War & Conflict

Emergency services in Israel said that two persons had died in a missile strike on the northern city of Kiryat Shmona on Wednesday when Hezbollah of Lebanon and the army were fighting each other near the...

While visiting two regional partners on Wednesday, Foreign Secretary David Lammy issued a warning, saying that nations “must not waver” in their efforts to bring about ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon. Lammy described the situation as...

The Bangladeshi embassy in Lebanon has requested that any Bangladeshis who are stuck abroad and want to go back home due to the increase in violence in the area register their names. As the government is...

The United States warned Israel on Monday not to attack Beirut airport or the roads leading to it, as the Israeli army carried out intensive strikes against Hezbollah in the Lebanese capital’s southern suburbs. “We think...

Hezbollah, a militant organization based in Lebanon, claimed to have launched rockets on Tuesday at Haifa, a city in northern Israel. The group with Iranian support announced that it had fired a “large rocket salvo” on...

The road to recovery is impossible to envisage given the extent of destruction caused by the worst war in Gaza’s history, especially for those who had already lost their homes in earlier conflicts. Mohammed Abu Sharia,...

The European Union on Thursday said it was giving an extra 30 million euros ($33 million) of humanitarian aid to Lebanon as fighting raged between Israel and Hezbollah.  “Today, we are stepping up our humanitarian aid...

According to the committee, Palestinian activist Issa Amro collected the Right Livelihood prize on Thursday for his “nonviolent resistance to Israel’s illegal occupation” in the West Bank. The award is regarded by some as an alternative...

On Thursday, the UN Security Council affirmed Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s unwavering support, following Israel’s declaration that he was “persona non grata” for delaying the denunciation of Iran’s ballistic missile assault. Without identifying Israel, the council’s five...

Census takers guarded by police and soldiers took to the streets of Myanmar on Wednesday for a national survey that anti-junta groups have urged people to boycott. The ruling junta is pressing ahead with the census...