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Pope Leo XIV sets off for Turkey, Lebanon on 1st overseas visit
Vatican City: Pope Leo XIV is embarking on his first foreign trip, a pilgrimage to Turkey and Lebanon that would be delicate under any circumstances but is even more fraught given Mideast…
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Lebanon’s most wanted drug trafficker taken into custody, authorities say
Beirut: Lebanon’s most wanted drug trafficker was arrested Thursday after years on the run, authorities said. Noah Zeiter was taken into custody during a raid near the eastern city of Baalbeck, according…
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Israeli airstrike kills 1, wounds 11 including students in southern Lebanon
Sidon: An Israeli airstrike on a car in southern Lebanon on Wednesday killed one person and wounded 11, including students aboard a nearby bus, the Health Ministry and state media said. The…
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Lebanon to file complaint against Israel over wall built on its territory
Beirut: Lebanon’s president asked the country’s foreign minister Saturday, November 16, to work on filing a complaint against Israel for building a wall inside Lebanese territory. A statement released by President Joseph…
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‘Normalisation with Israel out of the question,’ says Lebanon’s Parliament Speaker
Beirut: Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said that “normalisation with Israel is out of the question.” All the relevant parties, including Lebanon, Israel, the United States, France, and the UN, should be…
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Netanyahu vows to disarm Hamas, warns Lebanon over Hezbollah
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Sunday to disarm Hamas and demilitarise the Gaza Strip, saying his government would keep targeting remaining militant cells despite a ceasefire that took effect…
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Lebanon’s president calls for negotiations to end continued Israeli strikes
Beirut: Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun said Friday that any negotiations with Israel to halt its ongoing strikes on southern Lebanon — which have continued despite a nearly year-old US-brokered ceasefire — must…
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Israeli soldiers kill Lebanese official in border village raid
Blida: Israeli soldiers raided a municipal government building in a border village in southern Lebanon early on Thursday, October 30, and killed an employee, Lebanese state media said. The incident in the…
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At least four killed in Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon
Beirut: Four people were killed and two others wounded in separate Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon, media reported. The country’s state-run National News Agency said on Sunday, October 26, that Israeli drones…
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Israel claims killing of Hezbollah Radwan Force commander in southern Lebanon strike
Beirut: Israel said it had killed Issa Ahmad Karbala, a platoon commander in Hezbollah’s Radwan Force, in an airstrike on Ain Qana area of southern Lebanon on Wednesday morning, October 22. In…
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Some nations openly violating global norms: Rajnath
New Delhi: Some nations are “openly violating” the international rules, while many others are wanting to create their own norms and dominate the next century, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Tuesday.…
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Israel strikes missile site in eastern Lebanon, cites Hezbollah threat
Beirut: Israel’s air force carried out airstrikes Friday on eastern Lebanon, the Lebanese state-run news agency reported without giving any word on casualties. The Israeli military said it struck a site used…
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Israeli drone crashes into UN peacekeepers’ HQ in Lebanon
Beirut: An Israeli drone crashed into the headquarters of the UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon but didn’t cause any casualties, the force said in a statement Wednesday. The force, known as…
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Israeli drone strike kills 5, including 3 children, in southern Lebanon
Beirut: An Israeli drone strike in southern Lebanon killed five people Sunday, including three children, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said. Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said four of the killed, the three children as…
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Hezbollah warns of street protests as Lebanon pushes to disarm militants
Beirut: Hezbollah has warned it could mobilise supporters in the streets if Lebanon’s government moves ahead with a decision to disarm the Iran-backed group by the end of 2025, senior official Mahmoud…
