Iran's Permanent Mission to the United Nations said the country's military action against Israel was based on Article 51 of the UN Charter regarding the legitimate right to self-defense and in response to the deadly Israeli attack on the Iranian consulate in Syria, the official news agency IRN...
Israeli security forces work at the scene of a rocket attack from Lebanon in Kiryat Shmona, northern Israel, on Feb. 15, 2024. Hezbollah fired on Thursday evening dozens of rockets on Kiryat Shmona, a city in northern Israel, to retaliate Israel's deadly attacks on Lebanon's southern city...
JERUSALEM —Israel said Tuesday that haltingHezbollah’s attacks in the country’s northto allow residents to return to their homes is now an official war goal, as it considers a wider military operation in Lebanon that could ignite an all-out conflict. Isr...
From the Israel-Hamas war to Russia’s grinding battles against Ukraine, 2023 has shown the dangers of armed conflicts breaking out into region-wide combat.
International benchmark Brent traded at around $78 per barrel Friday, still down from about $84 on the eve of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel. “While this puts upwards pressure on global oil prices, it is unlikely to represent a serious energy supply shock for now,” Simone ...
Earlier, Israel called off school trips and other youth activities planned for the coming days. Jordan temporarily closed its airspace, state media reported, as did Iraq. Both have now reopened. Egypt said its air defences were on alert. ...
taxpayers funded the attacks on Israel. Allowing Iran access to those funds under any circumstances improves its budget situation, freeing up money that would be used to use elsewhere, Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor and 2024 Republican presidential candidate...
ISRAEL vowed to fight on today as it escalated its war against Hezbollah in Lebanon.Graham, Bob
As an aside, the term far-right is completely justified in this case. Likud, Netanyahu’s party, is now on the very edge of mainstream Israeli politics. Bezalel Smotrich, of the Religious Zionist party, is Israel’s finance minister. He’s a self-confessed extremist, someone who simply wo...
“On a normal day, we’d have around 100 tables a day,” said David Zheng, an employee at New Shanghai Deluxe restaurant in New York’s Chinatown. But now, “for a full day of business, we’d get only 20 to 30 tables.”