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At least 29 people have been killed in a new wave of Israeli attacks on Lebanon across southern Lebanon and the eastern Beqaa Valley, just a day after a ceasefire was announced.
Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon killed several people amid overnight exchanges of fire between Israeli forces and Iran-backed Hezbollah.
Switzerland continues to provide a "discreet and reliable setting" at Burgenstock to facilitate discussions on implementing a memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran, the Swiss foreign ministry said on Saturday.
Uma "grande vitória" e um "ponto central para o Líbano": foi assim que o líder do grupo xiita libanês Hezbollah, Naim Kassem, descreveu o memorando de entendimento que interrompeu os combates entre Irã e Estados Unidos.
Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., speaks with reporters before a Republican lunch at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Medical aid group Doctors Without Borders says conditions in the Nabatieh area of southern Lebanon, which is under ongoing Israeli attacks, resemble a “death trap”.
Hezbollah said its fighters confronted overnight Israeli forces as they tried to infiltrate towards strategic hills that overlook the southern city of Nabatieh.
A German journalist who was detained in Syria has been released, her family has confirmed.
Mona Khalil led decades-long effort to protect nesting site for turtles near her home in south of the country
An Israeli strike on a village near the southern city of Sidon killed at least seven people on Saturday, as Israel continued its attacks on Lebanon despite agreeing to a ceasefire a day earlier.
Dolientes cargan con los cuerpos de dos niñas palestinas, Zeina Safadi y su hermana Lana, que murieron durante un ataque nocturno israelí que dañó su casa, durante su funeral en la Ciudad de Gaza, el 20 de junio de 2026. (AP Foto/Abdel Kareem Hana)
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Social media platform X has declined to remove a post by Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir calling for the destruction of Lebanon, despite its rules prohibiting threats and incitement targeting people on the basis of ethnicity, national origin or religion.
Israeli strikes on Saturday killed five people in Gaza, including four members of the same family, according to Palestinian health officials.
Una columna de humo gris marca el sitio donde impactó un ataque del ejército israelí en el sur de Líbano, visto desde el norte de Israel, el 19 de junio de 2026. (AP Foto/Leo Correa)
Mourners carry the bodies of two Palestinian girls Zeina Safadi, and her sister Lana, who were killed during an overnight Israeli airstrike that damaged their home, during their funeral in Gaza city, Saturday, June 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
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O partido político alemão A Esquerda (Die Linke, em alemão) decidiu nesta sexta-feira (19/06) que vai classificar as ações de Israel na guerra de Gaza como genocídio, após a aprovação de uma resolução correspondente por ampla maioria.
Lebanon’s civil defence agency said that a series of Israeli attacks on the Nabatieh district in the country’s south on Saturday have killed 16 people and wounded 12 others, only a day after a ceasefire was announced.
The Israeli army said it had struck Hezbollah targets in response to overnight projectile attacks on Israeli troops stationed in Lebanese territory.
Fieles iraníes escuchan un sermón en la oración del viernes mientras uno de ellos sostiene un cartel con la imagen del líder supremo del país, el ayatolá Moytabá Jamenei, en el campus de la Universidad de Teherán, en Teherán, Irán, el 19 de junio de 2026. (AP Foto/Vahid Salemi)
Smoke rises to the sky following an Israeli military strike in southern Lebanon as seen from northern Israel, Friday, June 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Pakistan's Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi is due to meet with Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi during a visit to Tehran on Saturday, Iranian media has reported.
Several people have reportedly been killed by Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon, less than 24 hours after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah was announced.
Palestinians in war-ravaged Gaza have accused the Bank of Palestine of freezing or closing their accounts without adequate explanation, leaving them unable to access salaries, aid and personal savings.
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The Lebanese Army said on Saturday that Israel's "brutal attacks" in Lebanon are aimed at preventing the return of stability to the region.
An Israeli attack on the village of Barish in southern Lebanon killed four members of the same family, according to Lebanon's National News Agency.
Women detained in Syria's Roj camp say violence, intimidation and degrading treatment have intensified since the start of 2026, according to a recent report that raises fresh concerns over the fate of women and children still held in the country's last major detention facility for foreign nationals accused of links …
A senior Hezbollah lawmaker has ruled out a ceasefire with Israel while the Israeli army remains in Lebanese territory, warning that further aggression will be met with a response.
The Lebanese army said on Saturday that Israel had launched an attack targeting an army soldier in the country's south, in violation of the ceasefire reached a day earlier.
At least five people have been killed in Gaza after overnight Israeli strikes hit a residential area in the besieged enclave.
Palestinians in war-ravaged Gaza have accused the Bank of Palestine of freezing or closing their accounts without adequate explanation, leaving them unable to access salaries, aid and personal savings.
Lebanese marine ecologist Mona Khalil, who was severely wounded after an Israeli strike hit her home near Tyre last week, has died, according to local reports.
Emerging outlines of a deal between Washington and Tehran to end their war contain a stinging paradox: sweeteners to coax Iran into compliance may strengthen an adversarial force that the US and its Western allies consider a terrorist organization.
Supreme Court Deputy President Justice Noam Sohlberg accepted a petition filed on Friday by the Movement for Quality Government and ruled that National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir must remove a video depicting a flotilla incident from all his social media accounts.
US envoys and Iran’s foreign minister are expected in Switzerland for talks on cementing a peace deal, but more Israeli strikes in Lebanon are putting pressure on the agreement.
A new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research has found that about two-thirds of Americans continue to disapprove of President Donald Trump's handling of the war with Iran.
At least four Palestinians were killed and several others wounded in an Israeli strike on a residential apartment in Gaza City early this morning, according to medical sources cited by the Wafa news agency.
Human rights campaigners gathered in London on Friday for a panel titled "Together Against The Death Penalty", where speakers criticised Israel's death penalty law for Palestinians held in Israeli prisons.
Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi arrived in Jerusalem on Sunday for what was described as the first state visit by a leader of the territory, according to Al Jazeera.
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An Israeli air strike on a residential building in Gaza reportedly killed three Palestinians, including two children, along with their father, early on Saturday.
Iran's Army reaffirmed its readiness to defend the country's security, sovereignty and national interests in the event of any violation of the memorandum of understanding signed with the United States.
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