Today: October 05, 2024
Today: October 05, 2024

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Lebanon's health care system in tatters but still preparing for a possible wider war with Israel

Lebanon’s health care system has been battered by multiple crisis but is now preparing for the possibility of a devastating wider conflict with Israel

Lebanon's health care system in tatters but still preparing for a possible wider war with Israel
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Its economy and infrastructure battered, can Lebanon afford a war with Israel?

The ferocious exchange of fire by Hezbollah and the Israeli military is raising fears of a regional war beyond the tense border

Its economy and infrastructure battered, can Lebanon afford a war with Israel?
MidEast|News|World

What is Hezbollah, the group battling Israel in Lebanon?

After almost a year of trading fire, Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah are now engaged in ferocious confrontations that threaten to turn into a full-blown war

What is Hezbollah, the group battling Israel in Lebanon?
MidEast|News|Political|World

What is the 2006 UN resolution that some hope could help to end the Israel-Hezbollah conflict?

In 2006, after a bruising monthlong war between Israel and Lebanon’s powerful Hezbollah militant group, the United Nations Security Council unanimously voted for a resolution to end the conflict and pave the way for lasting security along the border

What is the 2006 UN resolution that some hope could help to end the Israel-Hezbollah conflict?
Business|Crime|Finance

Former Lebanese central bank governor charged with embezzling $42m in ongoing corruption probe

Three judicial officials have told the Associated Press that Lebanon has charged its embattled former central bank governor with the embezzlement of $42 million

Former Lebanese central bank governor charged with embezzling $42m in ongoing corruption probe
Business|Crime|Finance

Former Lebanese central bank governor charged with embezzling $42m in ongoing corruption probe

Three judicial officials have told the Associated Press that Lebanon has charged its embattled former central bank governor with the embezzlement of $42 million

Former Lebanese central bank governor charged with embezzling $42m in ongoing corruption probe
Business|Crime|Finance

Former Lebanese central bank governor charged with embezzling $42m in ongoing corruption probe

Three judicial officials have told the Associated Press that Lebanon has charged its embattled former central bank governor with the embezzlement of $42 million

Former Lebanese central bank governor charged with embezzling $42m in ongoing corruption probe
Business|Crime|Economy|Finance|World

Lebanon's former central bank governor detained in corruption probe

Officials say Lebanon’s controversial former central bank governor has been detained after being questioned in several corruption cases

Lebanon's former central bank governor detained in corruption probe
Business|Crime|Economy|Finance|World

Lebanon's former central bank governor detained in corruption probe

Officials say Lebanon’s controversial former central bank governor has been detained after being questioned in several corruption cases

Lebanon's former central bank governor detained in corruption probe
Business|Crime|Economy|Finance|World

Lebanon's former central bank governor detained in corruption probe

Officials say Lebanon’s controversial former central bank governor has been detained after being questioned in several corruption cases

Lebanon's former central bank governor detained in corruption probe
News|Political

Hezbollah fires over 200 rockets into Israel after killing of senior commander

The Lebanese Hezbollah group says it has launched over 200 rockets at several military bases in Israel in retaliation for a strike that killed one of its senior commanders

Hezbollah fires over 200 rockets into Israel after killing of senior commander
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Israeli strike kills another senior Hezbollah commander as diplomats scramble for calm in Lebanon

An Israeli strike in southern Lebanon has killed a senior Hezbollah commander as tensions continue to boil

Israeli strike kills another senior Hezbollah commander as diplomats scramble for calm in Lebanon
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What is Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed group that could go to all-out war against Israel?

Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah are threatening all-out war

What is Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed group that could go to all-out war against Israel?
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Rights group accuses Israel of hitting residential buildings with white phosphorous in Lebanon

A global human rights group accused Israel of using white phosphorus incendiary shells on residential buildings in at least five towns and villages in conflict-hit southern Lebanon, possibly harming civilians and violating international law, in a report published Wednesday

Rights group accuses Israel of hitting residential buildings with white phosphorous in Lebanon
Economy|News|World

Donor fatigue persists as nations commit around $8.1 billion for conflict-hit Syrians

International donors meeting in Brussels say they will commit 7.5 billion euros, about $8.1 billion, in both grants and loans to support Syrians battered by war, poverty, and hunger for the rest of this year and beyond

Donor fatigue persists as nations commit around $8.1 billion for conflict-hit Syrians
News|Political|World

The shadow war between Iran and Israel has been exposed. What happens next?

Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel marks a change in approach for Tehran, which had relied on proxies across the Middle East since the start of the Israel-Hamas war in October

The shadow war between Iran and Israel has been exposed. What happens next?
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An Israeli airstrike in Syria kills a high-ranking Iranian general

Iranian state media say that an Israeli airstrike in a Damascus neighborhood has killed a high-ranking Iranian general

An Israeli airstrike in Syria kills a high-ranking Iranian general
Environment|News|Political|Science|World

Lebanon's Christians feel the heat of climate change in its sacred forest and valley

For Lebanon’s Christians, the cedars are sacred, these tough evergreen trees that survive the mountain’s harsh snowy winters

Lebanon's Christians feel the heat of climate change in its sacred forest and valley
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The World Food Program will end its main assistance program in Syria in January, affecting millions

The U.N. World Food Program says it will end in January its main assistance program across war-torn Syria, where over 12 million people lack regular access to sufficient food

The World Food Program will end its main assistance program in Syria in January, affecting millions
News|World

How Lebanon's Hezbollah group became a critical player in the Israel-Hamas war

The Lebanese militia Hezbollah has traded fire with Israeli troops along the border since the day after Hamas’ Oct. 7 surprise attack in southern Israel sparked war in the Gaza Strip

How Lebanon's Hezbollah group became a critical player in the Israel-Hamas war
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Amnesty International says Israeli forces wounded Lebanese civilians with white phosphorus

The human rights group Amnesty International says civilians in southern Lebanon were injured this month when Israeli forces hit a border village with shells containing white phosphorus

Amnesty International says Israeli forces wounded Lebanese civilians with white phosphorus
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Leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah holds talks with senior Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad figures

The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group has met with top Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad officials

Leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah holds talks with senior Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad figures
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Lebanese PM visits troops at border with Israel while Saudi Arabia evacuates families of diplomats

Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister has visited troops deployed near the border with Israel, and Saudi Arabia is evacuating families of diplomatic staff because of clashes between Hezbollah militants and Israeli troops

Lebanese PM visits troops at border with Israel while Saudi Arabia evacuates families of diplomats
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Hezbollah and Israel exchange fire and warnings of a widened war

Hezbollah has announced the deaths of five more militants as clashes along the Lebanon-Israel border intensify

Hezbollah and Israel exchange fire and warnings of a widened war
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Protesters in Lebanon decrying Gaza hospital blast clash with security forces near U.S. Embassy

Hundreds of protesters have clashed with Lebanese security forces in the Beirut suburb of Aukar near the United States Embassy

Protesters in Lebanon decrying Gaza hospital blast clash with security forces near U.S. Embassy

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