Israeli strikes kill 42 in Gaza as tanks tighten siege of north
Cairo, Egypt Reuters Israeli strikes across Gaza killed 42 people on Wednesday as Israeli forces intensified a siege of northern parts of the Palestinian enclave, surrounding hospitals and refugee shelters, and ordering residents to head south, medics and residents said. The Gaza health ministry and the World Health Organization said they would be unable to […]
Israel says kills three Hezbollah commanders, some 70 fighters in 48 hours
Tel Aviv, Israel/Jerusalem/Cairo, Egypt Reuters Israel’s military said it had killed three Hezbollah commanders and some 70 fighters in southern Lebanon in the past 48 hours, a day after confirming it had killed Hashem Safieddine, the militant group’s heir apparent leader. “In southern Lebanon, IDF troops continue conducting limited, localised, targeted raids against Hezbollah terrorist […]
Israel confirms death of heir apparent to slain Hezbollah leader
Updated: 9:30am (AEDT) Tel Aviv, Israel/Jerusalem/Cairo, Egypt Reuters Israel on Tuesday confirmed it had killed Hashem Safieddine, the heir apparent to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah who was previously killed in an Israeli attack last month on the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group. The military said Safieddine was killed in a strike carried out three weeks ago […]
UN agency head calls for temporary truce in besieged north Gaza
Cairo, Egypt Reuters The UN Palestinian refugee agency called on Tuesday for a temporary truce to allow people to leave areas of northern Gaza as health officials said they were running out of supplies to treat patients injured in a three-week-old Israeli assault. Philippe Lazzarini, head of the UNRWA relief agency, said the humanitarian situation […]
Blinken heads to Middle East for new ceasefire push as Israel strikes Beirut
Washington DC, US/Beirut, Lebanon Reuters US Secretary of State Antony Blinken headed to the Middle East on Monday to launch another push for an elusive ceasefire, seeking to revive negotiations to end the Gaza war and defuse the spillover conflict in Lebanon. Blinken’s trip to the region is his 11th since the attack on Israel […]
US tells Israel to improve Gaza humanitarian situation or risk military aid
Washington DC, US Reuters The United States has told Israel it must take steps in the next month to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza or face potential restrictions on US military aid, US officials said, in the strongest such warning since Israel’s war with Hamas began a year ago. US Secretary of State Antony […]
Haiti PM says nation far from winning gang war as UN deadline looms
New York, US Reuters Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille said on Wednesday that the Caribbean country was a long way from winning its war against armed gangs that control most of the capital, as a United Nations deadline for long-delayed support fast approaches. “We are nowhere near winning this, and the simple reality is that […]
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy tells UN Russia must be forced into peace
United Nations Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday that the war between Russia and Ukraine cannot be calmed by talks alone, but that Moscow must be forced into peace. Zelenskiy has sought the support of Western leaders for what he calls a “victory plan” to end the war […]
An American pastor detained in China for nearly 20 years has been released
Washington DC, US AP A Christian pastor from California has been freed from China after nearly 20 years behind bars and is back home in the US, the State Department said Monday. David Lin, 68, was detained after he entered China in 2006, later convicted of contract fraud and sentenced to life in prison, according to the […]
In Kyiv, US and UK diplomats offer aid but no breakthrough on strikes into Russia
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters The US and British foreign ministers met President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday on a visit interrupted by air raid warnings, unveiling new support but no breakthrough on the long-range strikes into Russia that are desperately wanted by Ukraine. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and British foreign minister David Lammy, in Kyiv […]