BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli strikes hit several dense commercial and residential areas in central Beirut Wednesday afternoon without warning, hours after a ceasefire was announced in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. Lebanon 's health ministry said dozens were killed and hundreds wounded in an early...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The ceasefire reached Wednesday has raised hopes of halting hostilities between Iran, Israel and the United States, but many issues remain unresolved. Reaching a permanent deal will be key to ending a war that 's shaken the Middle East and global energy...
DUBIAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran, the United States and Israel agreed to a two-week ceasefire, an 11th hour deal that allowed U.S. President Donald Trump to pull back from his threats to unleash a bombing campaign that would destroy Iranian civilization. But it was unclear Wednesday when...
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – Australia’s most decorated living veteran, Ben Roberts-Smith, did not apply for bail when the war crime murder charges against him were listed in a Sydney court Wednesday. Roberts-Smith was awarded both the Victoria Cross and Medal of Gallantry for his service in...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired several short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea Wednesday in its second launch event in two days, South Korea’s military said, hours after a senior North Korean official released crude insults against Seoul’s hopes for warmer relations. South...
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel backed the U.S. ceasefire with Iran but that the deal doesn 't cover fighting against Hezbollah in Lebanon. Netanyahu 's office said in the statement Wednesday that Israel supported U.S. President Donald Trump...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired several ballistic missiles toward the sea Wednesday in its second launch event in two days, South Korea 's military said, hours after a senior North Korean official released crude insults against Seoul 's hopes for warmer relations. South...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump 's recent statements of intent about his administration 's plans for Iran — some laced with profanity, some threatening deeply destructive, nation-shattering actions — have raised questions about international law. Here 's a short...
ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV said Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump 's threat to destroy Iranian civilization was "truly unacceptable" and said any attacks on civilian infrastructure violate international law. In some of his strongest comments yet against the war, the American pope urged...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia and China on Tuesday vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz that had been repeatedly watered down in hopes those two countries would abstain. The vote — 11-2, with two abstentions from Pakistan and Colombia — took place...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump pulled back on his threats to launch devastating strikes on Iran late Tuesday, swerving to deescalate the war less than two hours before the deadline he set for Tehran to capitulate or else a “whole civilization will die.” Trump said he...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Airstrikes hit two bridges and a train station in Iran on Tuesday, and Iranian officials urged young people to form human chains to protect power plants, as U.S. President Donald Trump warned that a "whole civilization will die tonight" if Tehran does not meet his latest...
