Middle East

President Trump’s statements concerning the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran have oscillated dramatically—from passionately endorsing Israeli military strikes to pointedly distancing the U.S. from them, then seemingly reversing again. This shifting stance has contributed to a growing sense of instability, coinciding with an escalation in the violence on the ground and Trump's early departure from the G7 summit in Canada. He cited "big stuff" awaiting him in Washington as

Israel has accused Hamas of breaching the ceasefire agreement after forensic tests confirmed that one of the bodies returned from Gaza on Thursday was not that of Shiri Bibas. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) identified three of the returned bodies as Bibas' young sons, Ariel and Kfir, aged five and two, and Oded Lifshitz. However, the fourth body did not belong to Shiri Bibas or any other hostage, prompting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to claim on Friday that Hamas had "placed

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Two U.N. peacekeepers were injured by an Israeli attack near a watchtower in southern Lebanon on Friday, according to Israel's military, as explosions once again rocked the peacekeepers' primary base in the area within a 48-hour period during an ongoing clash between Israeli forces and Hezbollah. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, along with Western nations, denounced the assault. The U.N. peacekeeping mission, UNIFIL, referred to the