ISTANBUL: Over 200,000 have been displaced inside Lebanon because of Israeli airstrikes, the UN high commissioner for refugees said on Saturday. “More than 50,000 Lebanese and Syrians living in Lebanon have now crossed into Syria fleeing Israeli airstrikes,” Filippo Grandi wrote on X. “Relief operations are underway, including by UNHCR,
ISTANBUL: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas offered his condolences to Hezbollah on Saturday over the assassination of its leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was targeted in Israeli airstrikes on Beirut the previous day, Wafa news agency reported. In a statement, Abbas ‘extended his heartfelt sympathies to the Lebanese government and the brotherly
ISTANBUL: Turkish parliament speaker Numan Kurtulmus condemned on Saturday the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah, who was targeted in an Israeli air attack the previous day. “The assassination of Lebanese religious leader and Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Hasan Nasrallah, by Israel is a grave consequence of the long-standing policies of
The European Researchers’ Night held on Friday in Nicosia under the theme “Mission Possible” offered a unique experience of research and innovation to thousands of visitors, a press relase said. Organized by the Cyprus Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF), the event took place at the State Fair, drawing attendees of
ISTANBUL: A senior commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards was killed in Friday’s Israeli air attack on Beirut, state news agency IRNA reported on Saturday. Brigadier Gen. Abbas Nilforoushan was killed alongside Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, the agency said. Nilforoushan is said to have served as the deputy commander of the
Cyprus Deputy Minister for European Affairs, Marilena Raouna, highlighted on Saturday the need for national, regional and supranational cooperation to tackle climate change, noting that the options made today will shape the lives of the generations to come. She was addressing an international conference on climate change in the ‘Eastern
