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Beirut

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Head of Government

Prime Minister Najib Mikati

Saudi-backed forces that took control of the Second Military Region Command on the outskirts of Mukalla, the capital of Hadramout, where the UAE-backed STC recently launched an offensive to seize the resource-rich province. Photo: AFP

Yemen

Pro-Saudi forces regain province from separatists: Yemen presidential council

Rashad al-Alimi said forces had successfully retaken positions in the resource-rich Hadramout province, which borders Saudi Arabia.

4 Jan 2026 - 6:44AM

Jewellery

Nadine Ghosn on stacking luxury watches with her Crayola and Toothbrush jewellery

30 Dec 2025 - 6:00AM

Middle East

‘Hell to pay’: Trump warns Hamas and Iran after talks with Netanyahu

30 Dec 2025 - 4:49PM

Israel-Gaza war

Trump and Netanyahu to discuss next phase of Gaza plan during US visit

Israel’s prime minister is making his fifth visit to see Trump in the United States this year.

29 Dec 2025 - 4:29PM

A displaced Palestinian looks at a rainbow in Gaza on Sunday. Photo: AFP

Middle East

Iran and Gaza plan to top agenda for Netanyahu-Trump meeting

The Israeli prime minister is set to visit Washington to discuss the next phase of Trump’s Gaza plan with his key US ally.

23 Dec 2025 - 1:18PM

Middle East

Iraq removes Hezbollah and Houthis from asset-freeze list after ‘mistake’

Iraqi PM orders accountability for the error over list meant for Islamic State/al-Qaeda only. Reversal is blow to US efforts curbing Iran.

5 Dec 2025 - 4:58AM

Middle East

Lebanon and Israel hold first direct civilian talks in decades

Talks were held days after the first anniversary of the start of the fragile truce between Israel and Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.

4 Dec 2025 - 1:15PM

Lebanese army soldiers stand atop a military vehicle overlooking Hanita, an Israeli military base, near the border with Israel in southern Lebanon, last month. Photo: EPA

Middle East

‘No calm in Beirut’ as more Israeli strikes expected after Hezbollah ultimatum

Israel’s ultimatum to Lebanon to disarm Hezbollah by New Year’s Eve is more about political pressure than an invasion plan, analysts say.

2 Dec 2025 - 5:20PMvideocam

Middle East

Pope Leo urges Lebanon’s leaders to unite for peace

The first US pope arrived in Beirut from Istanbul, where sought to give Lebanon’s long-suffering people a message of hope.

1 Dec 2025 - 1:09AM

Middle East

Hezbollah leader leaves open possibility of new war with Israel

The group’s top military commander was killed days ago in an Israeli attack, and the militants say they have a right to retaliate.

29 Nov 2025 - 5:51AM

Hezbollah supporters hold images of late leader Hassan Nasrallah and current leader Naim Qassem on the outskirts of Beirut, Lebanon, in September. Photo: Reuters

Israel-Gaza war

Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian men in West Bank after they appear to surrender

The Israeli army says its investigating the circumstances in which two Palestinians were shot dead.

28 Nov 2025 - 2:46PM

Israeli soldiers take position during a raid in Jenin in the West Bank. Photo: Reuters

Turkey

Pope warns ‘piecemeal’ third world war ‘threatening’ humanity

In Ankara, Pope Leo urged for global peace amid rising conflicts and geopolitical tensions during his first trip outside Italy.

27 Nov 2025 - 10:25PM

Israel-Gaza war

Hezbollah military chief killed in Israeli strike on Beirut

Israel’s prime minister said Hezbollah’s Haytham Tabtabai was leading efforts to rebuild the militant group’s strength.

24 Nov 2025 - 2:03PM

Middle East

Israeli strike on Palestinian camp in Lebanon kills 13, deadliest since ceasefire

The Israeli military said it struck a Hamas training compound that was being used to prepare an attack.

19 Nov 2025 - 12:38PM

Rescuers search for survivors under rubble. Photo: AFP

Israel-Gaza war

Israeli strike in Lebanon kills Hezbollah operative amid tensions with UN peacekeepers

Strike kills a school principal with Hezbollah links on the same day Israeli forces mistakenly fired near UN peacekeepers.

17 Nov 2025 - 4:58PMvideocam

A United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) watchtower on the Lebanese side of the border separating northern Israel from southern Lebanon on November 16, 2025. Photo: AFP

Syria

Syria detains security forces over sectarian violence that killed hundreds

The arrests follow a July rampage in Sweida where government fighters effectively sided with Bedouin clans against the Druze.

17 Nov 2025 - 1:35PM

Middle East

Gaddafi’s son released on bail after 10 years in a Lebanon prison

Hannibal Gaddafi was released after a Libyan delegation paid a drastically reduced bail, ending his detention over a missing cleric.

11 Nov 2025 - 1:50PM

Middle East

Civilians or terrorists? Israeli drone strike kills 2 Lebanese brothers

The latest attacks came as the EU voiced concern over Israel’s continued strikes despite its year-old ceasefire with Lebanon.

8 Nov 2025 - 9:53PM

Israel

Is Israel’s ‘lessfire’ truce in Lebanon the model for Gaza?

Israel continues near-daily attacks in southern Lebanon, despite a ceasefire with Hezbollah taking hold 11 months ago.

21 Oct 2025 - 12:07AMvideocam

Israel-Gaza war

‘Not a chance’: experts dismiss Trump’s Gaza peace declaration as temporary fix

Trump has brought together nations willing to work with Washington to stabilise the Middle East but not tackled the real cause, analysts say.

16 Oct 2025 - 11:30AMvideocam

Israel-Gaza war

Trump says Gaza ‘war is over’ as he heads to Middle East on high-stakes peace trip

US president to address Israel’s Knesset and attend a peace summit in Egypt as Gaza captives are set to return, Palestinian prisoners go free.

13 Oct 2025 - 1:13PMvideocam

Israel

Israel air strikes in Lebanon continue despite Gaza ceasefire deal

The Lebanese president condemned the ‘heinous Israeli aggression’ that came just hours after the US-backed Gaza truce took effect.

11 Oct 2025 - 3:32PM

Lebanese soldiers walk next to a destroyed digger following an overnight Israeli strike on Msayleh in southern Lebanon on Sunday. Photo: AFP

United Nations

UN to slash 25% of global peacekeeping force due to funding strains

The US, the UN’s largest donor, reduced its contribution by hundreds of millions, forcing cuts to peacekeeping missions.

9 Oct 2025 - 12:23PM

Israel-Gaza war

Israel’s annexation plans fuel fears of Palestinians’ annihilation

What is happening in Gaza is tantamount to ‘the final solution’, an academic says, as Israel also plans to annex most of the West Bank.

6 Sep 2025 - 4:00PM

Middle East

UN votes to end peacekeeping force in Lebanon after nearly 5 decades

Operations will stop at the end of 2026, despite concerns that shutting down UNIFIL too quickly could be a boon to Hezbollah.

29 Aug 2025 - 2:33PM

UNIFIL vehicles are pictured at a position formerly held by Hezbollah in the Khraibeh Valley in south Lebanon on Wednesday. Photo: AFP

Hong Kong politics

New US Consul General Julie Eadeh arrives in Hong Kong after Beijing’s approval

Eadeh faced controversy in 2019 after photos of her meeting opposition activists were seen as evidence of ‘foreign forces’ at work in city.

28 Aug 2025 - 6:25AM

New US Consul General Julie Eadeh has arrived in Hong Kong. Photo: Getty Images

Hezbollah

Hezbollah leader rejects disarmament, demands Israel comply with ceasefire first

Israel signalled it would scale back military presence in southern Lebanon if the Lebanese army took action to disarm the Iran-backed group.

26 Aug 2025 - 9:47AM

Banking & finance

HSBC’s Swiss bank said to exit 1,000 Mideast clients amid revamp

Move seeks to reduce exposure to people deemed high-risk, many with more than US$100 million in assets, sources say.

24 Aug 2025 - 2:47PM

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