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Day 2 of the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire sees Israeli airstrike on Lebanon and scattered attacks

The Israeli military says its warplanes have fired on southern Lebanon after detecting activity by the militant Hezbollah group at a rocket storage facility there.

Displaced families in Lebanon who return home are faced with piles of rubble

Israeli airstrikes leave massive trail of destruction across Lebanon

Thousands of displaced Lebanese return from Syria as ceasefire with Israel holds

The Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire quiets one front but Gaza sees no end to war

Syrian insurgents launch large-scale attack on government forces in the country’s northwest

Syria’s opposition groups say armed forces launched a large-scale attack on areas controlled by government forces and seized territory in northwestern Syria.

Former British soldier who broke out of prison is convicted of spying for Iran

A former British soldier who claimed he was trying to work as a double agent has been convicted of spying for Iran.

Lebanon’s parliament renews army chief’s term in first session after ceasefire

Lebanon’s parliament has renewed the term of army chief Joseph Aoun, who is seen as a potential presidential candidate in next year’s vote.

What to know about the ceasefire deal between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah

A ceasefire deal that could end more than a year of cross-border fighting between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group has gone into effect.

Four dead, including two children, in latest migrant shipwreck off Greek island of Samos

Greek officials say that four migrants, including two children, died when a boat struck rocks near the Greek island of Samos.

Trump turns to outsider to shake up Navy, but his lack of military experience raises concerns

President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be secretary of the Navy, John Phelan, has not served in the military or had a civilian leadership role in the service.

France says it will work closely with Netanyahu despite international arrest warrant

France says it intends to continue to work in close collaboration with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu despite the arrest warrant issued for him by the world’s top war crimes court.

Thousands of Lebanese return to their homes as Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire takes hold

Thousands of Lebanese displaced by the war between Israel and Hezbollah returned home Wednesday as a ceasefire takes hold.

Turkey reportedly arrested suspects in Israeli-Moldovan rabbi’s killing in UAE as they left airport

Turkish security forces reportedly arrested the three Uzbek suspects in the killing of a rabbi in the United Arab Emirates as they left an airport in Istanbul.

Trump team says Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire deal brokered by Biden is actually Trump’s win

The Biden administration kept President-elect Donald Trump’s administration closely apprised of its efforts to broker the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah that took effect early Wednesday.

The Israel-Hezbollah war by the numbers

A ceasefire has taken effect between Israel and Lebanon-based Hezbollah. The agreement calls for a two-month initial halt in fighting and would require Hezbollah to end its armed presence in a broad swath of southern Lebanon, while Israeli troops would return to their side of the border.

A look back at over a year of fighting as Israel and Hezbollah agree to a truce

Smoke rising from the rubble of multistory buildings in Beirut. Rockets streaking over the blackened hills of northern Israel.

Childhood cancer patients in Lebanon must battle disease while under fire

Lebanese families with children diagnosed with cancer are now grappling with the hardships of both illness and war.

5 more have been rescued after tourist yacht sank in Egypt’s Red Sea

Egyptian naval forces have rescued five more people and recovered four bodies, a day after a tourist yacht carrying 44 passengers sank in the Red Sea coastal town of Marsa Alam after facing rough weather.

Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah start a ceasefire after nearly 14 months of fighting

The ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militants has begun as a region on edge wonders whether it will hold.

Militia detains 300 migrants in the desert in Libya’s effort to contain sea crossings

Libyan military officials say they have apprehended hundreds of migrants traversing the country’s vast desert.

Egyptian officials say 16 people are missing after a tourist yacht sank in high waves on the Red Sea

Egyptian officials say a tourist yacht has sunk in the Red Sea after warnings of rough waters and 16 people are missing.

A migrant boat sinks near the Greek island of Samos, killing 6 children and 2 adults

Eight people, including six children, have died when a boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of the Greek island of Samos.

Iraq’s population grew to 45.4 million according to the first survey in decades

Iraq’s prime minister says the country’s population has grown to 45.4 million, according to preliminary results from a national census, the first in nearly 40 years.

What’s blocking a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah?

Diplomats and other officials say there have been several sticking points in ceasefire talks in the war between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, even as conditions for an agreement appear to be ripe.

3 Uzbek nationals arrested in the killing of an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi in the UAE

The United Arab Emirates says police have arrested three Uzbek nationals for the killing of an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi.

An Israeli strike that killed 3 Lebanese journalists was most likely deliberate, watchdog says

An international human rights group says an Israeli airstrike that killed three journalists and wounded others in Lebanon last month was most likely a deliberate attack on civilians and an apparent war crime.

Middle East latest: Israeli ambassador to US says Hezbollah ceasefire deal could come ‘within days’

The Israeli ambassador to Washington says a ceasefire deal to end fighting between Israel and Lebanon-based Hezbollah militants could be reached “within days.”

A family of rodents from Argentina appear in a caravan outside Dubai

A desert oasis hidden away in the dunes in the far reaches of skyscraper-studded Dubai has drawn a surprising new set of weary world travelers: a pack of Argentinian rodents.

Lebanon’s Shiite Muslims pay high price in war between Israel and Hezbollah

The Lebanese civilians most devastated by the Israel-Hezbollah war are Shiite Muslims, and many of them believe they are being unfairly punished because they share a religious identity with Hezbollah militants and often live in the same areas.

G7 foreign ministers push for Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire in final G7 of Biden administration

FIUGGI, Italy (AP) — Foreign ministers from the world’s leading industrialized nations expressed cautious optimism Monday about possible progress on a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.

What to know about the plastic pollution treaty talks in South Korea

A last round of negotiations on a legally binding treaty to address the global scourge of plastic pollution has opened in Busan, South Korea.

Police in Jordan kill a gunman in a shootout near the Israeli Embassy

Police in Jordan have shot and killed a man after he opened fire near the Israeli Embassy. Authorities say three police officers were wounded in the shootout early Sunday in capital Amman.

Israel says rabbi who went missing in the UAE was killed. The government arrests 3

Israel says the body of an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi who went missing in the United Arab Emirates has been found, citing Emirati authorities.

Blinken heads to last G7 meeting of Biden presidency with Ukraine and Mideast topping the agenda

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is leaving on a diplomatic trip to Europe that includes a meeting of foreign ministers from the leading industrialized nations that will focus on the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East.

Israeli strikes in central Beirut kill at least 20 as diplomats push for a cease-fire

Lebanese officials say Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 20 people and injured dozens in central Beirut, as the once-rare attacks on the heart of Lebanon’s capital continue without warning.

Orchestra conductor mourns childhood home’s destruction in Israel’s southern Lebanon offensive

Lubnan Baalbaki, the conductor of the Lebanese Philharmonic Orchestra, watched on his phone screen as the Israeli army destroyed his family home in southern Lebanon.

Middle East latest: Israeli strikes kill a hospital director in Lebanon and wound 9 medics in Gaza

Lebanon’s Health Ministry says Israeli airstrikes have killed the director of the largest hospital in the country’s northeast.

More aid workers have been killed in 2024 than in any other year, UN says

The United Nations says more aid workers, health care staffers, delivery personnel and other humanitarians have been killed in 2024 than in any other single year.

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