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Lebanon

Top commander among at least 37 dead, Hezbollah says

Hezbollah said on Saturday a second commander was killed in a deadly IDF attack on the Lebanese capital, which has left at least 37 people dead and scores wounded.

Lebanon

Israel says it killed top Hezbollah commander in Beirut airstrike

The strike on Beirut's southern Dahiya district targeted and killed Ibrahim Akil, a commander of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force, as well as 10 other Hezbollah operatives, IDF chief spokesperson said.

Hungary

Exploding pager firm owner under Hungarian protection, mother says

Cristiana Bársony-Arcidiacono's company came under scrutiny after a Taiwanese firm said it had authorised BAC Consulting to use its name on the pagers that were detonated in fatal attacks in Lebanon and Syria.

Israel

Hezbollah retaliates, firing around 150 rockets at northern Israel

Hours earlier Israeli fighter jets southern Lebanon's ravaged border area. Israel said it hit rocket launchers and military infrastructure.

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World News

Israel launches strikes on southern Lebanon as tensions spike

Meanwhile in Beirut, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah vowed "just punishment" for the two-day walkie-talkie and pager attacks, which killed more than 30, wounded thousands and was widely believed to be carried out by Israel.

Lebanon

Walkie-talkies explode across Lebanon a day after pager attack

In the Lebanese capital, multiple explosions went off during the funeral of four Hezbollah fighters who were killed the day before, sources confirmed.

Tech News

How Hezbollah pagers could have been turned into weapons

Pagers belonging to Hezbollah operatives exploded in an attack that was allegedly planned by Israel. This is how experts are speculating they could have been detonated.

Lebanon

What was Hungarian company's role in making Hezbollah pagers?

Some 2,750 people, many of them members of Hezbollah, were injured by pagers exploding almost simultaneously across Lebanon and Syria on Tuesday.

Europe News

Borrell urges Lebanon and Israel to ease tensions along their border

"We need to de-escalate military tensions and use this opportunity to urge all sides to pursue this path," said EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell during his visit to Beirut.

Radio Schuman

Gender imbalance tied to far right: Romania's new EU Commission pick

Romania's nominee for European Commissioner Roxana Mînzatu spoke hours after her nomination to Euronews, claiming there is a link between gender imbalance and the rise of far right parties.

Europe News

Cyprus and Lebanon complicit in forced return of Syrians - report

The European Union is 'bankrolling' Lebanese institutions without monitoring their compliance with fundamental rights, Human Rights Watch says.

Europe News

Top UN official warns of risk of widening war in the Middle East

With no Gaza ceasefire deal yet agreed, clashes between Israel and Hezbollah have raised the risk of all-out war in the Middle East.

Art

Palestinian artist Mirna Bamieh bridges food and art in Paris

Bamieh’s Sour Things show is the inaugural exhibition at Dubai gallery NIKA Project Space's new Paris outpost, opening 8 September.

Lebanon

Guterres calls for de-escalation of attacks between Israel and Lebanon

The UN secretary-general made his call as cross-border attacks along the unofficial line of separation intensified.

Lebanon

Strikes on Hezbollah 'not the end of the story,' Netanyahu says

The heavy exchange of fire on Sunday threatened to trigger an all-out war that could draw in the US, Iran and militant groups across the region.

Lebanon

Israel strikes south Lebanon as Hezbollah launches barrage of rockets

Israel launched a wave of airstrikes across southern Lebanon early on Sunday whilst Hezbollah fired hundreds of rockets and drones at it.

Israel

Israel has agreed to a 'bridging proposal', Blinken says

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday that Israel has agreed to a "bridging proposal" in a peace deal he's proposed.

World News

Hamas targets Tel Aviv with two rockets

The Israeli military said that two rockets were launched from the Gaza Strip, with one landing in the sea off central Israel and the other failing to enter Israeli territory.

Europe News

Iran shuns European leaders' appeal to not retaliate against Israel

Retaliation for Ismail Haniyeh's assassination in Tehran would be "a solution for stopping crimes and aggression," the Iranian president told the UK prime minister.

Europe News

France, Germany and UK urge restraint in statement on Middle East

The joint statement comes as Israeli intelligence reports that Iran could attack Israeli within days, following the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran.

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