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US, Israel at standoff over Lebanon cease-fire proposal. What happened?
US President Joe Biden (L), sits with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the start of the Israeli war cabinet meeting, in Tel Aviv on October 18, 2023. (Photo by Miriam Alster / POOL / AFP/...
Sep 27, 2024
Israel kills Hezbollah commander in Beirut strike, Netanyahu vows to continue 'with full force'
Ramiz Dallah/Anadolu via Getty Images(TEL-AVIV, Israel) -- Israel said it killed another top Hezbollah commander -- Muhammad Hussein Srour, the commander of Hezbollah's Aerial Command -- in a "precise...
Sep 26, 2024
This is how much the fire risk in South America has increased in recent decades
Mateus Bonomi/Anadolu via Getty Images(RIO DE JANEIRO) -- Scientists have quantified how much more fire-prone South America has become in recent decades, as several parts of the continent experience s...
Sep 26, 2024
As Zelenskyy visits White House, Ukrainian push to use long-range weapons continues
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, during a Bi-Lateral meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at United Nations on September 25, 2024 in New York, New York. (Leon Neal/Getty Images)(LO...
Sep 26, 2024
Japan flexes in Taiwan Strait, sending warship through disputed waters
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks at a news conference on August 14, 2024 in Tokyo, Japan. (Philip Fong-Pool/Getty Images)(TOKYO) -- The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Sazan...
Sep 26, 2024
Biden administration floats pause in Israel-Hezbollah conflict amid fears of all-out war
Stringer/Anadolu via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As Israel laid the groundwork for a possible ground invasion of Lebanon, the Biden administration on Wednesday was urging diplomacy to resolve the countr...
Sep 25, 2024
Israel prepares for potential ground invasion of Lebanon, continues airstrikes on Hezbollah
Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images(TEL-AVIV, Israel) -- Israel is preparing for a potential ground operation as its war with Hezbollah intensifies, according to the Israel Defense Forces."Toda...
Sep 25, 2024
China test-fires ICBM with 'dummy' warhead, after Biden touts US relationship with Japan, South Korea
Rainer Puster / EyeEm/Getty Images(HONG KONG and LONDON) -- The Chinese military test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile into the Pacific on Wednesday, marking the first known launch of an IC...
Sep 25, 2024
Several detained after American's 'suicide capsule' death in Switzerland: Police
This photograph shows a view of the Sarco assisted suicide capsule, during a press conference organised by the "Last Resort", a Swiss human rights non-profit association focused on assisted suicide, i...
Sep 25, 2024
Wider Middle East war could spike oil prices and rekindle US inflation, experts say
KeithBinns/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Israel escalated its war against Hezbollah this week with a campaign of deadly airstrikes that stoked concern about the potential for a wider conflict in the Mid...
Sep 24, 2024
