US Muslim leaders who supported Republican Donald Trump to protest against the Biden administration’s support for Israel’s war on Gaza and attacks on Lebanon have been deeply disappointed by his Cabinet picks, they tell Reuters. “Trump won because of us and we’re not happy with his...

An entire family of five was killed in an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon on Friday evening, Lebanese state news agency reported. The National News Agency (NNA) said the Israeli airstrike on the southern Ain Qana town killed Lebanese citizen Ni'mat-Allah Hussein Mallah, his wife and his...

A fresh strike targeted Beirut’s southern suburbs on Friday following an evacuation order issued by the Israeli army, according to an AFP journalist, who witnessed a column of grey smoke rising from the area. Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported a “heavy strike” carried out...

US President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday that his administration will work hard to end the Russia-Ukraine war. "We're going to work on the Middle East, and we're going to work very hard on Russia and Ukraine. It’s gotta stop. Russia and Ukraine’s gotta stop," Trump said at a gala for the...

ANKARA (AA) - Six Palestinians were killed on Friday in Israeli shelling that targeted northern Gaza City. Medical sources told Anadolu that the Israeli attack targeted the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in northern Gaza City, killing six and injuring several civilians. Israel has continued its...

Turkey and Qatar signed a series of agreements on Thursday ranging from trade facilitation to military and technical cooperation during Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani’s visit to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara. Erdogan and al-Thani were co-chairing the Turkey-Qatar...

The Israeli army arrested six more Palestinians in military raids in the West Bank on Thursday as illegal settlers staged new attacks on Palestinian farmers in the occupied territory. Army forces raided several towns in the West Bank, including Nablus, Jenin, Tubas, Ramallah, and Bethlehem,...

A new report released Thursday by a UN Special Committee investigating Israeli practices in Gaza found Israel’s military actions consistent with the characteristics of genocide. The committee accused Israel of intentionally imposing...

At least 24 more Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, bringing the overall death toll since last year to 43,736, the Health Ministry in the enclave said on Thursday. A ministry statement added that some 103,370 others were injured in the ongoing assault. “The Israeli...

Israeli warplanes launched airstrikes in southern Beirut on Thursday shortly after issuing evacuation orders for residents in the area, Lebanese media said. Attacks targeted Ghobeiry, Chouaifet, Borj al-Barajneh and Chiyah neighborhoods in southern Beirut, the state news agency NNA reported....

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, held talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Thursday as part of his visit to Iran for talks on the country’s nuclear program. Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei called the talks between the two...

The Israeli military said that it carried out air strikes on Wednesday along the border with Syria and Lebanon, with state media in Damascus saying that key infrastructure had been targeted. A leading monitor said that 15 people had been wounded in the strikes in an area of Syria’s Homs...

At least six Israeli soldiers were killed in southern Lebanon on Wednesday during clashes with Hezbollah fighters, according to the Israeli military. Another soldier was severely wounded after the Israelis stormed a building they had bombed earlier and thought was empty. Upon entering the...

European powers are pushing for a new resolution against Iran by the UN atomic watchdog’s board next week to pressure Tehran over its poor cooperation, as the world awaits the return of US President-elect Donald Trump, diplomats say. Such resolutions risk further diplomatic tension with...

More than 2,000 civilians have been killed in northern Gaza amid a campaign of genocide and ethnic cleansing by Israeli forces, which is now in its 38th day, the enclave’s media office said Tuesday. Ismail al-Thawabta, the office's director, told Anadolu that the attacks have...

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani appointed six new ministers on Tuesday in a major cabinet reshuffle. The changes saw the appointment of Sheikh Saud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani as a deputy prime minister and minister of state for defense affairs, according to a statement released...

Arab Americans who voted for Donald Trump in the Muslim-majority US city of Dearborn, Michigan have urged the president-elect to demand an immediate cease-fire in Palestine and Lebanon. In a letter posted on Instagram, the MENA American Chamber of Commerce, on behalf of Lebanese Americans,...

Israel’s Defense Minister, Israel Katz, said on X on Tuesday that during a meeting with military officials, he reiterated that Israel will continue hitting Hezbollah with full force and that there will be no ceasefire.

The Israeli army said Tuesday that four of its soldiers have been killed in the northern Gaza Strip. It said in a statement that all four “fell during combat in the northern Gaza Strip” on Monday, bringing the total number of Israeli soldiers killed in the Palestinian territory since the...

US President-elect Donald Trump is expected to name Florida Senator Marco Rubio as his secretary of state, according to a report Monday. Trump may still make a last-minute change, but he seems to have decided on Rubio, said The New York Times, citing three people familiar with his plans....