UNIFIL spokesperson Andrea Tenenti, told NNA on Wednesday that the UN force is closely monitoring developments in Lebanon and the broad region. In this context, Tenenti stressed the importance of ensuring security and stability along the Blue Line, saying UNIFIL is keenly working with the parties on the ground to ... Read More »
House Speaker, Nabih Berri, said on Wednesday that Lebanon’s unanimous stand on condemning the Israeli offensive against Lebanon was one of the first signs of victory at the level of national unity.House Speaker, Nabih Berri, said on Wednesday that Lebanon’s unanimous stand on condemning the Israeli offensive against Lebanon was ... Read More »
President Michel Aoun says Lebanon has the right to defend territorial integrity after drones crash in Beirut. Lebanon’s president has said an Israeli drone attack on Beirut at the weekend was a “declaration of war” that justified a military response. “What happened is a declaration of war,” Michel Aoun told ... Read More »
Iran is not seeking to increase tension but every country should be able to enjoy its rights under international law, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday. Zarif made the comment in Yokohama, near Tokyo, at the beginning of a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. “As our ... Read More »
Moscow aiming to win influence by wooing African states with nuclear energy Russia is attempting to gain influence in Africa and earn billions of pounds by selling developing nations nuclear technology that critics say is unsuitable and unlikely to benefit the continent’s poorest people. Representatives of Rosatom, the Russian ... Read More »
In the wake of violent clashes in Hong Kong on Sunday, during which a live gunshot was fired for the first time since protests began in early June, Chinese state media used its harshest rhetoric yet to condemn the unrest and warned that Beijing could soon intervene. The 12th ... Read More »
An Israeli aircraft fired two rockets at a Palestinian guerrilla base in east Lebanon early Monday, Hezbollah’s al-Manar TV reported. The station said the predawn attack targeted a base for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command (PFLP-GC) in the Bekaa Valley village of Qousaya, near ... Read More »
South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Monday Japan’s reported accusations that South Korea had exported banned goods to North Korea posed a “grave challenge” amid a growing dispute over Japanese export curbs. Japan has tightened restrictions on the export of three materials used in high-tech equipment, citing “inadequate management” ... Read More »
Macron rules out renegotiating Brexit deal, as French see no deal as ‘most likely outcome’ Angela Merkel has challenged Boris Johnson to come up with a solution to avert a no-deal Brexit “in the next 30 days”, putting responsibility for stopping the UK crashing out of the EU firmly ... Read More »
Indonesia’s information ministry says ‘temporary’ shutdown is meant ‘to accelerate government effort to ‘restore order’. Indonesia has blocked internet access in West Papua, in a move that followed the government deployment of additional military and police personnel to the region to help to quell ongoing protests and secure vital public ... Read More »
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