Israel hits apartment block in first strike on heart of Beirut
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a secular left-wing group, said three of its members were killed in Monday's strike on Beirut's Kola district.
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Indian PM Modi speaks to Israeli PM Netanyahu, says ‘terrorism has no place in our world’
PM Modi spoke to the Israeli Prime Minister as tensions in the Middle East increased following Tel Aviv’s assassination of Hezbollah Chief Hassan Nasrallah.
Filipinos in Lebanon now want exit
There are over 11,000 Filipinos, along with their dependents, in Lebanon, and 1,100 individuals have already expressed their desire to return home.
Indonesia walks out of UN general debate in protest of Israeli speech
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Rolliansyah Soemirat told The Jakarta Post on Sunday that Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi had instructed the Indonesian diplomats to do so on her…
Philippine foreign affairs department prepares for possible mass repatriation of Filipinos in Lebanon
According to the foreign affairs official, an estimated 11,000 Filipinos are still in Lebanon. Of this number, 1,247 have so far signified their intent to be brought back home.
World leaders at UN warn against ‘full-scale war’ over Lebanon
The UN General Assembly, the high point of the international diplomatic calendar, comes after Lebanese authorities said Israeli strikes had killed 558 people -- 50 of them…
Taiwan investigators widen probe into Lebanon device blasts
Questions abound over where the devices came from and how they were supplied to the militant group after hundreds of pagers and two-way radios detonated across Lebanon on Sept 17,…
Vietnam deeply concerned about Middle East situation, following explosions in Lebanon
Vietnam calls on relevant sides to exercise restraint, cease conflicts, enhance dialogue, and resolve differences through peaceful means, in accordance with international law and…
How Israel sketched out its ‘extensive plan’ of device blasts across Lebanon
Lebanese officials told Reuters Israel’s Mossad spy agency planted explosives inside 5,000 pagers imported by Hezbollah months before Tuesday’s detonations. The operation was…
‘The product wasn’t ours’: Taiwan tech firm says pagers that exploded in Lebanon made in Hungary
The company primarily exported its beepers to European and American markets, and there had been no reports of explosions related to those devices, the ministry added in a…