Headlines- While Iran's economy, military, and leadership have all significantly deteriorated, US President Donald Trump claims that the Strait of Hormuz is in "extremely good shape," adding that "it doesn't mean we won't smack them to see what happens."
- An apparent mentally unstable woman was shot and killed by New York City police after allegedly stabbing two people in Times Square.
- Leaders from more than a dozen countries, including Iran's Masoud Pezeshkian, China's Xi Jinping, India's Narendra Modi, and Russia's Vladimir Putin, gathered in Kyrgyzstan on Monday for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit.
- On Monday, Pedro Sanchez, the prime minister of Spain, accused Russian and Israeli-linked social media platforms of spreading disinformation regarding the July refugee crisis in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.
- On Monday, US President Donald Trump's administration was given permission by the US Supreme Court to proceed with the $400 million White House ballroom construction project.
- At least 750 people killed and another 3000 went missing on Wednesday after landslides caused by a glacial collapse unleashed a torrent of mud and water across Nepal and China's autonomous region of Tibet.
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Residents in Tyre Struggle to Rebuild...
One of the world’s oldest continuously inhabited cities, Tyre in southern Lebanon, is now scarred by weeks of Israeli assault. Residents who were displaced are returning to a landscape of rubble and despair.
As Rebels Take Major City in...
Syrian rebels have taken considerable ground, including most of Aleppo, Syria’s second city, and are still fighting their way to the city of Hama in the largest escalation in the Syrian war in years. In Idlib and Aleppo, Syria.
Israel-Hezbollaha Cease-fire Offers Lebanese and Israelis...
On its first day, thousands of Lebanese were returning to their homes in southern Lebanon as part of a cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah mediated by the United States. With the cease-fire, many Israelis hope that the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza will also come to an end.
Syrian Refugees in Lebanon Flee Bombs
Over half a million people, many of them were refugees who initially fled the Syrian conflict, have fled Lebanon into Syria in the last two months.According to those returning to Idlib, Syria’s last opposition stronghold, they are fleeing to a location that is marginally safer than Lebanon,without homes, jobs or humanitarian aid waiting for them.
Volunteers of Lebanon Work to Bring...
The volunteer sector in Lebanon is racing to meet the demands of the hundreds of thousands of people affected by the war as a result of government collapse and a series of crises.Many now wonder how much longer exhausted volunteers can keep going.
Israel Strikes Iranian Military Targets
After striking Iran early Saturday, Israel is bracing for a possible Iranian response. According to Israel, the strikes were “precise and targeted” and focused on military targets in different areas of Iran.Iranian media said four soldiers were killed.
A Beirut Nightclub Provides Refuge to...
Once a luxurious nightclub in Beirut, Skybar was a place to be see and be seen. It now homes to over 400 displaced persons who are seeking refuge from Israel’s ground operation in south Lebanon and airstrikes in Hezbollah-controlled suburbs of Beirut.
While Mourning Gaza,Rebel-Held Syria Celebrates Hezbollah Deaths
While mourning for the deaths of families in Gaza, many in rebel-held Syria celebrated at the killings of Hezbollah leaders in Lebanon last month. The Middle East war is becoming more complex, with loyalties divided even among individuals.
Israel Urges the Evacuation of UN...
With Israel continues targeting Hezbollah,Israeli prime minister is urging UN peacekeeping soldiers to evacuate war-torn parts of Lebanon. After hearing that five U.N. peacekeepers had been injured in recent Israeli strikes, he made his comments.
Syrian Refugees Head Back to Syria...
A quarter of a million people, according to the UN, have left Israel’s attacks in Lebanon in the last two weeks in search of the relative safety of Syria. Having fled their country’s civil conflict for safety in Lebanon, the majority of them are Syrians who have returned home with no place to stay.