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Aoun: Our first choice is to extend UNIFIL

President Joseph Aoun on Monday welcomed a parliamentary initiative and petition calling for the extension of the mandate of the United Nations…

Firefighters battle wildfires in Belgium and Greece as 2 die on island near Athens

Firefighters battled a massive wildfire that scorched a nature reserve in eastern Belgium and another on a Greek island near Athens where two pe…

US Central Command chief visits aircraft carrier

The top U.S. military commander Adm. Brad Cooper visited the USS Lincoln as reports have emerged of mental health and supply issues. The Lincoln…

Kushner meets Netanyahu after talks with Hamas on Gaza plan

Mideast negotiator and Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner was meeting Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu days after the premier r…

Israel vows to go after Hezbollah as it names another killed

Israel vowed Sunday it would hit Hezbollah again if threatened, as it identified what it described as a commander killed in strikes a day earlie…

Iran accuses Qatar of thwarting probe into fate of pilots

Iran accused Qatar on Sunday of thwarting efforts to work out what happened to three pilots Tehran says were captured during the Middle East war…

UAE state oil company says vessel attacked in Hormuz strait

United Arab Emirates

Houthis hit targets in central Yemen and Red Sea port city

Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen attacked the government-held port city of Mokha on the Red Sea coast and other areas of the country, deepe…

Netanyahu masters balancing act as he rejects Trump

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Drone strike sparks massive blaze at Libya

Firefighters in western Libya fought Tuesday to extinguish the remnants of a massive fire caused by a drone strike on an oil facility, and a car…

Exodus: West Bank hardships drive out Palestinian Christians

Palestinian Christians call themselves "living stones" and say they have lived continuously in the Holy Land for the last 2,000 years. Maybe not…

Russian retail giant

Ukrainian long-range drones hit a warehouse in the Ural Mountains belonging to Russia

Hiroshima marks 81st atomic bomb anniversary

Hiroshima on Thursday marked the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city, with its mayor criticizing major powe…

North Korea launches a short-range ballistic missile toward sea, South Korea says

North Korea launched a short-range ballistic missile toward the waters off its east coast on Thursday, South Korea

Drone from Romania explodes near pipeline in Bulgaria

A drone that entered Bulgaria from neighboring Romania on Saturday exploded near the border between the two countries and the Trans-Balkan gas p…

Tehran says won

Iran

Lebanon detains Assad-era Syrian officer wanted by Damascus

Lebanese authorities detained a former Syrian army officer following an arrest warrant from Damascus accusing him of "killing and crimes against…

Israeli troops infiltrate Lebanese Army-held village

Israeli troops infiltrated a Lebanese village placed under the control of Lebanon