Iran holds meeting with US, Qatar on Lebanon, frozen funds: state media
TEHRAN(RAHNUMA): Iranian state television said on Sunday that delegations from Iran, Qatar and the United States were holding a meeting in Switzerland to discuss a ceasefire in Lebanon and Iran’s frozen assets. “A tripartite meeting involving Iran, the United States and Qatar on the subjects of a comprehensive ceasefire in Lebanon and Iran’s blocked assets […]
Few residents return to Lebanon’s Nabatiyeh after a US-Iran truce with fighting nearby
NABATIYEH, Lebanon(RAHNUMA): Starting in the early hours of Tuesday, Aida Jleilati and her daughter dug through the pile of rubble that was once their home in the city of Nabatiyeh in southern Lebanon picking up some of their belongings that survived a late May airstrike by Israel. They were among a trickle of residents who […]
India condemns killing of UN peacekeeper in Lebanon
United Nations, June 4 (IANS) India condemned on Thursday the attack on peacekeepers in Lebanon, which killed a Serbian soldier serving the UN. “India reiterates the fundamental importance of respecting the sanctity and inviolability of UN premises and personnel,” India’s UN Mission said in a statement that condemned the attack that occurred on Wednesday. Condemning […]
Trump says Iran talks continuing ‘at rapid pace’ after Tehran halted negotiations over Israel’s Lebanon assault
WASHINGTON(RAHNUMA): US President Donald Trump said on Monday that talks with Iran were ongoing, despite a report that Tehran had suspended indirect negotiations with the United States to end hostilities. “Talks are continuing, at a rapid pace, with the Islamic Republic of Iran,” Trump said in a Truth Social post. Iranian state news agency Tasnim […]
Israel vows to create military controlled zone around Lebanon’s Litani River
Jerusalem, June 1 (IANS) Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz on Monday vowed to turn the area of southern Lebanon’s Litani River into a military-controlled zone, and to continue striking Beirut until Hezbollah stops attacks. If there is no peace in northern Israel, “there will be no peace in Beirut,” Katz said in a statement released […]
More than half of Lebanon population depends on aid: EU official
BEIRUT(RRAHNUMA): More than half of Lebanon’s population depends on humanitarian aid, a European Union official said on Friday, as Israel continues its attacks on the country despite a ceasefire in the two-month-long war with militant group Hezbollah. “At present, more than three million people, meaning more than half of the population here in Lebanon, depend […]
Trump announces ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon
New York, April 16 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Thursday announced a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon aimed at bringing a temporary cooling-off along another front linked to the Iran conflict. He said that after speaking with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun, the two sides agreed to a 10-day […]
First direct talks between Lebanon and Israel in decades take place in Washington
WASHINGTON(RAHNUMA): Lebanon and Israel held their first direct diplomatic talks in decades on Tuesday in Washington following more than a month of war between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio calling it a “historic opportunity” but making clear no breakthrough agreement was immediately expected. Rubio said the Trump administration […]
EU Mediterranean commissioner condemns Israeli strikes on Lebanon
SPLIT(RAHNUMA): The European Commissioner for the Mediterranean, Dubravka Suica, condemned Israeli strikes on Lebanon at an informal meeting of the EU MED9 group in Croatia on Thursday, and called for a ceasefire. Another attendee at the gathering of foreign ministers and state secretaries of nine Mediterranean countries, Slovenia’s Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon, also called for […]
Lebanon buries a Christian official killed in an Israeli strike as anti-Hezbollah anger surges
YAHSHOUSH, Lebanon(RAHNUMA): Church bells and bursts of gunfire echoed across the valley as hundreds gathered for funeral prayers on Tuesday for a Lebanese Christian party official known for his anti-Hezbollah stance and his wife who were killed in an Israeli airstrike over the weekend. The case has become a touchpoint for tensions in Lebanon, which […]
