Currently, 46 countries are contributing troops to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), with a total force strength of 7,494 personnel. UNIFIL was deployed to southern Lebanon under ...

Mali's junta chief Assimi Goita granted a presidential pardon Thursday to an official from the French embassy, accused of being a spy and ordered to serve 20 years in jail. "This act of clemency, ...

Yemen's Houthi rebels on Thursday claimed a drone attack on an Aramco refinery in southern Saudi Arabia, the group's affiliated news agency Saba reported. "A military source confirmed that the Yemeni ...

Lebanon’s interior minister said Thursday, ahead of a Cabinet session, that the relationship between Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and Defense Minister Michel Menassa remains direct, stressing that ...

A Lebanese official denied on Thursday a Reuters report that Beirut had agreed with Israel to a shortlist of countries ‌that could send troops to Lebanon to verify the disarmament of Hezbollah, and ...

A senior Iranian official said on Thursday that the Strait of Hormuz remains under the control of the Islamic republic after President Donald Trump claimed U.S. control over the strategic waterway.

The Lebanese presidency’s media office said on Thursday that reports circulating in some media outlets about the content of a recent meeting between President Joseph Aoun and U.S. President Donald ...

Lebanon's Defense Minister Michel Menassa issued a statement apologizing to the families of army personnel killed in the line of duty, saying he felt he had failed them after being unable to ...

Lebanon’s Cabinet approved, on Thursday, fees on products that generate waste, despite objections from the ministers of health, labor, telecommunications and industry.

Japan "strongly protests" a visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin to the disputed Kuril islands, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Thursday. "The Northern Territories ... are an inherent ...

Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan will establish political and military mechanisms under a defense pact signed last week, Turkey’s Defense Ministry said on Thursday, adding that the alliance will also ...

Human Rights Watch called for the release of two ‌U.N. staffers and six NGO workers in Afghanistan following a string of Taliban detentions in recent weeks. HRW said on Wednesday that six male staff ...