WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is expected to announce on Friday his intention to order a military air drop of humanitarian aid into Gaza, four US officials told Reuters, speaking on condition of...
CAIRO — British maritime security firm Ambrey said on Friday it had received multiple reports of another incident involving the Rubymar cargo ship, and a number of Yemenis were reportedly harmed...
Four more children have died of "malnutrition and dehydration" in war-torn Gaza, the Hamas-ruled territory's Health Ministry said on Friday, the latest such reported deaths as famine warnings...
BEIRUT — A man in his 50s and his 7-year-old son were killed on Friday in an explosion inside their house in the southern Lebanese village of Mansouri in the Sour district, the village mokhtar...
BEIRUT — Lebanon "is ready for a war with Israel," the country's caretaker Foreign Affairs Minister Abdullah Bou Habib told Al Jazeera in an interview published on Friday, adding that the caretaker...
This escalation in violence came amidst heightened tensions between Hezbollah and the Israeli army in the area. The resurgence of Hamas’ activity was a surprise, especially considering its recent...
Hundreds took to the streets across Syria's rebel-held northwest on Friday in rare protests against its jihadist rulers, as anger simmered a week after a man died in their custody....
BEIRUT — Lebanon's General Security on Friday warned Lebanese citizens against buying travel tickets from the online travel agency website Kiwi.com, which it claims is based in Israel. According...
“The pension fund for private school teachers started paying salary pensions worth six salaries,” said caretaker Education Minister Abbas Halabi on Thursday. His statement came after the cabinet...
BEIRUT — The Internal Security Forces (ISF) warned on Friday of a "criminal network" that has been stealing money from people by tricking them into buying cryptocurrency. "Recently, several people...
As Iranians cast ballots on Friday, many are preoccupied with a pivotal question, not about which candidate to pick, but whether to vote at all. "It is a religious duty, it...
DUBAI — A member of Iran's Revolutionary Guards navy serving as a military adviser in Syria was killed in a suspected Israeli strike on Friday, Iran's official news agency IRNA reported....
Palestinian factions including rivals Hamas and Fatah said on Friday they would pursue "unity of action" in confronting Israel after representatives met at Russia-hosted talks....
Famine in the Gaza Strip is almost inevitable unless the Israel-Hamas war changes, the United Nations said Friday. The UN and other humanitarian actors have not yet...
An Iranian pop singer whose song became an anthem during mass protests more than a year ago has been sentenced to at least three years in prison, he said Friday. Shervin Hajipour, 26, wrote and...
More than 90,000 people have been forced to flee southern Lebanon and the daily Israeli fire and bombardment of the region, since clashes between Hezbollah and the Israeli army began on Oct. 8,...
BEIRUT — “Laughing is out of order!” The conference room full of high school students, dressed in their best business attire, quiets down, following the orders of their mock UN committee vice...
BEIRUT — A five-year-old Syrian national, Yazan Muhammad Ibrahim, lost his life in a fire inside a car in the area of Beddawi in Tripoli, northern Lebanon on Friday,...
An Israeli strike on a villa on Syria's coast Friday killed three people, including an Iranian military adviser, a monitor said, in the third consecutive day of Israeli attacks on Syria....
Following a dinner at a scout campsite, 157 of the 820 scouts and guides from the Collège Notre-Dame de Jamhour experienced vomiting. They include “32 boys and girls who had to go to emergency...
The health ministry in Gaza said on Friday the wartime death toll had reached 30,228 after 193 new fatalities were recorded in the previous 24 hours. The ministry also said...
BEIRUT — "Local individuals" of Hay al-Sellom, in the Southern Suburbs of Beirut, intercepted a UN Interim Force (UNIFIL) vehicle and briefly detained peacekeepers on Thursday night, according to a...
Iranians voted on Friday in elections for parliament and a key clerical body, amid fears of a low turnout and with conservatives expected to tighten their grip on power. Supreme leader Ayatollah...
The commander of the Lebanese army, General Joseph Aoun, left Lebanon on Friday for Italy, where he was invited to discuss "ways of supporting" the troops in the face of the current crisis and as...
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati met with the ambassadors from the Group of Five countries involved in the Lebanese issue (France, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the US and Egypt) at the Grand Serail as...
The Energy and Water Ministry, which also regulates diesel, heating oil and domestic gas rates, increased the price, in Lebanese pounds, of gasoline once more this week. According to the charts...
Polling stations in Iran opened Friday for elections to select members of parliament and a key clerical body, state TV reported, citing the interior ministry. "Voting for the 12th term of...
21:23 Beirut Time Thank you for following our live updates from the Gaza war today. We'll be back tomorrow morning to continue bring you the latest news from Gaza, south Lebanon and the...
Israeli troops in the northern Gaza Strip opened fire on Palestinians scrambling for food aid on Thursday, in a chaotic incident that the health ministry in the territory said killed more than 100...
The first G20 finance ministers' meeting of the year ended Thursday without a joint statement due to deep divisions over the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, officials said. Host...
More than 30 news organizations signed an open letter Thursday expressing solidarity with journalists working in Gaza and calling for their protection and freedom to report....
It is unrealistic to think the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, can easily be replaced, its head said on Thursday in the face of calls for its abolition....
Catch up on our LIVE coverage of Day 146 of the Gaza war here . On Thursday night, Malaysian members of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) were stopped by Hezbollah when they...
Lebanon stuck between a rock and a hard place: A US disarmament plan, or an extended expansion to the war?
Lebanese, Israeli delegation to meet in Washington; Lebanon files UN complaint against Iran: Everything you need to know this Thursday
