(Reuters) -The Israeli military said on Saturday it had killed Jaafar Khader Faour, a commander of Hezbollah's Nasser Brigade rocket unit in southern Lebanon, and said he had been responsible for multiple attacks on Israel since October 2023.
Hezbollah did not immediately comment or confirm Faour's death.
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President-elect Trump heavily criticized Syrian rebels for their move to overtake the city of Damascus on Saturday, but emphasized that this was not America’s fight. “Russia, because they are so tied up in Ukraine, and with the loss there of over 600,000 soldiers, seems incapable of stopping this literal march through Syria, a country they…
President-elect Donald Trump repeated numerous false claims during an interview that aired Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” – including his old lie that the US is the world’s only country with birthright citizenship.
Western and Arab states, as well as Israel, would like to see Iran’s influence in Syria curtailed, but none wish for a radical Islamist regime to replace Assad.
Israeli leaders are watching events across the border in Syria with trepidation, as 50 years of detente were upended in a matter of hours.
A Russian spacecraft launched higher than most satellites has long had the Pentagon worried — and new revelations about what it contains onboard have made those concerns all the greater. Launched in early 2022, Russia's Cosmos 2553 spacecraft is nominally built to test out "newly developed onboard instruments and systems." According to new reporting from the New York Times, however, the mysterious satellite system contains a "dummy warhead"
Once news outlets called the election for Trump in the early hours of November 6, panic ripped through the LGBTQIA+ community and hotlines saw a dramatic surge in calls. Michelle Del Rey reports
US president-elect Trump meets with Zelensky at reopening of Notre Dame cathedral in Paris
Pete Hegseth, now Trump’s nominee to serve as secretary of defense, had been a vocal and persistent advocate for veterans having unfettered access to private health care, rather than having to go through the VA to keep their benefits.
PM Netanyahu said the 1974 disengagement agreement had "collapsed" with the rebel takeover of Syria.
President-elect Trump early Sunday called for an “immediate ceasefire” in the fighting between Ukraine and Russia following the fall of the Assad government in Syria and after a meeting in Paris with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. “Assad is gone. He has fled his country. His protector, Russia, Russia, Russia, led by Vladimir Putin, was not…
A military police officer has been arrested in Brazil after a video emerged of him throwing a civilian over a bridge in Sao Paulo on Monday, sparking protests in the city.
During a Sunday interview on "Meet the Press," the president-elect conceded that tariff costs could end up trickling down to American consumers.
He also continues fundraising from his millions of followers, although more of each dollar raised is going to the RNC than it was immediately after the election.
William joins other world leaders in Paris for the ceremonial reopening of the world-famous cathedral.
The Syrian government collapsed early on Sunday, marking an end to the Assad family's 50-year rule, after a surprise rebel offensive quickly swept through government-held areas and reached the capital in just 10 days.View on euronews
Jacqui Lambie is warning Anthony Albanese’s days could be numbered after a key poll found the Prime Minister weak.
The Syrian government has fallen after a lightning offensive by anti-regime forces across the country - ending President Bashar al Assad's 24-year rule. Mr Assad has left office and the country after giving orders for there to be a peaceful transfer of power, the Russian foreign ministry said in a statement on Sunday. Russia was not involved in the talks surrounding his departure, the ministry said, but has been in touch with opposition groups - and urged all sides to refrain from violence.
The swiftly changing fate of Bashar al-Assad was not really made in Syria, but in southern Beirut and Donetsk.
There was a time not all that long ago when the United States would be seeking clearly to drive and define a particular narrative and outcome for the events unfolding in the Middle East. Seeking to mould events to its own benefit has been a central tenet of American foreign policy. President Biden is still running things at the White House but his ability to influence events in the Middle East, if he is even inclined to, has been shown to be limited.
ANZ, Westpac and NAB are all in agreement in when the first rate cut could come, while Commonwealth Bank remains the defiant outlier.
