Middle East latest: US envoy holds talks in Lebanon on Israel-Hezbollah cease-fire proposal

U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein held what he called “very constructive talks” with Lebanese officials in Beirut on Tuesday about a possible cease-fire in the Israel-Hezbollah war. "Today, we have continued to significantly narrow the gaps,” Hochstein said, a day after Hezbollah...

A Hezbollah official says an Israeli strike in central Beirut has killed the militant group's main spokesman

AP PHOTOS: An AP photographer captures a bomb falling on a building in his childhood neighborhood

BEIRUT (AP) — As a bomb descended on a multi-story apartment building in Beirut's Tayouneh area Friday, hundreds of onlookers gathered in the street at a traffic roundabout several hundred meters (yards) away. Among them was an Associated Press photographer. Hassan Ammar had donned...

A lion cub evacuated from Lebanon to a South African sanctuary escapes airstrikes and abuse

BEIRUT (AP) — When Sara first arrived at her rescuers' home, she was sick, tired, and was covered in ringworms and signs of abuse all over her little furry body. After spending two months in a small Beirut apartment with an animal rights group, the four-and-half-month-old lion cub...

Middle East latest: Workers search through rubble in eastern Lebanon where Israeli strike killed 13

Rescue teams were searching Friday through rubble for missing people near the city of Baalbek in eastern Lebanon where an Israeli strike hit a civil defense center the night before, killing at least 13. All those killed in the strike on the town of Douris near Baalbek were employees...

Traumatized by war, hundreds of Lebanon's children struggle with wounds both physical and emotional

BEIRUT (AP) — Curled up in his father’s lap, clinging to his chest, Hussein Mikdad cried his heart out. The 4-year-old kicked his doctor with his intact foot and pushed him away with the arm that was not in a cast. “Make him leave me alone!” he cried. His father reassured him...

Traumatized by war, hundreds of Lebanon's children struggle with wounds both physical and emotional

BEIRUT (AP) — Curled up in his father ’s lap, clinging to his chest, Hussein Mikdad cried his heart out. The 4-year-old kicked his doctor with his intact foot and pushed him away with the arm that was not in a cast. “My Dad! My Dad!" Hussein said. "Make him leave me alone!” With eyes...

Lebanese Health Ministry says Israeli airstrike kills 20 in the country's north

Red Cross launches international emergency appeal urging donors to provide resources for Lebanon

BEIRUT (AP) — The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies on Tuesday launched an international emergency appeal asking donors to provide resources for Lebanon during the Israel-Hezbollah war. IFRC also called on all parties to protect paramedics in the...

Middle East latest: Israel kills 52 in northeast Lebanon after a night of strikes in Beirut

Rescuers searched for survivors Friday after Israeli airstrikes killed at least 52 people and wounded 72 others across northeastern Lebanon, the country's Health Ministry reported. The wave of bombings pounded villages that had previously been spared the worst of Israel’s air campaign against the...