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The far-right Freedom Party finished first in the Austrian general election, early projections show. Led by Herbert Kickl, a former interior minister who was dismissed over the country’s Ibiza scandal, the party is projected to finish first on 29.1% of the vote, according to election researchers Arge Wahlen for PULS 24 TV. They are projected

Following the death of Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah, speculation has already begun about who will replace him. Nasrallah, 64, had been at the helm of the militant Lebanese group for 32 years. His cousin Hashem Safieddine is among the frontrunners to take over. Nasrallah’s younger cousin was born in the southern Lebanese village of Deir

Israeli defence minister Yoav Gallant has held talks over the possibility of expanding Israel’s military offensive – as tanks were pictured on the country’s border with Lebanon. In a statement on Saturday, Mr Gallant’s office said he was conducting “an operational situation assessment” regarding what it called “the expansion of IDF (Israel Defence Forces) activities

The pictures from Beirut are unnerving to stay the least, the predictions for the immediate future even more so. With the dust still settling from this game-changing assassination of Hassan Nasrallah, there are pressing questions crying out for answers. Most of all, is the Middle East about to erupt into a regional conflict that threatens

The leader of Hezbollah is dead. This is a very big moment, not just in this conflict but for the future of the Middle East. In 2006, the last Lebanon War, Israel tried and failed to kill him. Last night, in a huge series of strikes on southern Beirut, they finally hit their target. Read

A Swiss teenage cyclist with “a bright future ahead of her” has died a day after suffering a serious head injury at the world championships. Muriel Furrer crashed while competing on rain-slicked roads in the junior women’s road race in her home country. The 18-year-old rider fell heavily on Thursday in a forest area south

Benjamin Netanyahu loves the platform of the United Nations but the UN doesn’t love him. As he entered, hundreds of diplomats left. He delivered his speech to a chamber more than half empty. Mr Netanyahu claimed he was not initially going to attend, but was compelled to by the “lies and slanders” he heard from

After a week of air strikes in the neighbourhood of Dahieh, the shock of an explosion is rarely followed by surprise.  When we arrived in this densely populated part of southern Beirut, the street was filled with glass and rubble and weary-looking faces. This is the fourth time in a week that this area has

There seemed little sign of any let-up in the Israeli bombardment of Lebanon with a spray of early morning strikes in the south. There were others in the eastern Bekaa Valley and northeast of the capital, Beirut. While we were in the hills of Mount Lebanon region in the southwest of the country, there were

The UN’s highest body has heard the direst warning yet about the escalating situation in Lebanon. Addressing an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres was not mincing his words: “Madam President, excellencies. Hell is breaking loose in Lebanon. As I told the General Assembly yesterday, we should all be

An Israeli military chief has told his troops that airstrikes in Lebanon are preparing the way for a “possible” ground assault designed to “degrade” Hezbollah, bringing the region closer to all-out war. While the Lebanese militant group, which is backed by Iran and an ally of Hamas, has been involved in a constant tit-for-tat with

As night draws across the eastern front medical teams wait nervously behind the frontline. They know it will be a busy night – every night is busy these days as Russia intensifies its attacks in the Donbas. The chief medic, Yaroslav, takes the first call of the shift. His face is filled with concern as

Lebanon will be in a “very difficult place” if Hezbollah “gambles more” in a conflict with Israel, a Lebanese government minister has told Sky News. Israeli airstrikes since early on Monday have killed 564 people, including 50 children and 94 women, and left another 1,835 people wounded in Lebanon, its health ministry has said. Israel

Lebanon has endured a terrifying day with 80,000 people receiving Israeli phone messages telling civilians to leave their homes, two Israeli airstrikes in the capital and hundreds more in southern towns which continued through the night, It’s Lebanon‘s worst day of deaths in conflict since the end of its civil war in 1990, with children,

At least 274 people have been killed in Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon – including 21 children – according to the country’s health minister. Israel attacked hundreds of Hezbollah targets on Monday in Lebanon‘s deadliest day since 7 October, with 39 women also reported killed and 1,024 people wounded. After Hezbollah was rocked by pager and

Hezbollah’s deputy chief signalled the group had entered a “new phase” in its battle with Israel as thousands gathered in Beirut for the funeral of a key commander killed in an airstrike on Friday. The militant group’s second in command, Naim Qassem, vowed to press on with greater intensity with rocket attacks into northern Israel

At least 31 people have been killed and 16 are injured after a methane leak sparked an explosion at a coal mine in eastern Iran, state media reports. Another 17 miners are still unaccounted for after the explosion struck a mine in Tabas, some 335 miles southeast of the capital, Tehran, late on Saturday. Local

A fire has ripped through a Russian missile depot in the Tver region deep inside the country after it was targeted in a Ukrainian drone attack, the defence ministry in Moscow has said. Footage shows a second Ukrainian drone attack on the southwestern Russian region of Krasnodar also triggered a fire and caused a series

At least 44 people have been killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanon and Gaza in the last 24 hours.  A strike on the Lebanese capital Beirut killed at least 31 people including three children and seven women, the country’s health minister Firas Abiad said. Fifteen of the 68 wounded in the attack remain in hospital.

The Israeli airstrike in the southern suburbs of Beirut came as the Lebanese caretaker government was having an emergency meeting to discuss the previous two days of pager and radio explosions. It caused yet more shock in a nation which considers itself battle-hardened after years of strife, disaster and wars. But Lebanon has been truly