Hezbollah says will only accept ‘suitable’ truce as Israel pounds Baalbek | Israel attacks Lebanon News

Hezbollah says will only accept ‘suitable’ truce as Israel pounds Baalbek | Israel attacks Lebanon News

Hezbollah’s new leader, Naim Qassem, says that the group will keep fighting in its war with Israel until it is offered ceasefire terms it deems acceptable, as Israeli forces bombarded the ancient eastern Lebanese city of Baalbek and its outskirts following forced evacuation orders. “If the Israelis decide to stop…

Politics and starvation: Gaza learns of Israel’s decision to ban UNRWA | United Nations News

Politics and starvation: Gaza learns of Israel’s decision to ban UNRWA | United Nations News

Until this morning, 38-year-old Hussam Abu Ghaban had not heard of the Israeli Knesset’s decision to ban the UN agency responsible for his family’s welfare. Now, with the Israeli Knesset passing two bills banning the agency from Israel and choking off its ability to work in Gaza, the family does…

Heat-related deaths and diseases rising due to climate change, experts warn | Climate Crisis News

Heat-related deaths and diseases rising due to climate change, experts warn | Climate Crisis News

Climate change is raising temperatures to dangerous levels, causing more deaths and the spread of infectious diseases, while worsening drought and food security, a new report by health experts has warned. In 2023 – the hottest year on record – the average person experienced 50 more days of dangerous temperatures…

Ronaldo misses penalty as Al Nassr eliminated from Saudi King’s Cup | Football News

Ronaldo misses penalty as Al Nassr eliminated from Saudi King’s Cup | Football News

Portuguese star’s stoppage-time penalty flies over the bar and knocks over a young fan filming him from the stands. Cristiano Ronaldo missed a stoppage-time penalty and his Saudi Pro League club Al Nassr were eliminated from the King’s Cup in a 1-0 loss to Al Taawoun. The five-time Ballon D’Or…

Why is Israel banning the UN’s relief agency for Palestinians? | Israel-Palestine conflict

Why is Israel banning the UN’s relief agency for Palestinians? | Israel-Palestine conflict

Israel’s parliament passed bills that would ban UNRWA from operating in Israeli territory. Israel’s move to ban the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has provoked widespread international condemnation. A deeper catastrophe looms for millions of people, many of them already under Israeli attack. What will…

Eight wounded in new attack on UNIFIL peacekeepers in Lebanon | United Nations News

Eight wounded in new attack on UNIFIL peacekeepers in Lebanon | United Nations News

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) says eight of its peacekeepers were wounded after a rocket, likely fired by Hezbollah or an affiliated group, hit its headquarters in southern Lebanon. “A rocket hit UNIFIL’s headquarters in Naqoura, setting a vehicle workshop on fire,” the force said in a…

Israel’s UNRWA ban a ‘new level in war against UN’, Palestinian envoy says | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israel’s UNRWA ban a ‘new level in war against UN’, Palestinian envoy says | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israel’s move to ban the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) marks a “new level” in its war with the UN, the Palestinian envoy to the UN has said. The Israeli parliament or Knesset approved bills on Monday aimed at banning UNRWA from operating in Israel….

What does UNRWA do and why has Israel banned it from West Bank, Gaza? | Israel-Palestine conflict News

What does UNRWA do and why has Israel banned it from West Bank, Gaza? | Israel-Palestine conflict News

The Israeli Knesset has passed a bill banning UNRWA from operating in Israel and another that will likely scale back aid distribution across war-ravaged Gaza. UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East) supports Palestinian refugees in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, including occupied…