9+ hour, 10+ min ago  (943+ words) Lebanon is not aware of planned talks with Israel, an official source has said, following an announcement by US President Donald Trump that leaders of Israel and Lebanon will speak later. "We are not aware of any planned contact with…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (633+ words) Hezbollah has said the Lebanese government's decision to hold talks with Israel was "a national sin" that would widen divisions in Lebanon, underlining deep polarisation in the country as "the Iran-backed group wages war with Israel. Hezbollah politician Hassan Fadlallah…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (1060+ words) The divisions over today's talks between Israel and Lebanon were visible on the streets of Beirut before the diplomats had even taken their seats in Washington. Protesters have gathered in the capital in recent days to make their opposition clear…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (274+ words) Israeli fire has killed at least six Palestinians, including two children, in separate incidents across Gaza, local health officials said, in the latest violence to undermine the US-brokered ceasefire agreement. Four people, including a young child, were killed in a…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (914+ words) Two Indonesian peacekeepers serving with UNIFIL have been killed in southern Lebanon, bringing to three the number of Indonesian UNIFIL peacekeepers killed in southern Lebanon in the past 24 hours. According to a UNIFIL statement, an "explosion of unknown origin" destroyed…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (311+ words) The United Nations General Assembly this week voted to designate the transatlantic slave trade as "the gravest crime against humanity", in a move supporters say could advance calls for reparative justice. The resolution was adopted by 123 votes to three, with…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago  (264+ words) The Lord Mayor of Dublin has apologised to the Jewish community of Dublin and the residents of Rathgar for "the flawed manner and administrative failures" that happened regarding the process to rename Herzog Park in Rathgar in south Dublin. At…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago  (125+ words) Heathrow Airport has forecast an uncertain couple of months ahead today amid the ongoing Middle East conflict, but said the impact to global supply chains, including fuel, has not affected its operations. The UK's biggest airport handled 6. 6 million passengers in…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago  (495+ words) Blockades of fuel depots in Limerick and Galway, as well as at the country's only refinery in Cork, are leading to fuel shortages countrywide. Hundreds of service stations, mostly in the south and west of the country, have already run…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago  (789+ words) US Vice President JD Vance has said his negotiating team is leaving Pakistan after not reaching a deal "with Iran after 21 hours of negotiations. Mr Vance cited shortcomings in the talks and said Iran had chosen not to accept American…...