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Haytham Ali Tabtabai, a top military leader in the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah is dead, after a targeted Israeli airstrike in Beirut on Sunday.

A senior Hamas delegation was in Egypt Sunday to discuss the ceasefire agreement in Gaza as both Israel and Hamas continue to trade accusations of truce violations. Meanwhile, Israel claims it killed a senior Hezbollah leader in an airstrike on Beirut.

An Irish hip hop group has been banned from entering Canada over what the government says are public displays of support for terrorist organizations, including Hezbollah and Hamas. ‘Kneecap’ had been scheduled to perform next month in Toronto and Vancouver.

A London court has thrown out the criminal case against a member of the Irish hip-hop trio, Kneecap. Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh had been facing a terror charge after being accused of supporting the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. That initial charge prompted the Canadian government to ban the hip-hop group from entering the country for...

The Canadian government has banned an Irish hip-hop group from entering the country. Kneecap was supposed to perform in Toronto and Vancouver next month, but on Friday morning the parliamentary secretary for combatting crime accused the band of amplifying political violence and supporting terrorist groups, including Hezbollah and Hamas. The band denies that and, as...

Prime Minister Mark Carney, in a press conference at the EU-Canada summit in Brussels, said Iran has “been a sponsor of terrorism— Hamas, Hezbollah and beyond.” He added that Iran’s actions violated international law and that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is listed as a terrorist organization in Canada.

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his forces will not be withdrawing from southern Lebanon on Sunday, putting the ceasefire with Hezbollah on shaky ground. Israel says Lebanon has not replaced Israeli troops stationed in the country’s south. Redmond Shannon reports.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has fled to Moscow with his family after rebels took the capital Damascus, according to Russian state media. Assad held onto power with the help of allies like Russia, Iran and its proxies, like Hezbollah. The question now is whether rebel forces, which started as an off-shoot of Al-Qaeda, will rule...

The Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire is shifting the focus in the Middle East back to the war in the Gaza Strip, where any kind of pause in the fighting still seems a long way off. Mike Armstrong explains why some analysts believe the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire makes a deal between Israel and Hamas less likely; and why Gazans...

With Israel and Hezbollah’s ceasefire appearing to hold, roughly one million Lebanese civilians are now returning to what’s left of their homes near the Israel-Lebanon border. Redmond Shannon reports on the hope this truce could lead to progress in ending the war in Gaza.

As of early Wednesday morning, the U.S.- and France-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah is officially in place. Though world leaders, Israelis and Lebanese have been celebrating the step forward in ending conflict in the Middle East, the deal has further ignited calls for a ceasefire in Gaza, as Israel continues its...

U.S. President Joe Biden said from the White House on Tuesday that a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah will take effect at 4 a.m. local time on Wednesday, after both sides accepted an agreement brokered by the U.S. and France. In his remarks, Biden said the accord was designed to be a permanent cessation of...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday he was ready to implement a ceasefire deal with Lebanon and would respond forcefully to any violation by Hezbollah, declaring Israel would retain “complete military freedom of action.” In a televised address, Netanyahu said he would put the ceasefire accord to his full cabinet later in the...

Though Lebanon’s foreign minister expressed hope for a proposed ceasefire deal to be reached between Israel and Hezbollah on Tuesday, Israeli officials said certain rules need to be enforced against the Lebanese militant group before it happens.

While there are no signs of an end to the war in Gaza, there are strong indications of a ceasefire deal being close between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group. Redmond Shannon explains why; the details of the proposal; and the reports Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to it “in principle.”

What Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Canada’s premiers accomplished as they discussed how to counter U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s tariff threat. The hopes of what the temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah could lead to. Australia’s first-of-its-kind ban on social media for anyone under the age of 16. Plus, is it a sculpture of the...

Nearly 14 months after violence between Israel and Hezbollah reignited, both sides will withdraw from Lebanon’s southern border region after agreeing to a ceasefire. Redmond Shannon looks at what is needed to keep peace in Lebanon, and what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is warning Hezbollah not to do.

What U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s tariff threat means for Canada’s economy and border, and the calls for Canadian unity. What’s needed to keep peace in Lebanon’s southern border region after Israel and Hezbollah agree to a ceasefire. Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston wins a second term in office. Plus, how the Canada Post strike is...

An Israeli strike smashed into a building in the southern suburbs of Beirut on Monday, causing a huge explosion and sending smoke billowing into the sky, following a warning issued by the Israeli military on X. Lebanon’s Deputy Speaker of Parliament Elias Bou Saab told Reuters on Monday that there were “no serious obstacles” left...

Emerging details suggest Israel may be moving close to a ceasefire with Hezbollah in Lebanon. If that comes to pass, it would still be far from what many people say is needed. And it comes as a human rights watchdog launched new allegations against Israel. Nathaniel Dove looks at what might be achievable and what,...