Sources told CNN that dozens of IDF soldiers and Mossad agents were deployed as part of a broader covert network, initially assigned solely emergency response duties. However, their role was later expanded to include drone operations and intelligence gathering
Israel's air force struck a Lebanese village on Friday following warnings for several areas of imminent attacks against Hezbollah, after the Iran-backed militants rejected a truce brokered by the United States. Lebanon was drawn into the wider Middle East war when Hezbollah
By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, June 5 (Reuters) - The United Nations on Friday said it is doubling the amount of money it says it needs to help Lebanon meet surging humanitarian needs, as the war enters its fourth month. Lebanon was drawn into the wider regional war in early
By Alexander Cornwell, Rami Ayyub and Steve Holland JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON, June 5 (Reuters) - Benjamin Netanyahu has long portrayed himself to the Israeli public as being uniquely adept in dealing with Donald Trump, capable of winning and sustaining the U.S. president's backing.
By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, June 5 (Reuters) - The Middle East conflict is pushing millions of people closer to hunger, as rising fuel and transport costs drive up food prices while funding shortfalls force aid agencies to scale back assistance, the U.N. World Food Programme
The UN on Friday more than doubled its aid appeal for Lebanon as the country reels from Israel's war against Iran-backed Hezbollah, saying nearly $640 million was needed over six months. "The humanitarian crisis in Lebanon is severe and deteriorating," the UN humanitarian
June 4 (Reuters) - EU ministers on Thursday broadly supported a proposal to limit access to temporary protection for Ukrainian men of military age, Sweden’s migration minister said. The European Union activated the Temporary Protection Directive after Russia’s 2022 invasion of
WASHINGTON, June 4 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he believed progress was being made between Israel and Lebanon and that Lebanon deserved to have peace. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that he had spoken to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
WASHINGTON, June 4 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said that Washington did not need a deal with Iran to get enriched uranium from the country. "We could get it right now. I don't think they could stop us if we wanted, but there's no reason to. It's
Tom Barrack, a senior figure within the Trump administration, was recently criticized by a member of the House for some of his past statements on Hezbollah.
The meeting came a day after an Iranian strike on Kuwait International Airport killed one person and wounded more than 60 others.
TRIPOLI, June 4 (Reuters) - Hundreds of Libyan demonstrators blocked off the office of the U.N. refugee agency in the capital Tripoli on Thursday during a protest against migrants who have travelled to the country in search of work or passage to Europe. The demonstrators
Despite living just 300 metres from the border wall separating Israel from Lebanon, Sigalit Levin has little enthusiasm for the new ceasefire deal meant to bring a lasting end to fighting with Hezbollah. "We can't keep doing this," the 60-year-old told AFP from her home in
Palestinians in Silwan and Qalandyiah describe a holiday of razed homes and forced displacement, while the IDF sealed the West Bank town of Beit Ummar for all four days. 'They told me, either you continue [the demolition], or we will,' says a resident of Silwan
LJUBLJANA, June 4 (Reuters) - Slovenia's parliament on Thursday approved Prime Minister Janez Jansa's centre-right government, which has pledged tax cuts, targeted spending and an anti-corruption drive. Jansa, a pro-Trump populist who secured a fourth term after an inconclusive
June 4 - Residents of Gaza, south Lebanon, northern Israel and Kuwait were all under fire this week despite U.S.-arranged ceasefires supposedly in force in their regions. Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza and Lebanon, with Israeli forces still actively deployed in both places.
The UN nuclear agency reaffirmed in a confidential report seen by AFP on Thursday that a lack of access to Iran's nuclear material posed a "proliferation concern" and called on Teheran to act "constructively". The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has not seen any
Iranian supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, appointed after a career entirely out of the spotlight as a behind-the-scenes figure, faces the challenge of occupying a role incarnated by his father for most of the Islamic republic's existence. Mojtaba Khamenei was barely known to
The Strait of Hormuz crisis is reshaping global energy and trade flows, creating opportunities for economies far beyond the Middle East.
Israel presents itself as an LGBTQ haven, but for those of us who are both queer and Palestinian, Jerusalem Pride reveals the hypocrisy behind that liberal image
A new disclosure from Saudi Arabia's Kingdom Holding ahead of SpaceX’s Nasdaq debut shows just how valuable Elon Musk's relationship with Gulf investors has become.
JERUSALEM, June 4 (Reuters) - Israel's Supreme Court has said Israel must allow visits to Palestinian prisoners by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), ruling in favour of a petition against a ban that was brought in at the start of the Gaza war. The bar on Red
VIENNA, June 4 (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog sent a report to member states on Thursday with no major changes to its assessment of Iran's nuclear programme, despite three months of U.S.-Israeli war with the stated aim of preventing Iran from building an atomic bomb.
Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei has not been seen in public since being appointed, his health condition is a mystery, and it's unclear how much power he wields. But over three months after his father and predecessor Ali Khamenei was killed in an air strike at the
Ankara is alarmed by Greece's military modernization, Cyprus’ shift to Western arms and expanding Greece-Cyprus-Israel defense ties.
An Israeli source said that Israel does not intend to withdraw from areas south of the Litani, but it has agreed not to carry out offensive actions against Hezbollah – including the demolition of homes – in exchange for the cessation of offensive actions by Hezbollah against
NICOSIA, June 4 (Reuters) - Lawmakers in Cyprus re-elected Annita Demetriou as speaker of parliament on Thursday in a vote seen as an early glimpse of emerging partnerships ahead of a presidential election in 2028. Cyprus has a presidential system of government, but alliances
Hezbollah’s insistence on continuing to fight off Israeli attacks, along with Israel’s ongoing airstrikes in Lebanon, could threaten the implementation of the latest US-brokered ceasefire.
Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak has revealed Pep Guardiola was on the verge of quitting "100 times" before finally leaving at the end of this season. Guardiola stepped down after winning six Premier League titles and the Champions League in his glittering decade at
The acclaimed artist and filmmaker is best-known for her autobiographical comic book and film 'Persepolis,' a coming-of-age tale set against the Islamic Revolution in her native Iran
By Jana Choukeir DUBAI, June 4 (Reuters) - A new U.S.-mediated ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon raised hopes on Thursday for progress toward ending the wider U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, though there was still uncertainty about how and when it would be implemented.
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, June 4 (Reuters) - Brunei's ruler announced a major cabinet reshuffle on Thursday, creating new key portfolios and appointing two of his younger sons as ministers, in a sign of potential succession planning in the tiny oil-rich sultanate. The shake-up is
By Guy Faulconbridge and Vladimir Soldatkin ST PETERSBURG, Russia, June 4 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin faced two rival outlines of Russia's future as he hosted his premier annual investment conference with the war in Ukraine unabated. Some participants at the glitzy St