Top Lebanese officials said Monday they want to prevent the country, which is still recovering from the recent Israel-Hezbollah war, from being dragged into the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran.

Israel decimated the group’s leadership last fall and degraded its military capabilities. Can the same strategy work against a far more powerful foe?

Israel's attack on Iran lifted the dollar ahead of the weekend, but it barely rose above the previous session's high.

The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah was long considered Iran’s first line of defense in case of a war with Israel.

Donald Trump said late on Monday his early departure from the Group of Seven nations summit has "nothing to do with" working on a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, denying comments by French President Emmanuel Macron who said the U.

President Donald Trump abruptly announced that he would leave the G7 summit a day early and return to Washington shortly after posting an ominous social media message that appeared to suggest more carnage in Iran.

Oil prices rebounded on Tuesday morning in Asia after US President Donald Trump called for the immediate evacuation of Tehran. Brent crude futures, the international oil benchmark, rose 1.8 per cent to $74.