Today: October 05, 2024
Today: October 05, 2024

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Dubai’s Emirates airline bans pagers, walkie-talkies after device attacks in Lebanon

Dubai’s Emirates airline bans pagers, walkie-talkies after device attacks in Lebanon

October 05, 2024
Dubai’s Emirates airline bans pagers, walkie-talkies after device attacks in Lebanon
World

Lebanon's migrant workers stuck in limbo as thousands flee conflict

Migrant worker Fajima Kamara came to Lebanon three years ago from Sierra Leone, but when Israeli jets started pounding her neighbourhood

October 05, 2024
Lebanon's migrant workers stuck in limbo as thousands flee conflict
World

Israel says France's call for halting sales of arms used in Gaza is a 'disgrace'

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hit out at France's President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday for saying that shipments of arms to Israel used in the conflict in Gaza

October 05, 2024
Israel says France's call for halting sales of arms used in Gaza is a 'disgrace'
MidEast

Hezbollah's Safieddine 'unreachable' since Friday, source says

Israeli air strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs since Friday have kept rescue workers from searching the site of an Israeli strike suspected to have killed Hezbollah’s anticipated

October 05, 2024
Hezbollah's Safieddine 'unreachable' since Friday, source says
World

Middle East latest: Two Hamas officials killed in Israeli strikes in Lebanon

Hamas official Saeed Atallah Ali has been killed in an Israeli airstrike on a refugee camp in Lebanon

October 05, 2024
Middle East latest: Two Hamas officials killed in Israeli strikes in Lebanon
World

More than 200 Chinese citizens evacuated from Lebanon, foreign ministry says

More than 200 Chinese citizens have been safely evacuated from Lebanon, China's foreign ministry said on Saturday.

October 05, 2024
More than 200 Chinese citizens evacuated from Lebanon, foreign ministry says
World

Potential Hezbollah leader out of contact since Friday, Lebanese source says

The potential successor to slain Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has been out of contact since Friday, a Lebanese

October 05, 2024
Potential Hezbollah leader out of contact since Friday, Lebanese source says
Crime

US security officials warn of potential threats surrounding October 7th anniversary

US security officials warn of potential threats surrounding October 7th anniversary

October 04, 2024
US security officials warn of potential threats surrounding October 7th anniversary
MidEast

Blast heard, smoke seen over Beirut's southern suburbs, Reuters witnesses say

A blast was heard and smoke was seen over Beirut’s southern suburbs in the early hours of Saturday, Reuters witnesses said, as the Israeli military issued three alerts for residents

October 04, 2024
Blast heard, smoke seen over Beirut's southern suburbs, Reuters witnesses say
World

Map shows possible Israeli targets in Iran

CNN’s Erin Burnett talks to retired Lt. Colonel Jonathan Conricus, former IDF spokesperson, about maps he provided that he thinks show possible Israeli targets in Iran – and how Iran may be able to defend themselves at those targets. 

October 04, 2024
Map shows possible Israeli targets in Iran
World

Israel has given no assurances it won’t target Iran’s nuclear facilities, top State Department official tells CNN

Israel has given no assurances it won’t target Iran’s nuclear facilities, top State Department official tells CNN

October 04, 2024
Israel has given no assurances it won’t target Iran’s nuclear facilities, top State Department official tells CNN
World

‘He should put a sock in it’: Bolton says Biden shouldn’t tell Iran what Israel should do

President Biden is cautioning Israel against striking Iran’s oil fields in reatliation for Tehran’s missile attacks. Former Trump national security adviser John Bolton reacts.

October 04, 2024
‘He should put a sock in it’: Bolton says Biden shouldn’t tell Iran what Israel should do
World

A year of escalating conflict in the Middle East has ushered in a new era of regional displacement

A year on from the Hamas attacks and Israel’s continued bombardment of Gaza, new fronts of fighting are creating another generation of displaced people across the region.

October 04, 2024
A year of escalating conflict in the Middle East has ushered in a new era of regional displacement
Finance

What's next for oil and gas prices as Middle East tensions heat up?

Oil prices climbed this week as unrest in the Middle East escalated

October 04, 2024
What's next for oil and gas prices as Middle East tensions heat up?
MidEast

The US has strengthened its military posture in the Middle East amid unrest. Here’s where those assets are deployed

The US has strengthened its military posture in the Middle East amid unrest. Here’s where those assets are deployed

October 04, 2024
The US has strengthened its military posture in the Middle East amid unrest. Here’s where those assets are deployed
World

Israel’s bombardment of Lebanon the ‘most intense aerial campaign’ outside Gaza in last two decades

Israel’s bombardment of Lebanon the ‘most intense aerial campaign’ outside Gaza in last two decades

October 04, 2024
Israel’s bombardment of Lebanon the ‘most intense aerial campaign’ outside Gaza in last two decades
MidEast

A year after Hamas attack, more continuity than change for the Palestinians and Israel

Before Oct. 7, 2023, the Middle East seemed relatively stable. The peace was broken by Hamas’ attack, Israel’s response and expanding regional violence. But the politics have not changed.

October 04, 2024
A year after Hamas attack, more continuity than change for the Palestinians and Israel
MidEast

Hunted yet unrepentant: Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar remains committed to Israel's destruction

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is unrepentant about the Oct. 7 attacks a year ago, people in contact with him say, despite unleashing an Israeli invasion that has killed tens of

October 04, 2024
Hunted yet unrepentant: Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar remains committed to Israel's destruction
World

Iran says any Lebanon ceasefire should be simultaneous with Gaza

Tehran backs efforts for a ceasefire in Lebanon on the condition it would be backed by Hezbollah and simultaneous with a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, Iran's foreign minister Abbas

October 04, 2024
Iran says any Lebanon ceasefire should be simultaneous with Gaza
World

Iranian supreme leader praises missile attack on Israel, saying Iran will do it again if necessary

Iran’s supreme leader has praised the country’s recent missile strike on Israel and said it is ready to do it again if necessary

October 04, 2024
Iranian supreme leader praises missile attack on Israel, saying Iran will do it again if necessary
World

Most of Lebanon's displacement shelters are full, UN says

U.N. officials said on Friday most of Lebanon's nearly 900 shelters were full and that people fleeing Israeli military strikes were increasingly sleeping out in the

October 04, 2024
Most of Lebanon's displacement shelters are full, UN says
US

Trump son-in-law Kushner has discussed U.S.-Saudi diplomacy with Saudi crown prince

Jared Kushner, son-in-law of former U.S.

October 04, 2024
Trump son-in-law Kushner has discussed U.S.-Saudi diplomacy with Saudi crown prince
World

Iran's Khamenei urges allies to step up struggle against Israel

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appeared in public on Friday for the first time since Iran's missile attack on Israel, describing it as legitimate punishment for what

October 04, 2024
Iran's Khamenei urges allies to step up struggle against Israel
Europe

European shares close up as bumper US jobs data quashes growth worries

European shares closed higher on Friday as a stronger-than-anticipated U.S. jobs report allayed growth fears in the world's biggest economy, though

October 04, 2024
European shares close up as bumper US jobs data quashes growth worries

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