ISTANBUL: Norway’s Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide emphasized Saturday the urgent need to uphold international law amid escalating global tensions. “For the first time in 79 years, we have a major interstate war in Europe,” Eide said in an address to the UN General Debate in New York as he

Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the British Bases in Akrotiri, Cyprus, on Sunday, calling for an end to Israeli airstrikes in Gaza and southern Lebanon, and demanding the withdrawal of British military bases from Cyprus. During the demonstration, organized by the Cyprus Peace Council and supported by various political parties

Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said on Sunday that he is being constantly briefed on the evolution od the situation in Lebanon where the Italian military is not under immediate threat, although the situation is “extremely delicate”. “UNIFIL is not the objective of attacks, even if the increased level and intensity

ISTANBUL: Pope Francis on Sunday said Israel’s attacks in Gaza and Lebanon are “immoral” and “disproportionate.” During his flight back from a four-day trip to Luxembourg and Belgium, the pope was asked about Israel’s targeted killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Friday’s strike on Beirut, which led to many

ANKARA: The Israeli army claimed Sunday to have killed another Hezbollah commander in an airstrike in the southern suburb of Beirut. A military statement said Nabil Qaouk was killed in a strike on Saturday, describing him as the head of Hezbollah’s preventive security unit. The Israeli army accused Qaouk of

ISTANBUL: Here is a rundown of all the news you need to start your Sunday, including Hezbollah confirming “martyrdom” of Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli airstrike; the US president saying Nasrallah’s killing was a “measure of justice,” and reiterating support for Israel and a profile of Hashem Safieddine, the potential