After winning the 2025 Asia Cup against Pakistan, India’s cricket team refused to accept the real trophy from Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, hoisted an imaginary trophy. Four months prior to the match, the two nuclear-armed rivals engaged in a brief aerial conflict over a deadly attack on a tourist destination in Indian-administered Kashmir.
Published On 29 Sep 2025
Lebanon’s Beirut-based National News Agency (NNA) reports that at least one person has been killed in an Israeli attack on southern Lebanon despite a ceasefire in November.
The Bekaa Valley’s Shamsiyah area had an explosion on Monday that killed an excavator and injured its driver. The victim was spotted on a stretcher by emergency responders on social media, according to reports from Al Jazeera.
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Difficulty drones from Israelis flew over several villages in southern and eastern Lebanon, according to local media reports. On Monday afternoon, one drone launched a bomb on the town of Aitaroun, and the other targeted a house in Houmin al-Fauqa. In those attacks, no injuries were reported.
Since November 27 when the ceasefire was supposed to end Israel’s and Hezbollah conflict, which had been causing nearly two months of cross-border attacks, more than 150 people have been killed in Israeli attacks in Lebanon. More than 4, 000 people were killed by Israel’s war against Lebanon, Hezbollah’s military might was reduced, and its top leaders were eliminated.
Israel was instructed to withdraw all of its forces from Lebanese territory under the ceasefire, but it is still stationed in Lebanon’s vicinity of at least five positions.
NNA reported a “series” of raids on Sunday between the Medena Plain, Kfar Rumman, and Jarmaq, with other strikes aimed at Mahmoudiya and Jarmaq. A home in Humin was also the subject of a drone strike.
Five people, including three children, were killed earlier this month when an Israeli bomb targeted the southern city of Bint Jbeil. Israel’s military claimed the attack targeted a Hezbollah member, while Lebanon’s ministry of public health confirmed the deaths and stated in a statement that “several uninvolved civilians were killed.”
Hezbollah should first disarm, according to Israel, which has rejected the Lebanese organization’s request to withdraw from Lebanese territory.
After the devastating airstrikes of the previous year that resulted in the death of Hassan Nasrallah, the country claims that Israel’s air strikes are intended to stop Hezbollah from regaining its military strength.
Hezbollah is also being increasingly under increasing political and diplomatic pressure to disarm. Hezbollah, which launched its attacks against Israel in solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza and killed more than 66, 000 people during Israel’s two-year conflict, is now pressing Israel and its closest ally, the United States.
The Lebanese government gave the army the task of creating a disarmament plan on September 5.
The US special envoy for Syrian affairs, Tom Barrack, claimed that any disarmament effort is more complicated because of Hezbollah’s fervent political influence.
The Lebanese government’s “diplomatic mission” is to persuade Hezbollah to abandon its weapons, he said, adding that the United States is not interested in pressuring anyone.
However, earlier this month, the US Department of Defense announced a $ 14.2 million donation to the Lebanese army to aid its “degrade Hezbollah” operation, citing the administration’s plan to combat Iranian-backed armed groups in the area.
Hezbollah, however, has refuted any notions that it will surrender its weapons, claiming that Lebanon is being weakened by US and Israeli pressure.
Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem assured the crowds in Beirut on Saturday that despite severe losses, the organization would continue to operate its military.
A plan to end Israel’s occupation of Gaza, which includes the gradual withdrawal of all prisoners, the “decommissioning” of Hamas’s military, has been proposed by US President Donald Trump.
Published On 29 Sep 2025
During their meeting at the White House on Monday, President Trump and Prime Minister of Qatar Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani jointly called the president and prime minister to offer an apology.
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In a statement from the White House, “Prime Minister Netanyahu expressed his deep regret that an Israeli missile strike against Hamas targets in Qatar unintentionally killed a Qatari serviceman.”
He expressed regret and regret that Israel violated Qatar’s sovereignty by attacking Hamas leaders during hostage negotiations. He also reaffirmed that Israel will not launch an attack like this again.
The September 9 attack targeted senior Hamas leaders involved in negotiating a US-backed ceasefire, killing at least five lower-ranking Hamas members and a Qatari security official. The assassination attempt was survived by the top leaders of Hamas.
Qatar, a key mediator in ceasefire negotiations and host of Al Udeid, the US military’s largest base in the Middle East, was the first Israeli attack against the country.
The Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that the call was made “as part of US efforts to address the effects of the Israeli aggression that targeted a residential neighbourhood in Doha city, which included housing for the Hamas negotiating delegation, leading to a flagrant violation of the State of Qatar’s sovereignty.”
The US President’s representative acknowledged the country’s efforts to bring peace to the region, including assurances against recurrence of aggression against the State of Qatar, and the US’s commitment to its defense partnership with Qatar, according to the ministry.
The Israeli Prime Minister apologized for the attack and the violation of Qatari sovereignty that led to Badr Al-Dosari’s martyrdom, and vowed to refrain from further targeting of Qatari territory.
According to Netanyahu’s official X account, he stated in a post to the Qatari prime minister that “Israel regrets that one of your citizens was killed in our strike.” I can assure you that Israel was attacking Hamas, not Qataris.
I have made the president’s assurances that Israel has no intention of violating your sovereignty in the future, and that this assurance is also true.
The prime minister then continued, “Israel has grievances against Qatar, from support for the Muslim Brotherhood to support for anti-Israel sentiment on college campuses.”
Antonio Guterres, the secretary-general of the UN, criticized the strike as a “flagrant violation” of Qatar’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. Nearly 60 Muslim nations gathered in Doha to show their support for the attacks.
The White House praised Qatar’s prime minister’s assurances, citing the country’s “deep regret” for its “aggression” against Qatar and highlighted Qatar’s continued commitment to regional stability and security. Prime Minister Netanyahu reaffirmed his desire for the same.
Netanyahu’s alleged apology request was “significant,” according to Sultan Barakat, a professor at Qatar’s Hamad Bin Khalifa University.
Qatar has stated repeatedly to Al Jazeera that it will not be able to continue its mediation efforts without a public apology and confirmation from Netanyahu that he won’t try it again.
Published On 29 Sep 2025
After meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, US President Donald Trump declares that “we’re beyond very close” to ending the conflict in Gaza.
At a press conference with Netanyahu by his side, he described Monday as a “historic day for peace.”
Netanyahu praised Trump, saying, “I support your plan to end the war in Gaza, which accomplishes our war objectives.”
Trump claimed he was “hearing that Hamas wants to get this done too” despite not immediately proving whether Hamas leaders had endorsed the plan.
Trump continued, “everyone else has accepted it,” adding that “as you know, Bibi, you’d have our full backing to do what you would have to do” if Hamas refused to abide by the plan.
Trump claimed that “Prime Minister Netanyahu was very open about his opposition to a Palestinian state,” adding that “although I respect and understand his position on a number of things, what he’s doing today is so beneficial for Israel.”
He noted that a number of allies have “foolishly recognized the Palestinian state,” but he believes they are doing it because they are sick of what is happening.
The White House stated in its 20-point plan that the US would start a dialogue with Israel and Palestine and that all Israeli prisoners would be released within 72 hours of Israel’s acceptance of the release.
If both parties reach an agreement, the conflict “will end right away.”
No one will be forced to leave the strip, according to the White House, and Israel won’t occupy or annex it.
A Palestinian release on Monday from the White House on Monday also calls for the end of the Israeli-Hamas militants’ hostage-taking operation and the return of all hostages, both alive and dead, within 72 hours of Israel’s announcement to make a peace plan for Gaza.
Israeli forces will end their operations in accordance with agreed-upon guidelines for the captor’s release. According to the plan, Israel will release 250 Palestinians serving life sentences and 1,700 Gazans detained after the start of the war on October 7, 2023 once all of them are freed.
One of the few hospitals in Gaza that is still operational is where a Palestinian nurse was shot in the head.
Published On 29 Sep 2025