Russian rocket takes Iranian satellites into orbit as ties grow closer | Space News

Russian rocket takes Iranian satellites into orbit as ties grow closer | Space News

The Iranian-made satellites, Kowsar and Hodhod, were successfully placed into orbit by a Russian Soyuz-2.1 spacecraft. A Russian rocket carrying a payload of satellites into orbit – including two from Iran – blasted off successfully, Russia’s Roscosmos space agency said, in a move seen as reflecting the growing cooperation between Moscow and Tehran. The Soyuz-2.1 … Read more

Iranian-American held in Iran as tensions high following Israeli attack on country, U.S. says

Iranian-American held in Iran as tensions high following Israeli attack on country, U.S. says

An Iranian-American journalist who once worked for a U.S. government-funded broadcaster is believed to have been detained by Iran for months now, authorities said Sunday, further raising the stakes as Tehran threatens to retaliate over an Israeli attack on the country. The imprisonment of Reza Valizadeh, acknowledged to CBS News and the Associated Press by the … Read more

Over 50 children killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza’s Jabalia in 2 days: UN | Gaza News

Over 50 children killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza’s Jabalia in 2 days: UN | Gaza News

UNICEF says ‘horrific level of child deaths’ occurring in northern Gaza as Israel’s month-long violent siege continues. UNICEF says more than 50 children have been killed in Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp in the past 48 hours, with the Save the Children charity saying the high number shows “the intensity of this conflict and this war … Read more

Attack on central Israel injures 11 as Iran’s leader promises a punishing response

Attack on central Israel injures 11 as Iran’s leader promises a punishing response

By ADAM SCHRECK and SAMY MAGDY JERUSALEM (AP) — An attack on a central Israeli town early Saturday injured 11 people as Iran’s supreme leader vowed a punishing response to Israel’s attack last week and Israeli airstrikes continued in Gaza and Lebanon. The predawn strike on Tira was one of several barrages fired from Lebanon. … Read more

Lebanon kills 5 in deadliest attack on northern Israel since invasion

Lebanon kills 5 in deadliest attack on northern Israel since invasion

By MELANIE LIDMAN, JULIA FRANKEL and FADI TAWIL TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Rocket barrages fired from Lebanon killed seven people in northern Israel on Thursday, authorities said, hitting agricultural areas along the border and near the city of Haifa in back-to-back attacks that represented the deadliest spate of strikes from Lebanon since the Israeli … Read more

Bill Clinton criticised for saying Israel ‘forced’ to kill Gaza civilians | Gaza News

Bill Clinton criticised for saying Israel ‘forced’ to kill Gaza civilians | Gaza News

Arab and Muslim leaders call former US president’s comments ‘insulting’ and ‘counterproductive’. Former United States President Bill Clinton is facing backlash from US Muslim and Arab Americans after saying Israel has been “forced” to kill civilians in Gaza and suggesting Israel was in the Holy Land “first”, before the Palestinians. Speaking at a rally for … Read more

Lebanon kills 5 in deadliest attack on northern Israel since invasion

Lebanon kills 5 in deadliest attack on northern Israel since invasion

By MELANIE LIDMAN, JULIA FRANKEL and FADI TAWIL TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Rockets fired from Lebanon killed two more people in northern Israel on Thursday, Israeli medics said, raising the death toll there to seven in what marked the deadliest strikes to hit Israel since its military invaded southern Lebanon earlier this month. The … Read more

Israel’s wars with Iran-backed groups grind on with rockets killing 7 in Israel, IDF airstrikes in Syria

Israel’s wars with Iran-backed groups grind on with rockets killing 7 in Israel, IDF airstrikes in Syria

Tel Aviv, Israel — Rocket fire from Lebanon killed at least seven people in northern Israel on Thursday, including four foreign workers, in the deadliest of such attacks since Israel’s invasion earlier this month. The attacks on two separate locations came as senior U.S. diplomats were in the region to push for cease-fires in Lebanon and … Read more

Hezbollah elects new leader Naim Qassem to succeed Hassan Nasrallah, Israel warns he is only ‘temporary’

Hezbollah elects new leader Naim Qassem to succeed Hassan Nasrallah, Israel warns he is only ‘temporary’

Hezbollah has elected a new leader to replace long-serving boss Hassan Nasrallah after he was killed in an Israel airstrike over a month ago. On Tuesday, the Lebanese militant group announced that its governing Shura Council has chosen long-serving deputy chief Naim Qassem to succeed Nasrallah, in accordance with its established mechanism for choosing a … Read more

Hezbollah says will only accept ‘suitable’ truce as Israel pounds Baalbek | Israel attacks Lebanon News

Hezbollah says will only accept ‘suitable’ truce as Israel pounds Baalbek | Israel attacks Lebanon News

Hezbollah’s new leader, Naim Qassem, says that the group will keep fighting in its war with Israel until it is offered ceasefire terms it deems acceptable, as Israeli forces bombarded the ancient eastern Lebanese city of Baalbek and its outskirts following forced evacuation orders. “If the Israelis decide to stop the aggression, we say that … Read more