The Israeli military reported an incident in southern Lebanon on Wednesday, hours after the ceasefire with the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia came into force. In a statement, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that soldiers had identified a vehicle with several suspects in a zone prohibited for movement in Lebanese territory. “IDF troops fired to prevent…
Lebanese House Speaker Nabih Berri on Wednesday called on displaced Lebanese to return to their homes across the country, after the ceasefire between Israel and the pro-Iranian Shiite Hezbollah militia came into force. “We thank the displaced and the people who have welcomed them with compassion and solidarity,” Berri, a Hezbollah ally, said in a…
Turkey welcomes the ceasefire in Lebanon between Israel and the Hezbollah militia, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said in the capital Ankara on Wednesday. Erdoğan separately called for an end to the fighting in the Gaza Strip. All parties, especially Israel, must now comply with their obligations, Erdoğan said in a speech to his parliamentary…
The Office of Deputy Minister of Interior for Counter-Narcotics on Wednesday announced that at least 450 individuals who were drug users have made a full recovery and rejoined their families. In a statement, the office said the drug users returned home after receiving treatment at a rehabilitation center in Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan. The statement…
Clean-up operations began in Beirut on Wednesday hours after the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect. Acting Public Works Minister Ali Hamie said construction was underway to reopen roads from the centre of the Lebanese capital to the southern suburbs. Eyewitnesses said excavators and clearing vehicles were already at work removing rubble in the…
As truce talks intensified, exchanges of cross-border fire between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah have also increased, with Israel reporting around 250 projectiles launched at its territory on Sunday alone. Israel’s security cabinet was due to meet Tuesday to vote on a proposed ceasefire in its war with Hezbollah in Lebanon, an official said, while…
There were no reports of injuries in the incident, in a remote area of Kagoshima in southern Japan, where a solid-fuel Epsilon S rocket was being tested. A huge fire erupted Tuesday at a Japanese rocket testing station, sending flames and smoke soaring into the sky, in the latest mishap for the country’s ambitious space…
London and Moscow have expelled several of each other’s diplomats on spying allegations in recent years. Russia said on Tuesday it was expelling a British diplomat who it accused of espionage and summoned London’s ambassador to the foreign ministry in Moscow. The FSB security service said the diplomat appeared to have carried out “intelligence and…
Both Moscow and Kyiv have accused each other’s armies of committing atrocities since Russian forces launched their full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Kyiv said on Tuesday that Russian forces had shot dead five Ukrainian servicemen who had surrendered in the eastern Donetsk region, building on previous war crimes allegations levied against Moscow. Both…
President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja on Wednesday to begin a state visit to France in honour of an invitation from President Emmanuel Macron. Special Adviser to the President on Information & Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Onanuga said Tinubu’s three-day visit would focus on strengthening…
