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Thu, 16 Apr 2026 08:50:49 +0000
Israeli airstrikes kill 11, including 2 children, in Lebanon
ALBAWABA - At least 11 people were killed, including 2 children and 2 women, in a series of Israeli strikes on southern and eastern Lebanon, the Health Ministry and the official news agency (NNA) reported Thursday...

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 06:05:01 +0000
Russian drone and missile strikes kills 14 in Ukraine
ALBAWABA - Russian strikes left at least 14 people killed in Ukraine, local authorities announced Thursday...

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 05:21:29 +0000
Lebanese, Israeli leaders to hold talks today: Trump
ALBAWABA - U.S. President Donald Trump announced that leaders of Israel and Lebanon will hold talks on Thursday...

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 18:37:37 +0000
9 killed, 13 wounded in Turkey school shooting — second attack in 24 hours
ALBAWABA- Nine people were killed and 13 others injured, six critically, in a school shooting at Ayser Çalık Secondary School in the Onikişubat district of Kahramanmaraş province, southeastern Turkey, officials said Wednesday...

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 17:57:09 +0000
Massive blaze engulfs Geelong oil refinery in Australia
ALBAWABA- A major fire broke out at Viva Energy’s Corio oil refinery in Geelong shortly after midnight on Wednesday, sending large flames into the sky and prompting a major emergency response as firefighters work to contain the blaze...

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 17:26:45 +0000
Marshal Munir arrives in Tehran as Pakistan pushes for US–Iran ceasefire talks
ALBAWABA- Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff, Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, arrived in Tehran on Wednesday for high-level consultations, marking a new phase in Islamabad’s diplomatic efforts to stabilize the Middle East...

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 17:05:11 +0000
Pakistani PM visits Saudi Arabia amid regional tensions
ALBAWABA- Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif arrived in Jeddah on Wednesday for an official visit to Saudi Arabia, leading a high-level delegation for talks expected to focus on bilateral cooperation and the evolving regional crisis...

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 07:52:58 +0000
Journalist detained over filming F-15 crash in Kuwait, activists call for his release
ALBAWABA - American-Kuwaiti national Ahmed Shihab-Eldin was arrested by police in Kuwait after he filmed and posted a video of an F-15 jet crash during the first days of the Iran war...

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:08:39 +0000
Trump says Iran war is very close to being over
ALBAWABA - The United States and Iran agreed on April 7 on a two-week ceasefire deal. Despite this, peace talks failed to reach a breakthrough in Pakistan; however, U...

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 05:51:00 +0000
Hezbollah fires 30 rockets toward Israel
ALBAWABA - Hezbollah has fired 30 rockets toward the northern towns in Israel since this morning, Israeli Army Radio reported Wednesday...

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:57:12 +0000
Carney leads liberals to majority victory in Canada election
ALBAWABA- Mark Carney’s Liberal Party has secured a clear parliamentary majority in Canada’s federal election, winning 172 seats in the 338-seat House of Commons and bringing an end to months of political uncertainty...

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:03:01 +0000
First Lebanon–Israel Direct Talks in 43 Years Open in Washington
ALBAWABA- Lebanese and Israeli delegations met in Washington on Monday for the first direct preparatory talks between the two sides since 1983, in a US-hosted effort to explore the possibility of a ceasefire and a broader de-escalation of hostilities...

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:44:11 +0000
Trump urges UK to ditch Norwegian oil and ramp up North Sea drilling
ALBAWABA- U.S. President Donald Trump has urged the United Kingdom to halt imports of Norwegian oil and instead expand domestic production in the North Sea, criticizing London for what he described as paying “double the price” for foreign energy....

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:01:05 +0000
Xi warns against ‘law of the jungle’ as China pushes for international law
ALBAWABA- Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for strict adherence to international law and rejected what he described as a dangerous drift toward “the law of the jungle,” as tensions escalate in the Middle East following U...

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 11:51:48 +0000
Russia evacuates workers from Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant
ALBAWABA - Moscow announced on Monday that it had evacuated the majority of its team from the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran, which it helped build and operate...

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 09:36:58 +0000
Video captures first moment of gun attack in Şanlıurfa, Turkey
ALBAWABA - Students running and screaming, a video captured the moment an unnamed student entered a school in Turkey's Şanlıurfa city and opened fire, shooting and injuring about 20 people...

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 07:49:15 +0000
Video: Gun attack at a school in Turkey's Şanlıurfa injures 18
ALBAWABA - At least 18 people were injured in a gun attack that took place in a high school in Şanlıurfa city in southeastern Turkey with reports that the attacker committed suicide, local media reported on Tuesday morning...

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 06:32:20 +0000
CENTCOM Commander Brad Cooper arrives in Israel
ALBAWABA - Commander of US Central Command (CENTCOM) Brad Cooper has just arrived in Israel's Tel Aviv as the U...

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 06:07:38 +0000
US blockade on maritime traffic of Iranian ports takes effect
ALBAWABA - U.S. President Donald Trump said the military has started blockading Iranian ports in an effort to force Tehran to open the Strait of Hormuz and agree on Washington’s conditions to end the war...

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 20:16:52 +0000
US pushes Iran toward talks over Hormuz and nuclear program
ALBAWABA - Following the failure of previous discussions, the United States is putting greater pressure on Iran in an effort to get Tehran to return to the table with what officials see as more feasible conditions, especially on the Strait of Hormuz ...

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