Yemen must not be drawn into the escalating conflict in the Middle East, the Security Council heard on Tuesday, stressing the need for de-escalation, political progress and urgent humanitarian...

François Picard welcomes Ghassan Salamé, Lebanon’s Minister of Culture. Salamé portrays Lebanon as a country that has preserved political pluralism and freedom of expression, and persevered...
Experts say attacks, also carried out by settlers, are leading girls to quit school and enter early marriagesIsraeli soldiers and settlers are using gendered violence and sexual assault and...

The Israeli military confirmed a viral photo of one of its soldiers smashing a statue of Jesus with a sledgehammer in southern Lebanon is "authentic," and said its launched an investigation into...

The Israeli military says it views with "great severity" the actions of the soldier, as the US ambassador demands "swift" consequences.
Benjamin Netanyahu has brushed aside European concerns over Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon. A tougher approach from Brussels is overdueIn recent months, European expressions of concern over the...
Oil and gas prices have jumped again as shipping through the strait of Hormuz came to a virtual standstill after Iran closed the waterway over the US blockade and Donald Trump announced an Iranian...
Netanyahu says ‘harsh disciplinary action’ will be taken after IDF confirms sledgehammer photo is authenticThe Israeli military is conducting a criminal investigation after a soldier was...
The US military attacked and seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship on Sunday. The US president, Donald Trump, said the vessel, named Touska, had tried to get around the US naval blockade of the...

The #US said it had seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship that tried to get past its naval blockade near the Strait of #Hormuz on Sunday. #Iran vowed to retaliate, throwing planned peace talks...

Less than a week after a fragile ceasefire was announced in Lebanon, a senior Anglophone journalist in the country has spoken to FRANCE 24 about the devastation people are seeing as they start to...

The BBC has found significant spikes in activity shortly before the US president made some announcements.
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The US has intercepted an Iranian-flagged cargo ship in the Gulf as part of its naval blockade, Donald Trump has said.

Donald Trump says that the US is blockading the Strait of Hormuz. What does this mean in practice?
Iran calls seizure an act of piracy as Trump says ship tried to get past US naval blockade ‘and it did not go well for them’The US military has attacked and seized an Iranian-flagged container...