Israel said it carried out an air strike Sunday targeting Hezbollah's chief of staff in Beirut, hitting an apartment building in an operation which the Iran-backed militant group said crossed a red line. Lebanon's health ministry said the strike killed five people and wounded
BEIRUT (Reuters) -The Israeli military said on Sunday that it struck a militant from the Lebanese Iran-aligned Hezbollah group in the capital Beirut's southern suburbs. The strike hit a main road in Beirut’s southern suburbs, where residents told Reuters they heard the roar of
ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said he would have a phone call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday to discuss peace efforts in Ukraine, adding that he would also ask him to restart a deal for the safe passage of grains via the Black Sea.
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and senior ministry officials will present Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later on Sunday with the state budget and planned structural reforms for 2026, Smotrich's office said. "The Finance Minister will present
CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -A Hamas delegation was in Cairo on Sunday to meet with Gaza war mediators, an Egyptian security source and a Hamas source said, as both Israel and the Palestinian militant group continue to trade accusations of ceasefire violations. The Hamas
The Houthis accused the defendants of working for foreign intelligence, including the Mossad, 'which led to the targeting of several military, security and civilian sites resulting in the death of dozens and widespread destruction of infrastructure'
ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan praised a deal reached with Australia on Saturday to host next year's U.N. climate summit, calling the compromise a meaningful achievement for multilateralism. Resolving a lengthy standoff, the two countries agreed that Turkey
(Reuters) -Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz discussed the war in Ukraine and situation in Gaza on the sidelines of the G20 summit in South Africa, the two countries said in a joint statement on Sunday. The two leaders reaffirmed support
By Shivam Patel and Tim Hepher NEW DELHI/DUBAI (Reuters) -The crash of India's Tejas fighter in front of global arms buyers at the Dubai Airshow is the latest blow to a key national trophy, leaving the jet reliant on Indian military orders to sustain its role as a showcase of
Syria faces the daunting task of comprehensive reform, including a dire educational system with over 2.4 million children out of school. The new regime, led by al-Sharaa, must navigate ideological challenges in reforming school curricula and gain international trust by
By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) -Thousands of Tunisians marched in the capital on Saturday in a protest against “injustice and repression”, accusing President Kais Saied of cementing one-man rule by using the judiciary and police. The protest was the latest in a wave that has
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sunday a formal agreement had been reached for Turkey to host the COP31 climate summit in 2026, confirming a document released at the COP30 summit in Brazil. A statement issued by Germany this week at the
Gaza's civil defence agency said 21 people were killed and dozens more wounded in multiple Israeli air strikes on Saturday, as Hamas and Israel again traded allegations of violating the fragile ceasefire. Saturday was one of the deadliest days since the US-brokered truce