Two killed in Israeli attack in southern Lebanon Two people were killed and one person was injured in an Israeli raid on the town of Al-Abbasiya, in southern Lebanon’s Tyre district, Lebanon’s National News Agency is reporting.
Over 10,000 homes destroyed or damaged since ceasefire, Lebanon says More than 10,000 homes have been damaged or destroyed in Lebanon since the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect on 17 April, the head of Lebanon’s National Council for Scientific Research said on Wednesday. "Since the current ceasefire... we have witnessed 5,386 housing units that were completely destroyed, and 5,246 housing units damaged," CRNS chief Chadi Abdallah told a news conference broadcast by local media.
Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska became the latest Republican to switch her vote to halt the conflict and require President Trump to win congressional approval to continue it.
Several Palestinians wounded by an Israeli attack in northern Gaza A number of Palestinians, including children, have been wounded by Israeli forces in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza, the Palestinian Red Crescent is reporting.
Sources claim the attacks were tit-for-tat retaliation after Tehran targeted the kingdom, which hosts a major US military base Saudi Arabia conducted covert strikes on Iran during the Middle East war, Reuters reported on Wednesday, citing sources.
Sources claim the attacks were tit-for-tat retaliation after Tehran targeted the kingdom, which hosts a major US military base Saudi Arabia conducted covert strikes on Iran during the Middle East war, Reuters reported on Wednesday, citing sources. Neither Riyadh nor Tehran has officially acknowledged the attacks.
80% of war-damaged areas repaired in Tehran, Iranian official says About 80% of war-damaged sites in Iran’s capital have been repaired, Al Jazeera is reporting, citing a report by the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB). “More than 60,000 residential and commercial units in Tehran province were hit by American-Zionist attacks during the third imposed war,” Deputy Governor of Tehran Seyyed Kamaleddin Mirjafarian said according to the report. Since the start of the war on Iran on 28 February, bridges, ports and railway networks, universities and research centres, as well as several power plants and water desalination plants inside Iran were damaged or destroyed, alongside hospitals, schools and civilian homes.
WASHINGTON, D. C. : A Reuters/Ipsos poll completed on May 11 showed that two out of three Americans believe President Donald Trump has not explained clearly why the country went to war with Iran.
Trump-backed envoy says Gaza ceasefire 'far from perfect' but working The Gaza high representative for Donald Trump's "Peace Council" said on Wednesday that the ceasefire in the enclave was working but is "far from perfect. " "We have a ceasefire. It's holding.
Nearly 600 killed in Lebanon since so-called ceasefire began, says NRC Nearly 600 people have been killed in Lebanon since a so-called ceasefire was agreed last month, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has said. They added that more than one million people remain displaced as well. “What we are seeing on the ground in terms of daily attacks on villages has the hallmarks of a repeatedly violated ceasefire,” said Maureen Philippon, Country Director for NRC in Lebanon.
US President Donald Trump arrived in Beijing on May 13 for a closely watched summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, as the war in Iran and its fallout on global energy markets loom over efforts to stabilize ties between the world's two largest economies. Trump, making his first trip to China since 2017, will begin two days of formal talks with Xi on May 14.
The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said on Wednesday that escalating drone activity and nearby explosions involving suspected Hezbollah drones and Israeli forces are endangering its personnel and threatening already fragile stability in southern Lebanon.
Millions of Syrians are at growing risk of hunger after severe funding shortages forced the UN World Food Programme (WFP) to halve emergency food assistance, cutting support for hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people across the country.
Kuwait has claimed four men linked to Irans Revolutionary Guards tried to enter Bubiyan Island by sea Kuwait has accused Iran of attempting to infiltrate the strategic Bubiyan Island after authorities arrested four men suspected of belonging to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.