The Israeli air force struck a Palestinian base in eastern Lebanon near the border with Syria early on Monday amid rising tensions in the Middle East, the Lebanese state-run National News Agency and a Palestinian official said. The strike came a day after an alleged Israeli drone crashed in a Hezbollah stronghold in southern Beirut while another exploded and crashed nearby. The agency's report said there were three strikes after midnight on Sunday, minutes apart, that struck a base for a Syrian-backed group known as the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command, an ally of the Lebanese Hezbollah militant group.

Mon, 26 Aug 2019 05:16:29 -0400

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered his staff prepare plans for building a new neighborhood in a West Bank settlement. Netanyahu said on Monday that the new neighborhood in the settlement of Dolev would have about 300 residential housing units. Netanyahu says: "We will deepen our roots and strike at our enemies.

Mon, 26 Aug 2019 04:30:37 -0400

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani came out strongly in favour of talks Monday as his top diplomat came under fire from hardline media for a surprise visit to a G7 summit. "I believe that for our country's national interests we must use any tool," Rouhani said in a speech aired live on state television. "The main thing is our country's national interests," he said to a round of applause from those gathered at an event marking government achievements in rural areas.

Mon, 26 Aug 2019 04:30:23 -0400

The Israeli military on Monday cut fuel transfers to Gaza in half in response to rocket attacks against Israel, raising tensions along its southern border in addition to a renewed threat from the north amid its reported strikes against Iranian targets in Syria, Iraq and Lebanon. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the measure to take effect immediately and until further notice. The move follows airstrikes the military carried out overnight in the Gaza Strip, after three rockets were launched from the territory into southern Israel.

Mon, 26 Aug 2019 04:09:37 -0400

Russia's state weather agency said on Monday it had found the radioactive isotopes of strontium, barium and lanthanum in test samples after a mysterious accident during a test at a military site earlier this month. The deadly accident on Aug. 8 caused a brief rise in radiation levels in the nearby city of Severodvinsk. President Vladimir Putin later said the mishap occurred during testing of what he called promising new weapons systems.

Mon, 26 Aug 2019 04:07:16 -0400