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Israeli soldiers take position during a Hezbollah attack near the Israeli border with Lebanon in northern Israel, May 19, 2026. (photo credit: AYAL MARGOLIN/FLASH90) The  IDF  struck more than 70 Hezbollah infrastructure targets in several areas across  Lebanon , including the Bekaa Valley and Tyre, the military announced in a statement on Monday.  Approximately 85 munitions were used in the attacks, said the IDF.  In the southern Lebanese city of Tyre, the military struck about 10 command centers, weapons storage facilities, and additional infrastructure sites used by the terror group in attacks against Israel.  Go to the full article > >

US Navy sailors transfer ordnance on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea, February 27, 2026. (photo credit: U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS) The US military carried out "self-defense" strikes in southern  Iran  against targets including boats attempting to lay mines and missile launch sites, Fox News reported on Tuesday. “US forces conducted self-defense strikes in southern Iran today to protect our troops from threats posed by Iranian forces,”  US Central Command  (CENTCOM) spokesperson Capt. Tim Hawkins said. “US Central Command continues to defend our forces while using restraint during the ongoing ceasefire,” he added.  Go to the full article > >

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks with Fox News Channel's Martha MacCallum during an interview in New York City on Sept. 25, 2025.   (John Lamparski/Getty Images) President Masoud Pezeshkian invoked one of Iran’s strongest wartime symbols on May 24, signaling Tehran’s resolve to hold its ground against the U.S. and Israel across the region, a counterterrorism expert said. The Iranian leader's remarks came at a key moment in diplomacy, as President  Donald Trump  said a deal with Tehran to end the war is "largely negotiated" and warned the U.S. would either sign "a great and meaningful" agreement or walk away entirely. While Iran signaled broad agreement with Washington on some points, it said a final deal is not imminent In an  X post  marking the anniversary of the 1982 recapture of Khorramshahr from Iraqi forces during the Iran-Iraq War, Pezeshkian said, "Khorramshahr today is Iran, the Persian Gulf, and the Strait of Hormuz," adding tha...

  Diplomatic pressure on South Africa is mounting as more African countries threaten retaliatory measures over renewed xenophobic attacks targeting foreign nationals, particularly Nigerians. While no government has officially announced a total closure of borders, threats of blockades, trade suspensions and heightened security checks are gaining traction across the region in what analysts and foreign policy experts describe as the most serious diplomatic fallout since the end of apartheid. The latest wave of violence, which erupted between April 27 and 29, 2026, saw locals in Pretoria, Johannesburg and other cities stage protests against illegal immigration, with Nigerians and other African nationals bearing the brunt. The attacks have revived longstanding claims that migrants accept lower wages, dominate informal trade and are involved in crime such as drug trafficking and fraud, allegations police data do not substantiate as a nationwide trends. Repatriation, diplom...

US President Donald Trump delivers a speech about the economy at Rockland Community College Fieldhouse in Suffern, New York, on May 22, 2026. (photo credit: Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images) US President Donald Trump "mandatorily" requested on Monday that all countries involved in the Iran negotiations sign the Abraham Accords via his Truth Social account. "By copy of this TRUTH, I am asking my Representatives to begin, and successfully complete, the process of signing these Countries into the already Historic Abraham Accords," said Trump. The request was directed at Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey, and Pakistan, with Trump noting that the other countries involved were already parties to the accords. Trump said that negotiations with Iran are "proceeding nicely," emphasizing that he would either achieve a "great deal or "no deal." Go to the full article > >

A convoy of jeeps of Israeli travellers drive across the Basalt lands in the Eastern desert of Jordan on November 23, 2018. (photo credit: HADAS PARUSH/FLASH90) Ten Gaza land convoy activists were detained by Libyan forces on Sunday, the  Global Sumud Flotilla  announced on Monday, after several hours without communication with a contingent that had attempted to cross a checkpoint into the eastern part of the country. Activists hailing from  Spain , Poland, Italy, Argentina, Uruguay, Portugal, Tunisia, and the  USA  had attempted to cross a checkpoint at Sirte on their way to Gaza, but were allegedly arrested by security forces affiliated with the Libyan Arab Armed Forces, one of the two main governing factions in the embattled state. GSF urged supporters to contact their governments to pressure the ruling authority over eastern Libya, the Government of National Stability, to release their activists. Negotiations between the Global Sumud Land Convoy and GNS...