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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks at a news conference on August 14, 2024 in Tokyo, Japan. (Philip Fong-Pool/Getty Images) (TOKYO) — The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Sazanami passed through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, marking the first time a modern Japanese warship has navigated this strategically sensitive waterway. The Japanese destroyer was en-route […]

(NEW YORK) — Israel and Hezbollah are exchanging hundreds of cross-border strikes in the wake of the shocking explosions of wireless devices across Lebanon last week. Here’s how the news is developing: IDF continues deadly strikes as ground offensive looms At least 23 more people were killed as Israeli warplanes continued airstrikes in Lebanon through […]

(NEW YORK) — As Israel laid the groundwork for a possible ground invasion of Lebanon, the Biden administration on Wednesday was urging diplomacy to resolve the country’s long-simmering conflict with Hezbollah — but growing increasingly resigned to full-blown warfare on a second front in the Middle East, according to multiple U.S. officials. Two officials told […]

(NEW YORK) — Israel and Hezbollah are exchanging hundreds of cross-border strikes in the wake of the shocking explosions of wireless devices across Lebanon last week. Here’s how the news is developing: US in ‘active discussions’ to secure cease-fire between Israel, Hezbollah The U.S. is currently “in active discussions” with Israel and other countries to […]

(NEW YORK) — Israel and Hezbollah are exchanging hundreds of cross-border strikes in the wake of the shocking explosions of wireless devices across Lebanon last week. Here’s how the news is developing: Netanyahu says operation in Lebanon will continue Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the operation in Lebanon will continue, despite international calls for […]

(TEL-AVIV, Israel) — Israel is preparing for a potential ground operation as its war with Hezbollah intensifies, according to the Israel Defense Forces. “Today, we will continue, we are not stopping; we keep striking and hitting them everywhere,” Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, the chief of the General Staff, said Wednesday. “The goal is very clear […]

This photograph shows a view of the Sarco assisted suicide capsule, during a press conference organised by the “Last Resort”, a Swiss human rights non-profit association focused on assisted suicide, in Zurich on July 17, 2024. (Arnd Wiegmann/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Multiple people were detained and a criminal case has been opened […]

(HONG KONG and LONDON) — The Chinese military test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile into the Pacific on Wednesday, marking the first known launch of an ICBM in decades, officials said. The People’s Liberation Army launched the ICBM carrying a “dummy warhead” into the “high seas” at about 8:44 in the morning, the Chinese Ministry of […]

(NEW YORK) — Israel and Hezbollah are exchanging hundreds of cross-border strikes in the wake of the shocking explosions of wireless devices across Lebanon last week. Here’s how the news is developing: Full-scale Israel-Hezbollah war ‘wouldn’t solve the problem,’ Blinken says Secretary of State Antony Blinken told ABC News’ Good Morning America on Wednesday that […]

(NEW YORK) — Israel and Hezbollah are exchanging hundreds of cross-border strikes in the wake of the shocking explosions of wireless devices across Lebanon last week. Here’s how the news is developing: Israeli strikes won’t destroy Hezbollah, Iranian leader says Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a series of posts to X […]