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At least 70 people have been killed in a gang massacre in Haiti, the UN has said. Armed gunmen belonging to the Gran Grif gang passed through the town of Pont-Sonde with automatic rifles, shooting at residents on Thursday, according to the United Nations’ Human Rights Office. “We are horrified by Thursday’s gang attacks in

At least 18 Palestinians are said to have died in an Israeli attack in the West Bank – as airstrikes in Lebanon continued with large blasts seen near Beirut airport. The Hamas-run health ministry said Thursday’s deaths occurred in the Tulkarm refugee camp. In a post on X, Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa called it

Five people have been killed and at least eight injured in an airstrike in Beirut, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry. The building, in the Bachoura area of the capital, is close to Lebanon‘s parliament and the United Nations headquarters. Officials said two people died immediately after the strike, while three others died later. It

Doctors at one of the biggest hospitals in southern Lebanon say they’re scared for their lives after a string of nearby attacks within a few days. Half of the staff have already left. The others have moved into the building and have been living at the hospital for the past ten days. “You know, it’s

Children’s toys are still scattered around, half buried in the rubble. A wedding picture hanging on the wall shows a bride bending over backwards in her groom’s arms. Baby photographs still hang on the stone wall. “We’ve lost everything,” Mohammad tells us. “This is collective punishment.” Image: Mohammad in the remains of the damaged building

It took a moment to understand what we were seeing as streaks of orange crossed the sky above out heads to be met with balls of fire drifting up in the opposite direction. This was Iran’s missile barrage against Israel, and Israeli air defences fighting back. Standing close to the Israeli border with Syria, our

Despite mounting calls from allies to cease fire, Israel’s march across its border into Lebanon felt like the inevitable next step after days of punishing air strikes.  The military has described its operation against Hezbollah as “limited, localised and targeted”. Israeli forces will surely want to avoid a full-scale invasion given their last ground war

Israel’s military forces have crossed the border into southern Lebanon to conduct what it described as “limited, localised and targeted raids” against Hezbollah. The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) says it is targeting Hezbollah locations in the border area of southern Lebanon which “pose an immediate threat to Israeli communities in northern Israel”, including stockpiles and

Israel’s military forces have crossed the border into southern Lebanon to conduct what it described as “limited, localised and targeted raids” against Hezbollah. The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) says it is targeting Hezbollah locations in the border area of southern Lebanon which “pose an immediate threat to Israeli communities in northern Israel”, including stockpiles and

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