3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (249+ words) A 4.1-magnitude earthquake was recorded in southern Lebanon on Thursday, the United States Geological Survey said, after massive explosions were reported as Israel said it was destroying underground infrastructure belonging to Hezbollah. People in the area reported a huge explosion…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (458+ words) U.S. Ambassador to Türkiye Tom Barrack said the U.S.-Türkiye alliance has never been stronger following a closed-door meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara on Wednesday. Erdogan received Barrack, U.S. Congressman Darrell Issa and his wife at the…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (388+ words) Israel has inaugurated its first resident embassy in Slovenia, opening a diplomatic mission in the capital, Ljubljana, in a move that drew both official welcome from the Slovenian government and street protests from pro-Palestinian demonstrators. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (412+ words) The Trump administration did not oppose a United Kingdom-led initiative imposing new sanctions on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, even as U.S. officials disagreed with the specific measures, according to U.S. officials and Western diplomats, Axios reported. The U.K. announced Tuesday…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (256+ words) Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said Wednesday that Israel is “not planning to expel or to deport anyone from the Gaza Strip,” while saying Palestinians who voluntarily choose to leave could do so if another country agrees to receive them....

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (371+ words) British Prime Minister Andy Burnham on Wednesday defended his government’s ban on trade with illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank after Israel announced retaliatory measures against the U.K. over Western sanctions targeting settler violence. Britain was among 12 countries,…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (523+ words) The European Union called on Tuesday for Yemen's Houthi rebels to halt all military action, condemning missile strikes on Saudi Arabia that damaged oil facilities and wounded dozens of people, as a four-year truce between the Iran-backed group and the…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (904+ words) U.K. Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband told Parliament Tuesday that the British government agrees Israeli settlers are committing "ethnic cleansing" of Palestinians in parts of the West Bank. He added that London now considers Israel's occupation of the territory unlawful and unveiled…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (413+ words) U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee warned that planned British measures targeting Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank could trigger consequences in the U.S., including restrictions on British companies operating in some states. Speaking to the BBC’s Newsday program, Huckabee accused…...

6+ day, 49+ min ago   (967+ words) Sometimes, a change in leadership can create room for a change in direction. In Israel, that possibility could emerge from an unlikely figure: a former army chief who spent his career preparing for war. Gadi Eisenkot is hardly a natural…...