Lebanon is preparing to form a delegation to negotiate with Israel in a bid to stop the war with Iran-backed Hezbollah, an official told AFP on March 14, as Israel is planning to launch a “massive” ground invasion of southern Lebanon.
Dubai is scrambling to preserve its image as a safe haven despite Iran's onslaught, with influencers rallying behind the government's message as authorities crack down on those sharing footage of strikes.
U.S. President Donald Trump urged other nations to help secure a vital shipping lane choked off by the war with Iran that showed no signs of slowing on Saturday, as strikes hit the U.S. embassy in Baghdad and a major Emirati energy facility.
Syria said Saturday that its army had taken control of a military base in the country's northeast after forces from a U.S.-led international coalition against the ISIL terror group withdrew.
Israel expanded its strikes in Lebanon on March 13, targeting multiple areas including a bridge over the Litani river that it said Hezbollah had been using as a passageway for its fighters.
More than 3 million people have been displaced in Iran since the United States and Israel launched a war against the country late last month, leaving many gripped by fear and uncertainty.
Greek police have arrested a Polish man on charges of spying on the military base used by US forces in Crete, according to the ANA news agency.
A record 280 political parties and counting had registered by the March 12 deadline to participate in Haiti’s first general election in a decade, although not all will make the cut.
Japanese premier Sanae Takaichi is expected to announce Tokyo's participation in the "Golden Dome" US missile defence system when she meets President Donald Trump next week, a report said Friday.
Four U.S. crew members were killed when an American KC-135 aerial refuelling aircraft crashed in western Iraq, the US military said Friday, adding that the incident was not caused by "hostile fire".
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Paris on Friday, his spokesman said, for talks with President Emmanuel Macron on ramping up pressure on Russia.
Afghan authorities said on Friday that Pakistan attacks on Kabul and border provinces killed four people in the capital and two in the east, the latest deadly clashes in the long-running conflict.
Oil prices held around $100 Friday and most equity markets dropped after Iran's leader called for the blocking of the crucial Strait of Hormuz and opening up of new fronts in the war against the United States and Israel.
Fresh strikes rocked Iran and several Gulf countries Friday, as Israel and the Islamic republic unleashed a new wave of attacks in a war that has ignited the Middle East and threatens to torpedo the world economy.
Iran’s secretive new supreme leader on March 12 vowed to keep up attacks on Gulf Arab countries and use the effective closure of the strategic Strait of Hormuz as leverage against the United States and Israel.
The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) on March 12 said it has struck about 6,000 targets inside Iran, including dozens of naval vessels, as part of the ongoing operation, which began last month.
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