Israeli forces killed at least 111 Palestinians in Gaza on Sunday, Al Jazeera reported, citing medical sources, as Israeli strikes continued to pound targets across the Strip. The majority were killed by an Israeli strike on a residential building in the northern city...
Report: Biden Allows Ukraine To Strike Russia With Long-Range US Missiles
The New York Times reported on Sunday that President Biden had authorized Ukraine's use of long-range US-provided missiles in strikes on Russian territory, an escalation Moscow has made clear risks nuclear war. US officials told the paper that Ukraine can now use...
Israel Strike in Central Beirut Hits Syrian Party Office, Killing Hezbollah Media Chief
The metro area around Beirut, particularly the southern suburbs, has been the focus of Israeli near-daily strikes for weeks now. Today, an Israeli airstrike hit central Beirut, Lebanon’s capital, in the Ras al-Nabaa District. The strike targeted a building belonging...
Iran Denies That Its UN Ambassador Met With Elon Musk
On Saturday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi denied a report published by The New York Times that said Iran's ambassador to the UN held a meeting with Elon Musk about the incoming Trump administration. "This (reported meeting) was a fabricated story by...
Putin Tells German Leader That Ukraine Peace Deal Possible
Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and offered to end the war in Ukraine. The Russian leader offered a deal similar to one proposed by Moscow in June. On Friday, Scholz spoke with Putin for the first time in nearly...
Report: Netanyahu Aide Discussed Lebanon With Trump and Kushner at Mar-a-Lago
Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer, a close aide of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, held talks with President-elect Donald Trump and Jared Kushner at Mar-a-Lago this week, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday. The report, which cited unnamed...
Report: Elon Musk Met With Iran’s UN Ambassador To Discuss Easing Tensions
The New York Times reported on Thursday that Elon Musk, an advisor to President-elect Donald Trump, met with Iran's ambassador to the United Nations on Monday. The report cited two unnamed Iranian officials who said the discussion lasted over an hour and was about how...
At Least 40 Killed as Israeli Attacks Rescue Workers in Lebanon’s Baalbek
At least 40 were killed and dozens wounded today as Israel carried out multiple airstrikes against different civilian targets in the major eastern Lebanese city of Baalbek. The larger of the two strikes targeted the Baalbek Civil Defense Center, which was the main...
Israeli Settlement Minister Wants West Bank Annexation, No Voting or Land Rights for Palestinians
Israeli Minister of Settlements and National Missions Orit Strock has said she's working to ensure Israel can annex as much land in the West Bank as possible during the incoming Trump administration but said the Palestinians that live there don't have rights to the...
UN Committee Says Israel Is Carrying Out a Genocide, HRW Says Israel Is Committing War Crimes
On Thursday, a report published by a special UN committee said Israel's actions in Gaza are "consistent with the characteristics of genocide," while Human Rights Watch released a report saying Israel was committing war crimes and ethnic cleansing. The UN report,...