Lebanon will demolish grain silos at Beirut port that were severely damaged in an enormous explosion in August because they are at risk of collapse, economy minister Raoul Nehme said Thursday. "The grain silos are damaged and more precisely, they pose a risk to public safety," the caretaker...

Azerbaijan on Thursday defused a Smerch missile fired by Armenia’s military, which landed in the Tartar city but did not explode. In a statement, the Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry said the country’s military also destroyed “the headquarters of the 7th mountain rifle regiment of the...

Israel has demolished most of a Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank, displacing 73 Palestinians - including 41 children - in the largest such demolition in years, residents and a United Nations official said. Tented homes, animal shelters, latrines and solar panels were among the...

The health of jailed Saudi women's right activist Loujain al-Hathloul, on hunger strike since last week, is rapidly worsening, and she should be released "immediately", UN experts said Thursday. Hathloul, whose jailing since 2018 has made her emblematic of the fight for women's rights in...