Lebanon

A person was killed after a tree fell on them in Lebanon on Sunday afternoon. Emergency crews responded to West Town Street around 4:50 p.m. for a person who had been hit by a falling tree while operating a skid steer, according to state police. The person was pronounced dead, state police said. There was no other information immediately available.

A person has serious injuries after being hit by a car that was unoccupied in Lebanon Tuesday evening. State police said they responded to Bush Hill Road after getting a report that a pedestrian was struck. Responding officers said a person was hit by a car with no one inside. They were taken to the hospital for treatment. No additional…

The World Bank says the cost of reconstruction and recovery for Lebanon following the 14-month Israel-Hezbollah war is estimated at $11 billion.

Israeli forces in southern Lebanon on Sunday opened fire on protesters demanding their withdrawal in line with a ceasefire agreement, killing at least 22 and injuring 124, Lebanese health officials reported.

What is causing an egg shortage and prices to go up? Experts say it’s twofold. 

“So my family eats a ton of eggs, we love that they are low-calorie, high in protein,” Lori Cushman of Harwinton said.  An egg-lover, Cushman recently said she has noticed bare shelves at the grocery store.  “Definitely seeing selections way down. If they have eggs, they have very few options,” Cushman said.  Samantha Gould said her family buys eggs...

The attacks Sunday come days after a US-brokered ceasefire agreement that ended the war between Israel and Hezbollah went into effect. There were no immediate reports of casualties.

The ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah brought hope for normality back to many in southern Lebanon on Friday.

President Joe Biden spoke from the White House Rose Garden Tuesday afternoon after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Cabinet approved a ceasefire deal with Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered a televised address where he discussed a plan for a ceasefire with Lebanon’s Hezbollah.

The anguish in Lebanese archaeologist Nader Siklaoui’s voice is clear as he films Israeli missiles slamming down near ancient Roman columns he has spent much of his life protecting.

State police arrested a driver Tuesday accused of going between 120 and 130 mph on Route 2 in Lebanon. A trooper in the median noticed a Hyundai Elantra traveling at a high rate of speed on the eastbound side of Route 2 around 6:45 p.m., according to state police. The trooper attempted to catch up with the car and watched…

Israel has carried out a series of massive airstrikes overnight in the southern suburbs of Beirut.

The fighting comes as the region braces for Israel’s response to an Iranian ballistic missile attack.

The civil defense forces of one of the world’s most war-torn nations are shocked at the destruction underway in Lebanon.

In just over a week, intensified Israeli strikes in Lebanon have killed seven high-ranking commanders and officials from the powerful Hezbollah militant group, including the group’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah.

Hundreds of families displaced from Beirut’s southern suburbs after the area was pummeled overnight by the heaviest Israeli airstrikes in nearly a year of limited conflict are sleeping in public squares and beaches or in their cars in the city center.

The past week has seen a dizzying escalation in the nearly yearlong conflict between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah. First came exploding pagers and walkie-talkies that maimed Hezbollah fighters and civilians around Lebanon and were blamed on Israel. Hezbollah’s leader vowed to retaliate. On Friday, the militant group launched dozens of rockets into northern Israel. Early Sunday, Hezbollah fired more than...

A Lebanese ophthalmologist has been working around the clock trying to keep up with the flood of patients with eye injuries after thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies exploded en masse.

The increasing strikes and counterstrikes have raised fears of all-out war, even as Israel battles Hamas in Gaza and tries to negotiate the release of scores of hostages taken in Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack. Hezbollah has vowed to continue its strikes in solidarity with Hamas, a fellow Iran-backed militant group.