Oct. 23 (UPI) --Israel declared it killed Hashem Safieddine, the presumed new leader of Hezbollah, in an airstrike on Beirut early this month. Safieddine, head of the Hezbollah Executive Council, was believed to be next in line to lead the Iran-proxy ...

Airstrikes on port city follow warning from Israeli military to disperse from city; US secretary of state to hold talks with Arab leaders in London. Blinken: US believes there is greater chance of hostage release deal now Yahya Sinwar is dead 11:01 The US secretary of state Antony Blinken has said he believes there is a greater chance of a hostage release deal between Hamas and Israel now that the Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has been killed in Gaza by Israeli forces.

Blinken will discuss the importance of ending the war in Gaza, ways to chart a post-conflict plan for the Palestinian enclave, and how to reach a diplomatic solution to the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.