Oct 11 Israel urges citizens in the north to shelter after ‘hostile aircraft’ enter from Lebanon By Associated Press The warning comes on the fifth day of the war between Israel and Hamas. Continue reading
Sep 11 Cease-fire declared after days of fighting in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp By Fadi Tawil, Associated Press The fighting broke out Thursday night after nearly a month of calm in Ein el-Hilweh refugee camp near the port city of Sidon between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah group and militant Islamist groups. Continue reading
Aug 04 3 years after Beirut port blast, political intrigue foils prosecutions and even the death toll is disputed By Bassem Mroue, Lujain Jo, Associated Press Hundreds of people marched in the Lebanese capital on Friday to mark the anniversary, with some family members of the victims calling on the international community to help in the investigation. Continue reading
Apr 07 Watch 3:54 News Wrap: Terror attack in Tel Aviv kills 1, injures 6 others In our news wrap Friday, Israeli authorities said a driver rammed a car into a group of people near a popular park in Tel Aviv, killing one and wounding six others, the U.S. Labor Department reported employers added 236,000 jobs… Continue watching
Apr 07 Israeli authorities say attack in Tel Aviv wounds 6, kills 1 By Isabel Debre, Associated Press Israeli police said that a car rammed into a group of people near a popular seaside park in the city before flipping over. Police said they shot the driver of the car. Israel's rescue service meanwhile described the incident as… Continue reading
Apr 07 2 people shot and killed in West Bank after Israeli airstrikes By Isabel Debre, Associated Press Even as quiet returned to Israel's northern and southern borders, the early morning Israeli strikes on Lebanon — which analysts described as the most serious border violence since Israel’s 2006 war with Lebanon’s Hezbollah militants — threatened to push the… Continue reading
Apr 06 Watch 6:21 Militants in Lebanon fire rockets into Israel amid clashes at holy site in Jerusalem By Amna Nawaz, Dan Sagalyn Israeli-Palestinian confrontations in Jerusalem moved the Middle East closer to a broader conflict. The Israeli military says Hamas or Islamic jihad militants in Lebanon fired 34 rockets into northern Israel Thursday. The Israelis said they shot down 25 of the… Continue watching
Apr 06 Militants in Lebanon fire rockets at Israel, raising tension as Passover begins By Isabel Debre, Sam McNeil, Associated Press Militants have fired a barrage of rockets from Lebanon at Israel on Thursday, the Israeli military said, forcing people across Israel’s northern frontier into bomb shelters, wounding at least one person and ratcheting up regional tensions as Israelis celebrated the… Continue reading
Mar 06 Lebanon leans on U.S. dollar as economy tanks By Kareem Chehayeb, Associated Press The Lebanese pound has lost as much as 98 percent in value since late 2019, and now most restaurants and many stores are demanding to be paid in dollars to bypass what's seen as a nearly useless currency. Continue reading
Jan 25 Watch 4:25 News Wrap: Northern California mass shooting suspect makes first court appearance In our news wrap Wednesday, the man accused of killing seven people in Northern California made his first court appearance, a Virginia teacher who was shot by a first-grader says school officials were warned three times that day that the… Continue watching