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Democrats stick with Schumer as leader. Their strategy for countering Trump is far less certain

Senate Democrats reelected Chuck Schumer as party leader on Tuesday as the party moves into a deeply uncertain time.

2024-12-03 22:37
Middle East latest: Israeli strikes on Gaza hospital wound 3, Netanyahu vows 'iron fist' in Lebanon

A medical director in northern Gaza said Israeli drone strikes on have wounded three medical workers

2024-12-03 22:30
Israel threatens to expand war if Hezbollah truce collapses

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM: Israel threatened on Tuesday (Dec 3) to return to war in Lebanon if its truce with Hezbollah collapses, and said this time its attacks would go deeper and target the Lebanese state itself, after the deadliest day since the

2024-12-03 17:13
An Israeli strike kills a shepherd in Lebanon, further shaking the tenuous ceasefire

Lebanon’s Health Ministry and state media say Israeli forces have carried out several new drone and artillery strikes in southern Lebanon, killing a shepherd

2024-12-03 19:58
One killed in Israeli attack on Lebanon as Netanyahu says war is not over

Israeli officials threaten to expand attacks on Lebanon if the ceasefire with Hezbollah collapses.

2024-12-03 19:28
Feature: Displaced Lebanese return from Syria, hopeful about starting new life

BEIRUT, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Janet Awad and her family of five felt nostalgic and anxious as they crossed the Masnaa border, returning from Syria to their homeland, Lebanon, after being displaced for two months amid the deadly conflict between Lebanon's Hezboll…

2024-12-03 17:58
Christians in Iran are ‘leaven of society,’ new cardinal-elect of Tehran says

Cardinal-elect Dominique Mathieu, archbishop of Tehran-Isfahan, discusses with EWTN News the challenges and hopes of Iran’s small Catholic community ahead of receiving his red hat from Pope Francis. / Credit: Elias Turk/ACI MENA Rome Newsroom, Dec 3, 2024 / …

2024-12-03 17:45
Syrian rebels advance close to Hama city, raising pressure on Assad and his allies

Syrian rebels advance close to Hama city, raising pressure on Assad and his allies

2024-12-03 17:11
Israeli and Hezbollah strikes test limits of ceasefire

Strikes and counter-strikes put the ceasefire at risk, just days after it was reached.

2024-12-03 16:50
Israeli strikes kill at least 11 in Lebanon after fire exchanges with Hezbollah that test ceasefire's limits

The strikes came after the Lebanese militant group fired a volley of projectiles earlier on Monday as a warning over what it said were Israeli truce violations.

2024-12-03 16:13