On February 28, the United States and Israel attacked Iran after weeks of military buildup and threats from President Trump. Large-scale strikes targeted Iranian military assets and the Islamic Republic’s top leadership, killing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Tehran’s Assembly of Experts appointed Ali Khamenei’s son, Mojtaba Khamenei, to succeed him. Iran has retaliated by…
A night of violence in southern Lebanon left at least 13 people dead after an Israeli strike hit the crowded Ain al-Helweh Palestinian refugee camp near Sidon, officials said. Ambulances rushed into the camp as firefighters battled a blaze and rescuers pulled wounded people from the rubble and the streets. Lebanese health authorities reported the…
Benjamin Netanyahu has made it clear he won’t accept a Palestinian state a stance that adds more fireworks to the diplomatic fight over a UN vote on a US-backed Gaza plan. The draft resolution circulating at the United Nations would back parts of President Donald Trump’s Gaza plan, which includes language about a possible future…
A previously undisclosed phone call last month shows President Donald Trump pushing Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to take a big step: normalize ties with Israel. According to people briefed on the call and reported by Axios, Trump told MBS that since he had helped end the war in Gaza, it was time for…
Rafah, Gaza – Tensions flared again in southern Gaza as Israel carried out airstrikes on Rafah and nearby areas, just days after a ceasefire brokered by the United States took effect, according to Israeli Channel 12 and Reuters reports. The fragile truce, which had brought a brief pause to weeks of hostilities, now appears to…
By The World Reports Desk | October 15, 2025 TEL AVIV – A body handed over by Hamas to Israel under the ongoing ceasefire arrangement is not one of the Israeli hostages, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed on Wednesday, adding further tension to an already fragile truce in Gaza. “Following examinations at the National…
Israel has accused Hamas of breaching a recently established ceasefire, just days after the slow release of deceased hostages, according to reports from The Associated Press. The move comes amid ongoing tensions in Gaza, highlighting the fragile nature of the temporary truce. The alleged violation involves the controlled release of hostages’ remains, which Israel claims…
By The World Reports StaffJerusalem | October 12, 2025 Israel and Gaza are making final preparations for a large-scale exchange of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners, a critical step in the ceasefire deal that could mark the end of the two-year war in Gaza. Under the terms of the agreement, Hamas must release all surviving…
A fragile pause in the Gaza fighting looks set to begin after Israel and Hamas agreed to halt hostilities so the remaining hostages can be freed in the coming days in exchange for Palestinian prisoners part of a plan put forward by the Trump administration. President Donald Trump celebrated the breakthrough on social media, saying,…
US President Donald Trump has declared he will not allow Israel to annex the occupied West Bank, in a direct challenge to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right coalition. Speaking from the Oval Office ahead of Netanyahu’s UN address, Trump told reporters: “I will not allow Israel to annex the West Bank. It’s not going to…
