Hezbollah confirms its leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s Hezbollah group confirmed on Saturday that its leader and one of its founding members, Hassan Nasrallah, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in a southern suburb of Beirut. The killing of the powerful militant group’s longtime leader sent shockwaves...

Israel-Hamas war latest: Israeli airstrikes kill Hezbollah leader Nasrallah

Smoke rose from Beirut’s southern suburbs Saturday after the area was pummeled by heavy airstrikes that Israel said killed multiple Hezbollah commanders, including leader Hassan Nasrallah. The Lebanese militant group confirmed the death of its longtime leader, whose killing could...

Europeans, Arab and Muslim nations launch a new initiative for an independent Palestinian state

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — European, Arab and Islamic nations have launched an initiative to strengthen support for a Palestinian state and its institutions, and prepare for a future after the war in Gaza and escalating conflict in Lebanon, Norway’s foreign minister said Friday. Espen...

Netanyahu, at UN, vows that Israel will keep 'degrading Hezbollah' until its objectives are met

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu signaled to the world from the United Nations on Friday that the multiple conflicts in the Middle East were far from resolved, and he vowed to continue battling the Lebanese Hezbollah and defeat Hamas in the Gaza Strip until “total...

Air raid sirens sound at Tel Aviv's international airport shortly after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lands

Israel strikes Hezbollah in a huge blast targeting the militant group's leader

BEIRUT (AP) — The Israeli military said it struck Hezbollah’s headquarters in Beirut on Friday in a series of massive explosions that targeted the leader of the militant group and leveled multiple high-rise apartment buildings. At least six people were killed and 91 were...

Israel-Hamas war latest: Israel carries out attacks in Beirut on Hezbollah targets

The Israeli military says it struck the central headquarters of Hezbollah in Beirut. The series of explosions Friday evening is the most powerful yet seen in the Lebanese capital the past year. Israeli army spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said it targeted the main Hezbollah...

What to know from the UN: Netanyahu says no cease-fire, but other countries keep asking

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — After a day filled with hopes of a cease-fire between Lebanon and Israel, the U.N. General Assembly meeting Friday was a harsh reality check. Israeli Prime Minister BENJAMIN NETANYAHU shut down the idea in a morning speech that he said he didn't initially...

Five days of frantic US diplomacy on Lebanon has yielded little

NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden's administration headed into the annual U.N. General Assembly gathering of world leaders this week with high hopes that he could cement his legacy as an international statesman during escalating conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine. Yet five...

Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu takes podium to address world leaders at UN at pivotal moment in Mideast