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Mike Huckabee, the United States ambassador to Israel, has drawn international attention after suggesting in an interview that he would not object if...
ByNews DeskFebruary 21, 2026BEIRUT: Lebanese authorities reported that Israeli airstrikes on the country’s eastern and southern regions killed at least 12 people on Friday. Israel stated...
ByNews DeskFebruary 21, 2026Five Countries Pledge Troops for Gaza Under New International Stabilization Plan as Hamas Rejects Initiative. Indonesia, Morocco, Kazakhstan, Kosovo and Albania have pledged...
ByNews DeskFebruary 20, 2026The United States is preparing to withdraw the approximately 1,000 remaining troops from Syria over the next two months, ending a nearly decade-long...
ByNews DeskFebruary 19, 2026Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has warned that any new military strikes on Iran could have serious repercussions for the international community. In...
ByNews DeskFebruary 19, 2026The United States has moved an unprecedented concentration of air and naval assets to the Middle East, marking the largest deployment of U.S....
ByNews DeskFebruary 19, 2026Iran conducted live missile drills in the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, demonstrating its readiness to close the strategic waterway if ordered by...
ByNews DeskFebruary 18, 2026GENEVA: Ukrainian and Russian negotiators were scheduled to resume a second round of peace talks in Geneva on Wednesday, as the United States...
ByNews DeskFebruary 18, 2026Several of Iran’s most senior leaders have been killed in what Tehran described as “unprovoked and unwarranted” airstrikes carried out by Israel and...
ByNews DeskMarch 1, 2026TEHRAN: Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been assassinated following large-scale strikes carried out by the United States and Israel, according to...
ByNews DeskMarch 1, 2026Tensions across the Middle East have dramatically escalated following coordinated US and Israeli strikes on Iranian targets, triggering a wave of retaliatory missile...
ByNews DeskFebruary 28, 2026