Biden calls Israel and Hezbollah ceasefire 'good news' as sides come to terms on agreement to pause fighting
WASHINGTON (AP) — Biden calls Israel and Hezbollah ceasefire 'good news' as sides come to terms on agreement to pause fighting.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Biden calls Israel and Hezbollah ceasefire 'good news' as sides come to terms on agreement to pause fighting.
An Army general who oversaw the US withdrawal from Afghanistan was promoted to a four-star officer after a Republican senator dropped a hold on his nomination, according to a Senate aide.
Iran has sent militia groups into Syria to prop up Bashar al-Assad, as China also gave its backing to the regime.
Russia is treating North Korean troops well right now, Ukraine's Zelenskyy said, as it wants more to come fight, but they will become "cannon fodder."
STORY: Ambulances were seen at the port of Ranong in southern Thailand, after Myanmar's navy opened fire on a group of Thai fishing vessels on Saturday (November 30).The incident caused one fisherman to drown, while Myanmar authorities detained 31 crew members from one of the boats, according to a spokesperson for Thailand's Defence Ministry.Two of 15 fishing vessels were fired at after they operated inside Myanmar's territorial waters near Ranong, the ministry initially said.But Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra on Sunday questioned the claims that the boats had encroached into Myanmar waters, saying it was "inconclusive".Thailand's authorities have protested the use of force during the incident and are in negotiations to release those detained.Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister, Phumtham Wechayachai, told reporters the country had quote "no intention of encroaching on anything"."If any side encroaches on another's sovereignty, there will be warning shots, but they don't aim to destroy targets," he said.Myanmar's ruling junta did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.The country has been in crisis since 2021 when the military seized power, toppling an elected government and sparking an armed rebellion by crushing protests with lethal force.
Israel has killed a World Central Kitchen aid worker it claims took part in Hamas’s October 7 terror attack.
Hamas said on Monday that 33 hostages in Gaza had been killed during the almost 14-month-old war between the Palestinian militant group and Israel in the enclave, without giving their nationalities. Hamas added that other hostages had gone missing. Hamas shortly afterward published a video it said detailed when and how the hostages had been killed, blaming Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for their fate.
A highly decorated former Israeli defense minister has caused a firestorm by accusing Israel of carrying out ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in northern Gaza.
Israel and Hezbollah exchanged air strikes and rocket fire on Monday as their 60-day ceasefire appeared to be unravelling within its first week.
Dozens of Syrian government troops have been filmed surrendering to rebels after they were abandoned by their comrades at a town south of Aleppo.
Rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah have agreed to create a committee to jointly administer the Gaza Strip after fighting dies down, negotiators said on Tuesday. Discussions on the composition of the committee are ongoing, they said. Read our liveblog for the latest developments. Yesterday's key developments: The UK said it will increase the amount of aid it sends to Gaza ahead of a conference in Cairo aiming to improve desperate humanitarian conditions in the strip ahead of winter. The U
Forces only took three days to take the city from Bashar al-Assad’s regime, but the Middle East’s newest conflict looks set to last
Bangladesh urged India on Monday to take immediate action against protesters who broke into its consulate in the northeastern Indian state of Tripura, even as India said security was being beefed up at Bangladeshi diplomatic missions. Hindu groups held protests in some areas of India on Monday against Bangladesh's arrest of Hindu leader Chinmoy Krishna Das last week, and more than 50 protesters breached the Bangladeshi consulate in Tripura's capital Agartala, local media reported.
The ruling party denies any Russian link, but its actions raise questions about Georgia's path to the EU.
The Israeli military on Monday confirmed the death of American Israeli soldier Omer Maxim Neutra.
Several hundred demonstrators marched through central London.
The fast-moving offensive began on Wednesday, surprising forces loyal to Bashar al-Assad and his allies
Lebanon's Health Ministry says nine people were killed in strikes on two southern villages.
A former Israeli defense minister has accused Israel of committing war crimes and ethnic cleansing in the Gaza Strip, drawing a sharp rebuke from government ranks. Moshe Yaalon, a hawkish former general, told Israeli media that hardliners in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right cabinet were looking to chase Palestinians from northern Gaza and wanted to re-establish Jewish settlements there.
Israel unleashed its largest wave of airstrikes across Lebanon since agreeing to a ceasefire with Hezbollah last week, killing at least 11 people on Monday after the Lebanese militant group fired a volley of projectiles as a warning over what it said were Israeli truce violations. The projectiles were apparently the first time that Hezbollah took aim at Israeli forces after the 60-day ceasefire went into effect last Wednesday. The increasingly fragile truce aimed to end more than a year of war between Hezbollah and Israel — part of a wider regional conflict sparked by the devastating Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
The Prime Minister spoke at the Labour Friends of Israel annual lunch.