Israel Escalates Lebanon Strikes as Tensions With Hezbollah Rise
Israel launched some of its heaviest airstrikes on Lebanon since it agreed to a ceasefire with the Iran-backed…
Hamas Gives First Indication of Ceding Arms in Gaza Ceasefire
Hamas said it would consider giving up missiles and rockets as part of a ceasefire with Israel, a…
Metsera Weight-Loss Drug Shows ‘Excellent’ Tolerability in Study
Metsera Inc.’s next-generation weight-loss drug showed good tolerability with few participants dropping out of a mid-stage trial, adding…
US Promotes Gaza Force at UN to Back Trump’s Fragile Truce
The US is seeking United Nations support for a proposal to send foreign troops into Gaza to help…
Lynsey Addario: ‘There Was Never a World in Which I Would Not Do This Work’
Lynsey Addario on assignment in Iridimi Refugee Camp, Wadi Fira, Chad. (National Geographic/Caitlin Kelly) Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Lynsey…
The Gaza War Is Over for Israel, but the Accounting Has Yet to Begin
Now entering its second month and with U.S. President Donald Trump exerting enormous pressure to maintain it, the…
Israel Threatens More Strikes on Hezbollah, US Chides Beirut
Israel threatened to step up military strikes against Hezbollah and a senior US envoy warned Beirut that time…
Israel says 3 bodies received from Gaza are not hostages – POLITICO
It was the latest strain in the fragile U.S.-brokered agreement for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war. Israel is…
Israel Ultra-Orthodox Rally Against Draft in Threat to Netanyahu
Tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Israelis held a mass rally in Jerusalem, shutting schools, roads and trains, in…
Israel to lift emergency status in south
Israel will lift its “special situation” designation in the country’s south on Tuesday morning, ending a state of…
Russia’s central bank tries to prop up ailing economy with rate cut – POLITICO
It’s unusual for a central bank to lower its policy rate while revising its inflation outlook upward, since…
EU moves to choke off Russia’s energy cash flow with sanctions on ‘shadow fleet’ and LNG sanctions
The European Union has agreed on a new raft of sanctions against Russia targeting its shadow fleet of…