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South Lebanon: UN force sounds alarm over Israeli ‘destruction’
The United Nations' peacekeeping force in Lebanon yesterday expressed concern at the "continuing" damage done by Israeli forces in the country's south despite a ceasefire in the war with Hezbollah.
The truce went into effect on…
S Korea political crisis: Opposition moves to impeach acting president
South Korea's opposition said yesterday it filed an impeachment motion against acting president Han Duck-soo, in an escalating row over the composition of the Constitutional Court which would decide whether to remove his predecessor from…
Putin ‘inhumane’
Russia attacked Ukraine's energy system and some cities with cruise and ballistic missiles plus drones yesterday in an "inhuman" Christmas Day assault, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
Nearly three years into the war, the…
Israel acknowledges it killed ex-Hamas leader Haniyeh in Tehran
Defence Minister Israel Katz on Monday acknowledged that Israel had killed former Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran earlier this year, as he warned the military would "decapitate" the leadership of Yemen's Huthi rebels.
"We will…
Royals attend Christmas Day service at Sandringham
The King and Queen have arrived at a Christmas Day church service in Sandringham, with the Prince and Princess of Wales and other royals by their side.
Excited crowds, who had been gathered for hours, watched on as the monarch and his…
Met Office forecasts a ‘green Christmas’ in the UK
People across much of the UK should be safe to leave their winter layers and umbrellas at home on Christmas Day, as a run of unseasonably mild weather continues.
Highs of between 11C and 13C are forecast, lower than the warmest Christmas…
Joe Biden commutes sentences of 37 death row inmates
US President Joe Biden yesterday commuted the sentences for 37 out of 40 federal inmates on death row, converting them to life in prison without parole before he hands over power to President-elect Donald Trump on Jan. 20.
Biden's move…
Israel acknowledges it killed ex-Hamas leader Haniyeh in Tehran
Defence Minister Israel Katz on Monday acknowledged that Israel had killed former Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran earlier this year, as he warned the military would "decapitate" the leadership of Yemen's Huthi rebels.
"We will…
NORTH GAZA GOVERNORATE Only 12 trucks delivered food, water since Oct
Just 12 trucks distributed food and water in northern Gaza in two-and-a-half months, aid group Oxfam said on Sunday, raising the alarm over the worsening humanitarian situation in the besieged territory.
"Of the meager 34 trucks of…
Joe Biden commutes sentences of 37 death row inmates
US President Joe Biden yesterday commuted the sentences for 37 out of 40 federal inmates on death row, converting them to life in prison without parole before he hands over power to President-elect Donald Trump on Jan. 20.
Biden's move…