Pentagon Chief Calls on Israel to Scale Back Beirut Strikes
By Phil Stewart
NAPLES, Oct 19 (Reuters) - The United States would like to see Israel scale back some of its strikes in and around the Lebanese capital of Beirut, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Saturday, adding the number...
Israel Strikes Beirut and Gaza After Rockets Hit Israel’s North
By Maayan Lubell, Maya Gebeily and Nidal al-Mughrabi
JERUSALEM/BEIRUT/CAIRO, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Israel struck what it said were Hezbollah arms facilities in southern Beirut on Saturday after the Lebanese armed group fired rockets into northern Israel...
Drone Launched at Netanyahu Home in Northern Israel, Spokesman Says
JERUSALEM, Oct 19 (Reuters) - A drone was launched towards Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's home in the northern Israeli town of Caesarea on Saturday, his spokesman said, adding that the premier was not in the...
Two Killed in Israeli Strike North of Lebanon’s Capital
BEIRUT, Oct 19 (Reuters) - At least two people were killed in an Israeli strike near the Christian-majority town of Jounieh, north of Beirut, Lebanon's health ministry said on Saturday, in the first attack on the...
Khamenei Says Hamas Leader’s Death Will Not Halt ‘Axis of Resistance’
Oct 19 (Reuters) - Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Saturday the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar will not halt the "Axis of Resistance" and that Hamas would live on.
"His loss is undoubtedly painful...
Australia Says It Provided Support for US Airstrikes on Yemen
By Kirsty Needham
SYDNEY, Oct 18 (Reuters) - U.S. bomber aircraft conducting strikes on underground bunkers in Yemen this week flew through Australian air space in a demonstration of military interoperability, Australian officials said on Friday.
The United...
Lebanese PM Says He Rejects Iranian Interference in Lebanese Matter
BEIRUT, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Lebanon's caretaker prime minister on Friday made a rare rebuke to Iran and said Tehran's envoy should be summoned over reported comments by a senior Iranian official that it would be...
Netanyahu Says ‘War Is Not Yet Over’ After Hamas Leader Killed
By James Mackenzie, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Samia Nakhoul
JERUSALEM/CAIRO, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Pledges from Israel and its enemies Hamas and Hezbollah to keep fighting in Gaza and Lebanon dashed hopes on Friday that the death of Palestinian...
UN Seeks Probe Into Reported Mass Killing of Afghans Migrating to Iran
By Charlotte Greenfield and Mohammad Yunus Yawar
HERAT, Afghanistan, Oct 17 (Reuters) - The United Nations' mission in Afghanistan called on Thursday for an investigation into reports that a large group of Afghan migrants had been shot...
Hamas Leader Sinwar Is Dead, Israel Says
By James Mackenzie, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Samia Nakhoul
JERUSALEM/CAIRO, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, mastermind of the Oct. 7, 2023 attack that triggered the Gaza war, has been killed by Israeli forces in the...
