Floods swept through major streets in the Lebanese capital Beirut and its surrounding areas Sunday, causing the closure of a key road leading to Rafic Hariri International Airport due to heavy rainfall. Rainwater flooded several roads in Beirut, including the airport tunnel, while firefighting...

US President-elect Donald Trump has spoken to Russian leader Vladimir Putin and urged him not to escalate the war in Ukraine, The Washington Post reported Sunday. Trump held the call from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida on Thursday, just days after his stunning election victory over...

Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon killed at least 53 people and injured 99 others over the weekend, the Lebanese Health Ministry said Sunday. The fatalities on Saturday raised the total number of people killed in Israeli attacks in the country since October 2023 to 3,189, with 14,078 injured, the...

Russian air defense systems destroyed two drones flying towards Moscow early on Sunday, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on the Telegram messaging app. “According to preliminary information, there is no damage or casualties at the site of the fall of the debris,” Sobyanin said....