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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has urged all parties to exercise “caution” on the Israel-Lebanon border during his first phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu since his election. Starmer expressed deep concern over the situation on Israel’s northern border and emphasized the importance of caution from all sides, according to a statement from his 10 Downing Street office. …

Hezbollah has announced its “largest” air operation, deploying explosive drones to target an Israeli military intelligence base on Mount Hermon in the annexed Golan Heights. This incident is part of the ongoing, intensifying cross-border clashes that have raised international concerns. Since the Palestinian militant group Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, triggering the conflict in Gaza, Hezbollah, supported by Iran …

A Hamas official stated that the Palestinian group is willing to discuss a hostage release deal with Israel, even without a “complete” ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. This shift in Hamas’ stance comes as diplomatic efforts to secure a ceasefire and release hostages gain momentum, with new proposals and meetings hosted by Qatari and Egyptian mediators. “Hamas had previously required …

The French left will select a candidate for prime minister from their winning electoral coalition within the week, according to Socialist Party leader Olivier Faure on Monday. Faure’s socialists are part of the New Popular Front (NFP), a left-wing alliance that secured the most seats, but not a clear majority, in Sunday’s parliamentary election.

Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz overcame a mid-match slump to secure a spot in the Wimbledon quarter-finals on Sunday, while American Madison Keys, despite being just one game away from victory, had to retire from her match due to injury. World number three Alcaraz defeated French 16th seed Ugo Humbert with scores of 6-3, 6-4, 1-6, 7-5, reaching the last-eight of …

The Chinese military has asserted that it can enforce and sustain a blockade on an island using only drones, as detailed in a peer-reviewed paper published in the Chinese academic journal Command Control & Simulation last month. Chen Huijie, an engineer with the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) unit 92116 and the lead researcher, conducted a simulation on an unnamed island …

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has extended his congratulations to Iran’s president-elect, Masoud Pezeshkian, highlighting Iran’s significant support for regional resistance groups. In a letter shared on Hezbollah’s social media channels, Nasrallah praised Pezeshkian’s “blessed election” by the Iranian people. “At Hezbollah, and among all the resistance groups in the region, we consistently regard the Islamic Republic of Iran as …

Hezbollah fired rockets into northern Israel on Sunday in retaliation for an Israeli airstrike that killed one of its members near Baalbek on Saturday. In a statement, Hezbollah announced it had launched dozens of Katyusha rockets at the Nimra military base west of Tiberias, which it described as a key base in Israel’s northern region. Earlier, the group claimed to …