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Northern Lebanon airport revival brings economic hope for the region
3+ hour, 42+ min ago (827+ words) Beirut, Lebanon " On June 6, Lebanon's second airport received a flight carrying a number of officials, including Prime Minister Nawaf Salam. For decades, Lebanon has had to rely on what was the country's sole airport, just south of Beirut. But the…...
South Lebanon village mourns dead in new war with Israel
7+ hour, 39+ min ago (709+ words) Gravediggers in a southern Lebanon village prepare tombs for the dead in Israeli strikes during the latest Israel-Hezbollah war, near those killed in the previous conflicts between the foes. In front of recent graves bearing three huge portraits in Deir…...
Israeli will occupy Lebanon indefinitely despite Iran-US deal, say ministers
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (389+ words) ISRAEL will occupy Lebanon indefinitely despite a peace deal struck between the US and Iran, ministers have said. Shehbaz Sharif, the Pakistani prime minister, whose country has served as a mediator, announced the deal and said it would be officially…...
Iran launches attacks at sites in Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan following US airstrikes
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (30+ words) Yahoo News UK Iran launches attacks at sites in Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan following US airstrikes Iranian Military...
Bahrain Royal Family jet visits area during mission to RAF base
6+ day, 21+ hour ago (170+ words) A private plane reported to belong to a powerful international royal family has been spotted flying over Wiltshire. The aircraft, reported by online flight tracking service ADS-B Exchange to be a GA6c Gulfstream G600 Bahrain Royal Flight, was over the county between…...
Rival leaders of Turkey's main opposition party call competing meetings
1+ week, 1+ day ago (441+ words) ANKARA, June 9 (Reuters) - The arch-rival leaders of Turkey's main opposition - one of them elected and the other controversially court-appointed - both announced plans to address party lawmakers at competing meetings on Tuesday, "in a stand-off that could deepen a crisis among…...
Lebanon says Israel has bombed it nearly 3, 500 times during ceasefire
1+ week, 2+ day ago (352+ words) (CORRECTS to reflect comments came from defense minister not PM in paragraphs 1 and 3) BEIRUT, June 8 (Reuters) - Israel has carried out nearly 3, 500 "air strikes on Lebanon and hundreds of controlled explosions since the U. S. "announced a ceasefire for the country on April…...
Israeli strikes kill three people in Gaza, as truce talks stall
1+ week, 6+ day ago (377+ words) CAIRO, June 3 (Reuters) - Israeli strikes killed three Palestinians in Gaza on Wednesday, health officials said, and the Palestinian militant group Hamas said ending such attacks was crucial "to further talks on safeguarding a U. S. -brokered ceasefire. Medics said one Palestinian was…...
Israel's killing of another 2 Hamas leaders is unlikely to break Gaza deadlock. Here's why.
2+ week, 6+ day ago (769+ words) Over the past two weeks, Israel's military has killed the leader of Hamas' military wing and his replacement " the latest in a string of such killings that have weakened the militant group without having much impact on the ongoing conflict....
Opposition chaos may push Turkey's Erdogan towards snap poll: analysts
3+ week, 7+ hour ago (710+ words) A court-ordered ouster of Turkey's main opposition leadership has left the party in chaos, exposing deep divisions that analysts say could benefit President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in any early elections. Last weekend, scenes of unprecedented chaos unfolded when riot police…...