Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has publicly stated that recent U.S. and Israeli airstrikes inflicted serious damage on Iran’s nuclear sites, a sharp contrast to the downplaying by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and one early U.S. intelligence assessment that was leaked to media. Araghchi said key nuclear facilities suffered significant harm and that Tehran is…
Hours after Indian forces launched airstrikes on terror sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir, national security advisor Ajit Doval on Wednesday told his counterparts in several countries that New Delhi has no intent to escalate tensions but is prepared to “retaliate resolutely” if Islamabad does so, news agency PTI reported, citing officials. India’s NSA Ajit…
Mark Rutte, Nato’s secretary-general, has urged its 32 member nations to devote more funds, equipment and political energy. “In 2025, we need to significantly increase our efforts to ensure Nato remains a key source of military advantage for all our nations. Our continued freedom and prosperity depend on it,” Rutte wrote in his annual report,…
Mar 22, 2025 02:37 PM IST Saturday’s exchange came days after Israel effectively ended the ceasefire in Gaza with Palestinian militant group Hamas, an ally of Hezbollah. After Israeli artillery and airstrikes hit south Lebanon on Saturday, the beleaguered nation’s prime minister, Nawaf Salam, warned that his country was at risk of being drawn into…
Israel unleashed its largest wave of airstrikes across Lebanon since agreeing to a ceasefire with Hezbollah last week, killing at least 11 people on Monday after the Lebanese militant group fired a volley of projectiles as a warning over what it said were Israeli truce violations. A woman mourns during a commemoration ceremony at the…
By Hannah Confino and Laila Bassam Israel says it’s moving closer to Lebanon ceasefire JERUSALEM/BEIRUT – A senior Israeli official said on Monday Israel’s cabinet would meet on Tuesday to weigh a ceasefire deal with Hezbollah that could be cemented in coming days, and a Lebanese official said Beirut had been told by Washington that…
Seven people were killed in northern Israel on Thursday after strikes by Hezbollah from Lebanon that the Israeli military described as the “deadliest cross-border” airstrikes since the onset of the conflict between the two sides. A picture taken from the area of Marjeyoun in southern Lebanon shows explosions over buildings in the town of Khiam,…
Israeli airstrikes on central Beirut on Thursday killed 22 people and wounded 117, Lebanon’s health ministry reported, raising fears on Friday of further strikes and marking the deadliest single strike in the current conflict between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah militants. The airstrikes targeted two residential buildings in separate neighborhoods, according to an Associated Press photographer…
Israel’s air force carried out dozens of airstrikes early Monday on southern Lebanon, state media and the Israeli military said. Separately, Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip killed eight Palestinians, including five children, on Monday morning, according to Palestinian medical officials. Residents of different villages in southern Lebanon posted photos on social media that they…