Hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs and pledged to deepen military operations against Hezbollah, US President Donald Trump stepped in with a declaration that appeared to pull both sides back from the brink. According to him, Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to halt hostilities, for now. “I had …
Tehran’s latest peace proposal to the United States involves ending hostilities on all fronts, including Lebanon, the exit of US forces from areas close to Iran, and reparations for destruction caused by the US-Israeli war, state media reported on Tuesday. In Tehran’s first comments on the proposal, Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said Tehran also …
<!–[if IE 9]><![endif]–><!–[if IE 9]><![endif]–> Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. File | Photo Credit: AP Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday (April 26, 2026) said Hezbollah’s actions were threatening the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, as he pledged to “vigorously” target the Iran-backed group. “It must be understood that Hezbollah’s violations are, in practice, …
Hello, this is Katrina Bishop — usually based in London but writing today from Singapore, where I’ve spent the last two days covering CNBC’s CONVERGE LIVE. A hot topic at the event was trust — or lack of it — in the world today. I asked a number of policymakers and business leaders what they …
US President Donald Trump on Thursday said that the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon has been extended by three weeks, during which their leaders could meet at the White House. He also said Iran would need to end its funding for Hezbollah as part of efforts to stabilise the region. The ceasefire extension came after …
Our visual journalist David Guttenfelder traveled with displaced people returning to their homes in southern Lebanon, as a cease-fire paused the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.By David Guttenfelder, Coleman Lowndes, Christina Thornell, Sutton Raphael, Joey Sendaydiego and Thomas Vollkommer April 21, 2026 Source link
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 …
Israel sought clarification from the White House after Donald Trump posted that Israel was “prohibited” from conducting airstrikes in Lebanon, according to a US source and another source familiar with the matter, as reported by Axios. The post stunned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his advisers, as it contradicted the text of the ceasefire …
Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has sharply raised the stakes around the stalled US-Iran diplomatic track, declaring that the “completion and consolidation” of a comprehensive ceasefire in Lebanon is essential to the broader ceasefire architecture involving Tehran. In a post on X, Ghalibaf, who led the Iranian delegation in Islamabad for talks with the …
Lebanon and Israel held their first direct diplomatic talks in decades on Tuesday in Washington following more than a month of war between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group, with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio calling it a historic opportunity while cautioning that no immediate breakthrough was expected. The meeting, which lasted more …