5+ min ago (66+ words) [ Israel]Germany will officially deploy the Israeli-supplied Arrow 3 missile defense system this week, marking its first use outside Israel to counter long-range ballistic missile threats. Germany to unveil Israeli-made Arrow missile defense system this week Germany will officially deploy the Israeli-supplied Arrow 3 missile defense system this week, marking its first use outside Israel to counter long-range ballistic missile threats....

12+ min ago (249+ words) Pope Leo travels to Lebanon on Sunday, where he is expected to appeal for peace in a country that is a continued target of Israeli air strikes, on the second and final leg of his first overseas trip as leader of the Catholic Church. The first US pope will arrive from Turkey, where he has been visiting for four days and warned that humanity's future was at risk because of the world's unusual number of bloody conflicts, condemning violence in the name of religion. Leo is due to land at Beirut's Hariri International Airport at 3.45pm, ahead of meetings with the president and prime minister and an address to national leaders, the pope's second to a foreign government. Lebanon, which has the largest share of Christians in the Middle East, has been rocked by the spillover of the Gaza conflict, as…...

14+ min ago (265+ words) Iran Guards seize foreign ship carrying 'smuggled' fuel Pope Leo heads to Lebanon Sunday under shadow of Israeli strikes Trump ramps up Venezuela threats, warns airspace 'closed' As MAGA turns on Zionism, Israel First right stokes Islamophobia How Yalla! Let's Talk became the Arab diaspora's leading podcast Inside Amir: A quiet portrait of leaving Iran Iran's Revolutionary Guards have seized a ship flying the flag of Eswatini and carrying "smuggled fuel", state media reported Sunday. Iranian forces regularly target tankers illegally transporting fuel in the Strait of Hormuz, a key chokepoint for global oil and liquefied natural gas shipments. "A vessel carrying 350,000 litres of smuggled fuel operating under the flag of Eswatini was seized and taken to Bushehr" in the south-west, state television said, quoting a local Revolutionary Guards commander. "There are 13 crew members on board, all from a neighbouring…...

15+ min ago (66+ words) [IDF soldiers are seen operating in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, May 4, 2025. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON]Guided by the IAF, Israeli troops operating on the ground were able to identify and kill the terrorists. IDF kills four Hamas terrorists who exited Rafah tunnels in overnight strike Guided by the IAF, Israeli troops operating on the ground were able to identify and kill the terrorists....

21+ min ago (948+ words) BARCELONA/CAIRO, Nov 28 (MENA) " Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Abul Gheit accused Israel on Friday of escalating military operations in Gaza in an attempt to derail the ceasefire agreement, saying continued restrictions on humanitarian aid are deepening an already catastrophic situation. Speaking at the 10th Regional Forum of the Union for the Mediterranean in Barcelona, " The post Arab League chief says Israel undermining Gaza ceasefire, urges path toward Palestinian statehood appeared first on Egypt Independent. BARCELONA/CAIRO, Nov 28 (MENA) " Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Abul Gheit accused Israel on Friday of escalating military operations in Gaza in an attempt to derail the ceasefire agreement, saying continued restrictions on humanitarian aid are deepening an already catastrophic situation. Speaking at the 10th Regional Forum of the Union for the Mediterranean in Barcelona, Spain, Abul Gheit said Israel is still blocking the entry of humanitarian supplies, including…...

23+ min ago (914+ words) I don't feel safe in my own house,' activist Issa Amro tells The Independent following months of targeting after appearing in Theroux's film The Settlers An influential Palestinian activist who featured in Louis Theroux's BBC documentary on the West Bank has described months of harassment and intimidation by armed Israeli settlers. Issa Amro, a West Bank community leader recently nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize and listed as one of TIME magazine's Time100 Next 2025, says Israeli soldiers are assisting settlers in the attacks and turning a blind eye. After having his home raided in May, shortly after the release of Theroux's film The Settlers, Mr Amro believes he is being punished for spotlighting the plight of Palestinians in the West Bank. "It's a zoo now," he tells The Independent. "They're acting as wild as possible." The 45-year-old has been living in…...

32+ min ago (163+ words) The Palestinian death toll from Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since October 2023 has risen to 70,100, Gaza-based health authorities said in a statement on Saturday. During the past 48 hours, two bodies and 11 injured people were transferred to hospitals in the Palestinian enclave, bringing total injuries to 170,983 since the Palestinian-Israeli conflict broke out in October 2023, the authorities added. Despite a ceasefire implemented in October, periodic Israeli attacks have killed 354 people and injured 906 others in the besieged enclave, according to the statement. On Saturday, two Palestinian children were killed in an Israeli drone strike east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, as the Israeli army intensified its attacks across the enclave, according to Palestinian medical and security sources. The conflict erupted on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel, killing about 1,200 people and taking around 250 hostages, prompting a large-scale Israeli…...

44+ min ago (71+ words) [Etswani flagged vessel. (photo credit: illustrative/ screenshot/section 27a/via X)]Iran seized an Eswatini-flagged ship carrying 350,000 liters of smuggled fuel off Bushehr, detaining its 13 crew amid ongoing efforts to curb fuel smuggling. Iran seizes Eswatini-flagged vessel for smuggling fuel Iran seized an Eswatini-flagged ship carrying 350,000 liters of smuggled fuel off Bushehr, detaining its 13 crew amid ongoing efforts to curb fuel smuggling....

56+ min ago (862+ words) A boy pushes a wheelchair through the rubble of buildings destroyed in the war between Israel and Hamas, in the al-Nafaq area of the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza City, Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. Two'South Carolina friends " a Republican ex-governor who helped the World Food Program win the Nobel Peace Prize, and the other a Democrat who once ran for governor " are starting a landmark humanitarian project for Palestinian children in Gaza. Charleston-based World Class Scholars is helping them to obtain sturdier tents The two are launching 50 solar-powered tent schools in Gaza where the United Nations says 97 percent of schools have been destroyed since the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas terrorist attack on Israel. The tent schools will have computers using StarLink for the internet. Philanthropists from the United Arab Emirates are financing the project, Noble told The Post and Courier. Beasley, governor from 1995-99, is…...

1+ hour ago (60+ words) Arab nations affirm Palestinians right to self-determination. On the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, Arab states on Saturday reiterated their support for Palestinians" right to self-determination and the establishmen Arab nations affirm Palestinians right to self-determination Canary Capital Launches Spot XRP ETF (XRPC), Delivering Simplified Access To A Foundational Blockchain Asset...