Hong Kong wine merchant Omtis Fine Wines said it has secured exclusive distribution rights for Lebanon’s winery Chateau Musar in Hong Kong and Macau, marking a further push by the iconic Middle Eastern producer into East Asia. Hong Kong wine merchant Omtis Fine Wines said it has secured exclusive distribution rights for Lebanon’s winery Chateau…
Israel kept up strikes on south Lebanon on Sunday despite a ceasefire, Lebanese state media reported, with authorities saying two paramedics from the Hezbollah-affiliated Islamic Health Committee were killed. Israeli strikes in south Lebanon kill 2 paramedics affiliated with Hezbollah The state-run National News Agency reported Israeli airstrikes on more than 20 locations, including two…
Israel carried out strikes across Lebanon on Saturday, killing at least eight people in the south according to authorities, with raids also targeting a highway not far from Beirut outside of Hezbollah’s traditional strongholds. At least 8 killed as Israel pounds Lebanon despite truce The fresh attacks were some of the most intense since the…
new video loaded: Israel Strikes Beirut for First Time Since Cease-Fire 0:25 Israel struck Beirut’s southern outskirts on Wednesday for the first time since a cease-fire between Israel and Lebanon took effect last month. By Jackeline Luna May 6, 2026 Israel Intercepts Gaza-Bound Aid Flotilla in International Waters 1:12 Trump Says U.S. Attacked Iranian Cargo…
WASHINGTON, May 6 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Iran wants to negotiate and make a deal, adding that the U.S. was doing very well in Iran and that it was going very smoothly. “We’re doing very well in Iran. It’s going very smoothly, and we’ll see what happens. They want…
DUBAI/WASHINGTON, May 5 (Reuters) – The fragile truce in the Middle East was in jeopardy on Tuesday after the U.S. and Iran launched new attacks as they wrestled for control of the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. military said on Monday it destroyed six Iranian small boats, as well as cruise missiles and drones, after…
By Patricia Zengerle and Bo Erickson WASHINGTON, May 1 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration argued that a ceasefire with Tehran had “terminated” hostilities as a legal deadline arrived on Friday for coming to Congress about the two-month Iran war. Under the 1973 War Powers Resolution, the president can wage military action for only…
WASHINGTON, April 30 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump faces a deadline on Friday to end the Iran war or make the case to Congress for extending it, but the date is most likely to pass without altering the course of a conflict that has lapsed into a standoff over shipping routes. Ending the war…
WASHINGTON, April 27 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump discussed a new Iranian proposal on resolving the war with Tehran with his top national security aides on Monday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters. Answering questions at a briefing, Leavitt did not offer an opinion of the proposal, in which the Strait of…
BEIRUT, April 27 (Reuters) – The Israeli military began carrying out strikes in eastern Lebanon on Monday, expanding the scope of its bombing campaign during a ceasefire that has failed to fully halt hostilities with Lebanese armed group Hezbollah. The strikes on Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa Valley marked the first time the area has been hit…