8+ hour, 33+ min ago  (331+ words) The lifting of border controls between Spain and Gibraltar has closed "an open wound", Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Wednesday as an agreement allowing free movement across the frontier came into force. Speaking at a ceremony marking the removal…...

8+ hour, 33+ min ago  (710+ words) The United States launched a wave of strikes against Iran on Wednesday, after it reimposed a naval blockade in a return to war between the two foes. Nearly a month after they signed a memorandum of understanding towards ending the…...

8+ hour, 33+ min ago  (403+ words) EU chief Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday announced a "drone deal" with Ukraine to boost joint production of the key battlefield technology. "This deal will bring together Ukrainian ingenuity and Europe's industrial scale," von der Leyen said in Kyiv,…...

8+ hour, 33+ min ago  (142+ words) Naharnet Kuwait, Bahrain say intercepted Iran attacks The Gulf monarchies of Kuwait and Bahrain on Wednesday confirmed they had intercepted fresh aerial salvos from Iran as Tehran and Washington exchanged fire over control of the vital Strait of Hormuz. Kuwait's…...

9+ hour, 21+ min ago  (274+ words) Lebanon's parliament commenced a legislative session on Wednesday to discuss and vote on several bills, including an amnesty law that could cover swathes of prisoners. More than 40 draft laws will be discussed and voted on in the two-day session, the…...

9+ hour, 21+ min ago  (331+ words) U.S. President Donald Trump told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a phone call last Thursday that Israel should start redeploying its forces out of Syria and urged him to do the same in Lebanon, U.S. and Israeli officials told U.S. news portal…...

11+ hour, 24+ min ago  (518+ words) Progress was achieved Wednesday in the Lebanese-Israeli talks in Rome and the implementation of the so-called pilot zones in south Lebanon will begin within days or hours, Baabda sources said. “The discussion has now become practical and detailed regarding the…...

11+ hour, 24+ min ago  (88+ words) Naharnet Israel blows up houses in south Lebanon, fires at residents Israeli forces carried out huge detonations at dawn and in the morning in a number of valleys and homes in the southern towns of Beit Yahoun, Khiam and al-Qantara....

14+ hour, 15+ min ago  (684+ words) Lebanon and Israel concluded the first day of Washington-mediated talks in Rome on Tuesday, a U.S. official said, as Israel said it was ready to move forward with plans to withdraw from two parts of southern Lebanon. The U.S.-brokered negotiations took…...

14+ hour, 15+ min ago  (391+ words) The United States has expanded its sanctions targeting Iran's oil sector, taking further aim at the network of petroleum shipping magnate Mohammad Hossein Shamkhani, the Treasury Department said. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the department had also frozen $130 million held…...