Middle East

Group of Seven (G7) leaders expressed “strong concern” on Wednesday over the crisis in the Middle East but said a diplomatic solution was still viable and a region-wide conflict was ...

The United States warned Iran at the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday against targeting it or Israel as U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the “deadly cycle of tit-for-tat ...

A 38-year-old Gazan, the only known fatality in Iran’s missile attack against Israel, was buried on Wednesday, witnesses said. Sameh Khadr Hassan Al-Asali had been staying in a Palestinian ...

The government is in talks with the leaders of neighbouring states, the EU and US over developments in the Middle East, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday. In statements ahead ...

Around 100 Cypriots may be airlifted out of Lebanon within the day, it was reported on Wedensday, with a Greek C-130 expected to carry out the mission. Greek Defence Minister Nikos ...

The Iranian ballistic missile attack against Israel on Tuesday was larger, more complex and involved more advanced weapons than the strikes in April, experts say, putting greater stress on missile ...

Israel’s foreign minister said on Wednesday that he was barring U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres from entering the country because he had not “unequivocally” condemned Iran’s missile attack ...

Rising tensions in the Middle East have created air travel chaos, with global airlines diverting or cancelling flights on Wednesday and regional airports, including Lebanon, Israel and Kuwait, showing long ...

Five out of ten flights diverted from the EU to Larnaca Airport, originally bound for Israel, resumed their departures on Wednesday. These flights had been rerouted from Tel Aviv due ...

Western nations are ramping up contingency plans to evacuate citizens from Lebanon after a sharp escalation in the conflict between Israel and the Lebanese armed movement Hezbollah, coupled with Iran’...

Danish police said on Wednesday they were investigating two blasts in the immediate vicinity of Israel’s embassy in the northern outskirts of Copenhagen. There were no injuries reported and ...

Iran said on Wednesday its missile attack on Israel, its biggest military assault on the country, was over, barring further provocation, while Israel and the United States promised to hit ...

At least six people were killed and nine wounded in a suspected shooting and stabbing terror attack in Tel Aviv on Tuesday, Israeli police said. They said that two “terrorists” ...

Iran fired a salvo of ballistic missiles at Israel on Tuesday in retaliation for Israel’s campaign against Tehran’s Hezbollah allies in Lebanon, drawing vows of a sharp response ...

Following a massive bombardment of Lebanon, Israel has begun a land invasion of its northern neighbour. Troops have entered southern Lebanon in a bid to push Hezbollah back beyond the ...

Israel’s elite units launched limited ground raids into Lebanon on Tuesday, as arch-foe Hezbollah fired missiles at Tel Aviv, with the US warning it had indications Iran may be ...

Hezbollah’s deputy leader Naim Qassem, in his first public address since Israel assassinated the group’s chief Hassan Nasrallah last week, said the movement is ready to confront any ...

Iran will not leave any of “the criminal acts” of Israel unanswered, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani said on Monday, referring to the killing of Hezbollah’s chief and ...

Israel said it bombed Houthi targets in Yemen expanding its confrontation with Iran’s allies in the region two days after killing the Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in an ...

Israel will not be able to safely get people back into their homes in the north of the country by waging an all-out war with Hezbollah or Iran, White House ...

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Sunday that the killing by Israel of an Iranian Revolutionary Guards deputy commander in Beirut was a “horrible crime” that would not ...

Lebanon’s Information Minister Ziad Makary said during a cabinet session on Sunday that diplomatic efforts for a ceasefire with Israel were underway. “It is certain that the Lebanese government ...

By Emily Rose and Maya Gebeily Israel struck more targets in Lebanon on Sunday, pressing Hezbollah with new attacks after killing the Iran-backed group’s leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, and ...

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Saturday the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah would be avenged and his path in fighting Israel would be continued by ...