European stocks finished Thursday in negative territory as investors await the outcome of reports that Washington and Tehran are nearing an agreement to end the war. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index closed the session down more than 1%, reversing earlier gains. Major regional bourses in London, Paris, Frankfurt and Milan all finished in the red, …
India on Saturday condemned the attack on French UN peacekeepers in Lebanon, urging the Lebanese government to urgently investigate this attack and bring its perpetrators to justice. A French soldier was killed and three others wounded while clearing a road in southern Lebanon in an attack that UN peacekeepers and French officials claimed was carried …
The widening U.S.-Israel–Iran conflict has engulfed Lebanon in ways its government insists it neither intended nor approved. As Israeli strikes intensify and Hezbollah’s actions pull the country deeper into hostilities, Lebanon is facing one of its gravest humanitarian crises in recent history. In an exclusive conversation with India Today Global’s Senior Executive Editor Geeta Mohan, …
new video loaded: Where Israeli Strikes Are Hitting Beirut Our Beirut bureau chief, Christina Goldbaum, shows how Israeli airstrikes have affected Lebanon and its capital. Hundreds of thousands of people have fled areas around Beirut and in a huge swath of southern Lebanon after Israel issued evacuation warnings in its conflict with Hezbollah.By Christina Goldbaum, …
On 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel launched Operation Roaring Lion and Operation Epic Fury, striking over 500 Iranian military targets in a single day. Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed. Iran’s missile capability was degraded by 90% within ten days. The Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway through which one fifth of …
new video loaded: On the Ground in Beirut Our Beirut bureau chief, Christina Goldbaum, reports on the escalating conflict between Israel and the Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah, as Israel’s military seizes areas of southern Lebanon and carries out bombings.March 5, 2026 Source link
The Israeli military said on Monday that a targeted overnight strike on the Lebanese capital of Beirut killed Hussein Makled, the head of Hezbollah’s intelligence headquarters, following rocket launches from Lebanon into Israel. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the strike was carried out late Sunday and described Makled as a senior operative responsible for …