Lebanese PM denounces Israeli 'war crimes' as media workers killed
Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Friday condemned an alleged Israeli strike on a residence housing journalists as a "new chapter of war crimes," as two people were killed in northern Israel by shelling from Lebanon. Three media workers were killed and three others injured in an Israeli airstrike in the town of Hasbiyya, the Lebanese Health Ministry said on Friday. After meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in London, Mikati accused Israel of deliberately targeting media representatives in order to deter journalists from reporting on its offensive in southern Lebanon against the Iran-back Hezbollah militia. Lebanese Information Minister Ziad...
International calls for calm after Israel hits Iranian military sites
Global leaders called for calm on Saturday following Israel's retaliatory attacks on military sites across Iran, as Israel and Hezbollah exchanged renewed fire across the Lebanese border. Israel launched a widely-anticipated attack on Iran early on Saturday, during which it said it conducted "precise strikes" on military targets. Iranian state news agency IRNA said that four soldiers were killed in the attack while defending Iranian airspace, after earlier reports of two casualties. The targets in Saturday's attacks - which came weeks after Tehran launched almost 200 ballistic missiles at Israel on October 1 - included missile production facilities, ground-to-air missile systems and air...
Dubai flights being CANCELLED as Emirates issues update to fliers amid chaos over spiralling Middle East conflict
FLIGHTS to and from Dubai have been cancelled or delayed amid chaos over the spiralling Middle East conflict – with Emirates issuing an important update. It comes as Iran braces for a retaliation strike by Israel following Tehran’s missile blitz on Tuesday. Emirates have cancelled all flights from Dubai to Iraq, Iran and Jordan due […]
Hezbollah leader: Lebanon blasts are 'declaration of war'
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has said the back-to-back blasts of electronic devices across Lebanon which are widely assumed to have been caused by Israel amount to "a declaration of war." In a much-anticipated televised speech on Thursday, Nasrallah said: "There is no doubt that we have been subjected to a major security and humanitarian blow, unprecedented in the history of our resistance and perhaps in the history of the conflict with the enemy." "Over two days, in one minute every day, the enemy wanted to kill 5,000 people in two minutes without caring about anything," Nasrallah said. "Our answer is, in the name...