(Al Jazeera Media Network) Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) that he wants to open a “constructive” chapter in his country’s international relations and that Tehran is “ready to engage” with the West over its nuclear program.
In his first speech at the UN’s annual gathering of world leaders on Tuesday, Pezeshkian also strongly criticized Israel for what he called “its genocide in Gaza” and its “atrocities”, “crimes against humanity” and “desperate...
(BBC News) It's been another day of intense cross-border fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. Here are the latest developments:
Preparing for possibility of boots on the ground: Israeli military chief Herzi Halevi has told troops that extensive air strikes against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon are preparing the ground for them to “enter enemy territory”.
Cross-border fire continues: The Lebanese health ministry said Israeli strikes have killed at least 51 people and injured 220 today. Earlier, Israel said it had intercepted a...
(BBC News) At least 492 people have been killed in wide-ranging Israeli air strikes targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon, the country’s health ministry says, in the deadliest day of conflict there in almost 20 years.
Thousands of families have fled their homes as the Israeli military said it hit 1,300 Hezbollah targets in an operation to destroy infrastructure that the armed group had built up since the 2006 war.
Hezbollah, meanwhile, launched more than 200 rockets into northern...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has begun a high-stakes visit to the United States during which he will present Kyiv’s plan to end the more than two-and-a-half-year-old war against invading Russian forces to US President Joe Biden as well as election rivals Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.
Zelenskyy, who will also attend the annual meeting of the United Nations on Tuesday and Wednesday, urged Ukraine’s allies to help achieve “a shared victory for a...
(BBC News) Hezbollah launched a barrage of rockets from Lebanon overnight, landing much deeper into Israel than in previous attacks.
Residential buildings in Kiryat Bialik were set alight and some people were injured. Rescue teams arrived at the scene to treat the wounded, while Israeli security forces cordoned off the area.
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(Al Jazeera Media Network) The United States Secret Service has acknowledged a series of security failures it made during a July campaign rally where Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was shot at and wounded in the ear.
In a review of the July 13 assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, the Secret Service identified “deficiencies” in advanced security planning and poor coordination with local police, said the agency’s acting director, Ronald Rowe.
“While some members of the advance team...
(BBC News) The Israeli military has issued an update on yesterday's strike in southern Lebanon, saying it has killed a dozen senior commanders in Hezbollah's elite Radwan force.
In what it describes as a "precise strike", the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says it killed Ibrahim Aqil – head of operations and Radwan commander – and 15 other Hezbollah members.
The group had been meeting in Dahieh, a known stronghold of the Iran-backed group in the Lebanese...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) An estimated 77 people have been killed in an attack on Mali’s capital, Bamako, according to the AFP news agency.
About 200 others were injured in the attack, which took place on Tuesday and caused hospitals to be overwhelmed with wounded patients, a diplomat who asked to remain anonymous told the news agency. It’s unclear how the victims were wounded; however, residents reported gunshots and explosions. There was also smoke from apparent...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Israel will face “a crushing response from the axis of resistance,” the commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Hossein Salami, has told Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, according to state media.
Salami made the statement on Thursday after unprecedented attacks in the previous two days targeting Hezbollah pagers and walkie-talkies, which killed 37 people and wounded more than 2,900 when hundreds of devices were detonated almost simultaneously.
The “axis of resistance” refers to Iran-aligned armed...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Israel has intensified attacks on southern Lebanon, launching dozens of air raids amid fears of a wider escalation in the region.
Israeli warplanes targeted the towns of Mahmoudieh, Ksar al-Aroush and Birket Jabbour in the Jezzine area on Thursday, Lebanon’s National News Agency reported.
Three unnamed Lebanese security sources told the news agency Reuters it was some of the most intense bombing since the start of the war in Gaza in October...
