Hezbollah marks one year since Israel killed then-chief Hassan Nasrallah

One year after Israel killed Hassan Nasrallah, a weakened Hezbollah begins to regroup

• 1:09 PM

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A year after Israeli bunker-busting bombs killed Hezbollah’s charismatic leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut’s southern suburbs, the Lebanese government is working to disarm the Shiite militant group while Israel says its power has been decimated. But many

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Hezbollah marks one year since Israel killed then-chief Hassan Nasrallah

• 11:08 AM

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Lebanese armed group Hezbollah on Saturday will commemorate one year since its then-chief Hassan Nasrallah was killed by Israel, the opening salvo of a war that ultimately battered his once-powerful group and left swathes of Lebanon in ruins. Story by Pe

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MSF suspends Gaza City activity due to Israeli offensive

• 11:05 AM

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Medical charity Doctors without Borders (MSF) said Friday it had been forced to suspend its work in Gaza City because of the ongoing Israeli offensive there. The statement came after the Israeli military pressed its offensive against Palestinian Islamist

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UN adds 68 companies to blacklist for alleged complicity in rights violations in Israeli settlements

• 9:16 AM

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The United Nations has added nearly 70 more companies to a blacklist of firms from 11 countries that it says are complicit in violating Palestinian human rights through their business ties to Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. Story by Nichol

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Netanyahu condemns support for Palestinian state at UN after scores walk out

• 8:56 AM

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sharply denounced Western countries on Friday for embracing Palestinian statehood, accusing them of sending the message that "murdering Jews pays off." Speaking at the U.N. General Assembly, the Israeli leader pu

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The Iranian population braces as the UN restores sanctions

• 8:53 AM

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As Iran's ailing economy braces for the reimposition of United Nations sanctions over its nuclear program, it is ordinary people who increasingly find themselves priced out of the food they need to survive and worried about their futures. Details by FRAN

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UN restores sanctions on Iran as nuclear diplomacy fades

• 8:37 AM

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Iran set to come under sweeping UN sanctions for the first time in a decade – barring an unexpected last-minute breakthrough – after nuclear talks with the West floundered. Story by Peter O'Brien.

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Transactional loyalties: Netanyahu, Trump, and the war for power, influence & relevance

• 6:32 AM

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Benjamin Netanyahu seeks to cast himself as an international statesman. He crafts arguments in English and Hebrew, keenly aware that persuasion is a power unto itself. Then there's Donald Trump: unpredictable, even volatile, driven by a self-serving tran

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Iran recalls French, German and UK ambassadors ahead of fresh UN sanctions

• 6:10 AM

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Iran on Saturday recalled its ambassadors to France, Germany and the United Kingdom after the three nations pushed for “snapback” sanctions to be reimposed on Iran over its refusal to cooperate with the IAEA nuclear watchdog. The measure will freeze Iran

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Lebanon: A year after losing its longtime leader Nasrallah, Hezbollah is beginning to regroup

• 12:27 AM

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Hezbollah suffered one blow after another during its most recent war with Israel, culminating in the killing of the militant group's longtime leader, Hassan Nasrallah, in massive Israeli airstrikes on a Beirut suburb. The group was weakened militarily an

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