we are against the war in Yemen,...Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said that "we are against the war in Ukraine, just as we are against the war in Yemen, in Afghanistan, in Syria, in Iraq, or in any other part of the world
"We believe that the solution in Ukraine is political and that political negotiations between Russia and Ukraine must lead to an end to the war," he added
Russia readies Victory Day parade as fight for east Ukraine rages
Russia will celebrate its 1945 victory over Nazi Germany Monday with a show of military might as its army battles...President Vladimir Putin is set to flaunt Russia's power in celebration of Victory Day, as he seeks to justify a war that has gone on far longer than expected
But as huge missiles are towed through Moscow's Red Square , Ukraine will be desperately battling to stop a hoped-for military breakthrough
Qatar, Kuwait warn against Israeli settlement plans
Qatar has warned against the plans of the Israeli occupation authorities to approve about 4000 new settlement units in the...Qatar has warned against the plans of the Israeli occupation authorities to approve about 4000 new settlement units in the occupied West Bank
Kuwait ministry of foreign affairs said that these settlement schemes, which blatantly violate international law and legitimacy; mainly the resolution 2334
As Ukraine war rages, Biden team revives Asia focus
President Joe Biden was clear from the moment he entered office -- China is the main international competitor and should...Biden from Thursday meets leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations for a two-day summit, a sign of personal US engagement in a region full of disputes with China
Secretary of State Antony Blinken will soon deliver what is billed as a major speech on China, although it was recently pushed back after he tested positive for Covid
G7 countries pledge to stop Russia oil imports
The G7 club of wealthy nations committed Sunday to phasing out its dependency on Russian oil and issued a scathing...The statement from G7 countries did not specify exactly what commitments each country will make to move away from Russian energy.
The West has so far displayed close coordination in its announcements of sanctions against Russia, but has not moved at the same pace when it comes to Russian oil and gas.
Putin vows to repeat Russia’s World War II victory in Ukraine
Our sacred duty is to hold back the ideological successors of those who were defeated" in World War II, which...Putin insists Ukraine is in the grip of fascism and a threat to Russia and the Russian-speaking minority in Ukraine's east
Moscow will officially commemorate victory over Nazi Germany with a giant military parade on Monday
Bashar al-Assad meets Ali Khamenei, Raisi in Tehran
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met with Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei and President Ebrahim Raisi during a brief visit to...Tehran has given financial and military support to the Assad regime during the 11-year war
The relationship between Tehran and Damascus are "vital for both countries and we should not let it weaken," Khamenei said
