But the truce has brought some calm to a tumultuous region. By Abdi Latif Dahir Reporting from Beirut, Lebanon A fragile cease-fire between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has ...

In Lebanon, the UN peacekeeping mission in the south of the country urged both Israel and Lebanon to prevent any actions that could threaten the fragile ceasefire. The relentless fighting in the Gaza ...

These phumdis drift with the wind and currents, making boating unpredictable and risky. Similarly, peace here is fragile, always at the mercy of shifting tensions. Since May 2023, this fragility has ...

The collapse of Bashar Assad’s regime in Syria reverberates far beyond the Levant, shaking the foundations of other autocratic regimes. Among these, Nicolás Maduro’s government in Venezuela ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A small cargo plane on a training flight crashed into a vacant building shortly after taking off from ...