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Israel’s offensive in Lebanon has displaced 1.2 million, prime minister says
Malcolm P Chapman/Getty Images (BEIRUT) — Nearly one quarter of the Lebanese population has been displaced by Israel’s military campaign there, the country’s caretaker prime minister said. Najib Mikati said 1.2 million people — out [Read More…]
What are Israel’s goals in its south Lebanon incursion?
Israeli tanks and APC’s gather by the Israeli – Lebanese border on September 30, 2024. (Erik Marmor/Getty Images) (LONDON) — After nearly a year of bloodshed and upheaval, the return of some 70,000 displaced Israeli [Read More…]
Russia and Ukraine launch scores of attack drones in overnight strikes
pop_jop/Getty Images (LONDON) — Russia and Ukraine each launched more than 100 attack drones, most of which were intercepted, overnight into Thursday, military officials said. Ukraine’s air defenses shot down at least 78 of the [Read More…]
Israel-Gaza-Lebanon updates: Israel bombs central Beirut in ‘precise strike’
Smoke billows after an Israeli strike near the southern Lebanese village of Al-Mahmoudiye on September 24, 2024. (RABIH DAHER/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Israel continued its intense airstrike campaign across Lebanon, which included [Read More…]
Hamas claims responsibility for shooting, stabbing attack in Tel Aviv
Police vehicle is seen near the site of a shooting by gunmen at a light rail station on October 1, 2024 in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Leon Neal/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Hamas has taken responsibility [Read More…]
Israel-Gaza-Lebanon updates: Barrage largest missile attack on Israel, official says
Smoke billows after an Israeli strike near the southern Lebanese village of Al-Mahmoudiye on September 24, 2024. (RABIH DAHER/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Israeli troops are now active in southern Lebanon in what [Read More…]
A timeline of the intensifying Israel-Hezbollah-Iran conflict
Getty Images – STOCK/pawel.gaul (LONDON) — Iran launched missiles at Israel on Tuesday in an attack it said was retaliation for a wave of assassinations carried out by Israel over the last several weeks targeting [Read More…]
7 dead in suspected terror shooting, stabbing in Tel Aviv amid Iran missile attack
Leon Neal/Getty Images (TEL AVIV, Israel) — At least seven people were killed and eight others injured in a stabbing and shooting attack Tuesday night in Tel Aviv, Israel, according to the Ichilov Hospital in [Read More…]
Julian Assange makes 1st public appearance since his release from prison
Roni Bintang/Getty Images (LONDON) — Julian Assange made his first public appearance since his release from prison, telling European lawmakers the United States had forced him to “plead guilty to journalism” to put an end [Read More…]
Israel-Gaza-Lebanon updates: IDF claims Hezbollah was planning ‘invasion’ of Israel
Smoke billows after an Israeli strike near the southern Lebanese village of Al-Mahmoudiye on September 24, 2024. (RABIH DAHER/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Israeli troops are now active in southern Lebanon in what [Read More…]
Hezbollah’s leadership ‘nearly decimated,’ national security spokesperson Kirby says
ABC News White House National Security spokesman John Kirby said on ABC News’ “This Week” that Hezbollah’s command structure has been “nearly decimated” and that thousands of the terrorist group’s drones and missiles have been [Read More…]
Norway is mulling building a fence on its border with Russia, following Finland’s example
HELSINKI (AP) — Norway may put a fence along part or all of the 198-kilometer (123-mile) border it shares with Russia, a minister said, a move inspired by a similar project in its Nordic neighbor Finland. “A [Read More…]
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah killed in Israeli airstrikes on Beirut
Marwan Tahtah/Getty Images (BEIRUT) — Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and other commanders were killed in Israeli airstrikes on Beirut, the group and Israeli officials confirmed on Saturday. After his death was confirmed, Israel continued firing [Read More…]
Netanyahu says Israel must defeat Hezbollah in UN speech amid calls for cease-fire
Stephanie Keith/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In a defiant address to the United Nations General Assembly on Friday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed that his country was committed to defeating both Hezbollah and Hamas [Read More…]
Israel-Gaza-Lebanon live updates: Some UN members walk out as Netanyahu speaks
Smoke billows after an Israeli strike near the southern Lebanese village of Al-Mahmoudiye on September 24, 2024. (RABIH DAHER/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Israel and Hezbollah are exchanging hundreds of cross-border strikes in [Read More…]
US, Israel at standoff over Lebanon cease-fire proposal. What happened?
US President Joe Biden (L), sits with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the start of the Israeli war cabinet meeting, in Tel Aviv on October 18, 2023. (Photo by Miriam Alster / POOL / [Read More…]
Israel-Gaza-Lebanon live updates: Hezbollah confirms top commander killed
Smoke billows after an Israeli strike near the southern Lebanese village of Al-Mahmoudiye on September 24, 2024. (RABIH DAHER/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Israel and Hezbollah are exchanging hundreds of cross-border strikes in [Read More…]
Israel kills Hezbollah commander in Beirut strike, Netanyahu vows to continue ‘with full force’
Ramiz Dallah/Anadolu via Getty Images (TEL-AVIV, Israel) — Israel said it killed another top Hezbollah commander — Muhammad Hussein Srour, the commander of Hezbollah’s Aerial Command — in a “precise” strike on Beirut Thursday. At [Read More…]
This is how much the fire risk in South America has increased in recent decades
Mateus Bonomi/Anadolu via Getty Images (RIO DE JANEIRO) — Scientists have quantified how much more fire-prone South America has become in recent decades, as several parts of the continent experience severe wildfires. Some regions in [Read More…]
As Zelenskyy visits White House, Ukrainian push to use long-range weapons continues
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, during a Bi-Lateral meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at United Nations on September 25, 2024 in New York, New York. (Leon Neal/Getty Images) (LONDON) — As Ukrainian President Volodymyr [Read More…]
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