Israeli airstrikes shake Beirut moments after Biden says Israel and Hezbollah agreed to ceasefire deal
BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli airstrikes shake Beirut moments after Biden says Israel and Hezbollah agreed to ceasefire deal.
BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli airstrikes shake Beirut moments after Biden says Israel and Hezbollah agreed to ceasefire deal.
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."
Iran has sent militia groups into Syria to prop up Bashar al-Assad, as China also gave its backing to the regime.
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.
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.
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.
Israel has killed a World Central Kitchen aid worker it claims took part in Hamas’s October 7 terror attack.
Israel and Hezbollah exchanged air strikes and rocket fire on Monday as their 60-day ceasefire appeared to be unravelling within its first week.
A highly decorated former Israeli defense minister has caused a firestorm by accusing Israel of carrying out ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in northern Gaza.
Dozens of Syrian government troops have been filmed surrendering to rebels after they were abandoned by their comrades at a town south of Aleppo.
In eastern Lebanon's city of Baalbek, the Jawhari family gathered around a gaping crater where their home once stood, tears streaming as they tried to make sense of the destruction. The home, which was a gathering place for generations, was reduced to rubble by an Israeli airstrike on Nov. 1, leaving behind shattered memories and twisted fragments of a once-vibrant life. Intense Israeli airstrikes over the past two months leveled entire neighborhoods in eastern and southern Lebanon, as well as the southern suburbs of Beirut, which are predominantly Shiite areas of Lebanon where Hezbollah has a strong base of support.
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.
Lebanon's Health Ministry says nine people were killed in strikes on two southern villages.
The ruling party denies any Russian link, but its actions raise questions about Georgia's path to the EU.
Several hundred demonstrators marched through central London.
The fast-moving offensive began on Wednesday, surprising forces loyal to Bashar al-Assad and his allies
The Prime Minister spoke at the Labour Friends of Israel annual lunch.
On a visit to Riyadh Tuesday, French President Emmanuel Macron joined Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in calling for presidential elections in Lebanon in the wake of a shaky ceasefire between Israel and Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. 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. T
Pakistani authorities with help from community leaders brokered a second ceasefire between warring minority Shiites and Sunni Muslims in a troubled northwestern region bordering Afghanistan following a deadly sectarian violence that left dozens of people dead, officials said Monday. The violence in Kurram, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, erupted after gunmen attacked a convoy of vehicles carrying mostly Shiites, killing 52 people on Nov.21.
The Israeli military on Monday confirmed the death of American Israeli soldier Omer Maxim Neutra.
While nowhere in Gaza can be considered safe, among the most dangerous places these days is anywhere there's food.Many of the roads used by humanitarian agencies to transport and deliver basic necessities have descended into chaos. The trucks that carry food are routinely attacked and looted. And the spaces outside the territory's few operating bakeries have become death traps, often jammed with desperate, hungry people climbing over each other to grab limited supplies of bread. While Israel and