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Israel, Lebanon extend deadline for troop withdrawal to Feb 18: White House

Israel has said that it needs to stay longer because the Lebanese army has not deployed to all areas of southern Lebanon to ensure that Hezbollah does not reestablish its presence in the area

Trump's Gaza refugee idea falls flat with Jordan and confounds Senate ally

Jordan already is home to more than 2 mn Palestinian refugees. Egypt has warned of the security implications of transferring large numbers of Palestinians to Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, bordering Gaza

Russian troops capture strategic town in east Ukraine in bid to weaken Kyiv

Russia's Defence Ministry announced the fall of Velyka Novosilka, which had around 5,000 residents before the war, following a months-long battle

Trump should rethink revoking ex-officials' security details: Tom Cotton

Tom Cotton, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said a president needs to keep qualified individuals interested in serving White House and that may sometimes require enhanced security

Perplexity AI's new bid for TikTok parent firm could give US govt 50% stake

The proposal, submitted last week, is a revision of a prior plan the artificial intelligence startup had presented to TikTok's parent ByteDance on Jan 18

Belarus strongman set to win 7th term in election Oppn calls a farce

Oppn call the election a sham much like the last one in 2020 that triggered months of protests that were unprecedented in the history of the country of 9 million people

European Union rejects election in Belarus, threatens new sanctions

Belarus held an orchestrated vote virtually guaranteed to give 70-year-old autocratic President Alexander Lukashenko yet another term on top of his three decades in power

US President Trump wants Egypt, Jordan to take in Palestinians from Gaza

''I'd rather get involved with some of the Arab nations, and build housing in a different location, where they can maybe live in peace for a change," Trump said

Thousands in Ireland without power as Storm Owyn hits UK and France

Another 75,000 people were still without power on Sunday in Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom and neighbours the Republic of Ireland

S Korean prosecutors indict impeached Prez Yoon Suk Yeol over martial law

South Korean prosecutors on Sunday indicted the impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his imposition of martial law last month, news reports said.

1 dead, 7 wounded in Israeli fire over ceasefire dispute in north Gaza

In a separate development, President Donald Trump suggested Saturday that most of Gaza's population should be at least temporarily resettled elsewhere

3 killed, 30 injured in Lebanon after Israeli army opens fire on protesters

The Israeli army's Arabic language spokesman called Sunday morning in a post on X for residents of the border area not to attempt to return to their villages

Rain falling in South California helps firefighters, creates risk of ash

Los Angeles County crews spent much of the past week removing vegetation, shoring up slopes and reinforcing roads in devastated areas of the Palisades and Eaton fires

Novak Djokovic takes a jab at injury 'experts' by posting MRI of his leg

The 24-time Grand Slam champion put the picture of the MRI taken Saturday on X and wrote: Thought I'd leave this here for all the sports injury 'experts' out there.

LaLiga: Mbappe scores first hat trick for Real Madrid; Atletico held

The France star had just led a 3-0 victory at struggling Valladolid that extended Madrid's lead of La Liga on Saturday, keeping it in position to retain the title just after the midway point.

Israeli military says it won't complete its withdrawal from Lebanon today

The confirmation came Saturday while another fragile ceasefire between Israel and the Hamas militant group saw a second release of hostages from Gaza

Trump wants Egypt to accept more refugees, floats plan to 'clean out' Gaza

I'd like him to take people. I'd like Egypt to take people, said Trump. You're talking about, probably a million and a half people, and we just clean out that whole thing and say, You know it's, over'

Trump ends Joe Biden's hold on sending 2,000-pound bombs to Israel

A Trump administration official confirmed that he was referring to the heavy bombs. The official was not authorised to give that detail publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity

N Korea says it tested cruise missile system, vows toughest response to US

The moves suggested North Korea will likely maintain its run of weapons tests and its confrontational stance against the US for now

Trump leans into his pledge to eliminate taxes on tips at a Las Vegas rally

Aides said Trump's stop in Nevada was to deliver an economic-focused message built around his familiar promise to hospitality industry workers to remove the tax on gratuity income