US President Donald Trump has doubled down on the Gaza ceasefire, saying that ‘nothing will jeopardize’ the truce in place on Wednesday. The US president’s remarks came after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered ‘immediate, powerful’ strikes on Gaza. The US president stated that Israel had a right to respond to the alleged violations by…
BEIRUT (AP) — Minutes after journalists gathered outside a Gaza hospital to survey the damage of an Israeli strike, Ibrahim Qannan pointed his camera up at the battered building as the others climbed its external stairs. Then Qannan watched in horror — while broadcasting live — as a second strike killed the friends and colleagues…
Hamas has accepted some elements of the Trump administration’s plan to end the war with Israel, but the militant group says further discussions are needed on other issues.It remains to be seen if those gaps can be bridged, but Israel’s army says it is advancing preparations for the first phase of President Trump’s plan in…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told residents of Gaza City on Monday to evacuate, as the military ramped up its deadly assault on the Palestinian territory’s largest urban centre. Palestinians check the rubble of a building called al-Ruya Tower in Gaza City’s Rimal area following Israeli army bombardment, on September 8, 2025, after Israel announced…
BEIRUT (AP) — A U.S. diplomat apologized Thursday for using the word “animalistic” while calling for a gaggle of reporters to quiet down during a press conference in Lebanon earlier this week. Tom Barrack, who is the U.S. ambassador to Turkey and envoy to Syria and has also been on a temporary assignment in Lebanon,…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s security services have threatened the life of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi after her native country’s war with Israel, the Norwegian Nobel Committee and activists said Friday. Mohammadi said that the threats have come through both her lawyer and other indirect channels as she’s kept up public…