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Israeli drones dropped grenades near peacekeepers in south Lebanon, UN says
ByWilliam Christou in Beirut September 3, 2025

Unifil condemns ‘serious attack’ on Tuesday morning as it was clearing a road and adds that no one was hurt Israeli drones dropped four grenades near UN peacekeepers in south Lebanon, the agency’s force said on Wednesday, in what it described as “one o…

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Belgium to recognise Palestinian state at UN and sanction Israel – as it happened
ByYohannes Lowe September 2, 2025September 2, 2025

Foreign minister says move is not aimed at Israeli people but ‘ensuring their government respects international and humanitarian law’. This live blog is closedAt least 63,633 Palestinian people have been killed and 160,914 others injured in Israeli att…

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Iran accuses Europe of stepping aside and letting Trump dictate nuclear deal terms
ByPatrick Wintour in Tehran September 1, 2025

Foreign ministry says US will be dictating what happens once UN-wide sanctions are reimposedEurope is on the verge of abandoning its role of a mediator between the US and Iran and instead handing the Iran nuclear file over to Donald Trump’s veto, Iran’…

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Israel Says It Killed Abu Obeida, Spokesman for Hamas’s Armed Wing
ByAaron Boxerman August 31, 2025August 31, 2025

Hamas did not immediately comment on the Israeli military’s claim that Abu Obeida, one of the armed group’s best-known officials in the Arab world, had been killed.

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The Guardian view on the killing of Gaza’s journalists: Israel wants to stop the world from seeing what it’s doing | Editorial
ByEditorial August 31, 2025

This is the most lethal war for the media in recent times. A generation of journalists is being wiped outDay by day, the death toll rises, the war crimes mount, and the outrage grows. Last Wednesday, the pope demanded that Israel stop its “collect…

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The Guardian view on the killing of Gaza’s journalists: Israel wants to stop the world from seeing what it’s doing | Editorial
ByEditorial August 31, 2025

This is the most lethal war for the media in recent times. A generation of journalists is being wiped outDay by day, the death toll rises, the war crimes mount, and the outrage grows. Last Wednesday, the pope demanded that Israel stop its “collect…

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Houthis detain at least 11 UN workers in raids on two agencies in Sana’a
ByAssociated Press August 31, 2025August 31, 2025

UN condemns ‘arbitrary detentions’ by Iran-backed group at World Food Programme and Unicef offices in YemenThe Iranian-backed Houthis raided offices of the UN’s food, health and children’s agencies in Yemen’s capital, detaining at least 11 employees, a…

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UN human rights staff urge leadership to declare Israel’s war in Gaza a genocide
ByJason Burke International security correspondent August 29, 2025

Internal letter also calls on UN member states to suspend arms sales, saying ‘criticising Israel is not enough’Middle East crisis – live updatesHundreds of employees of the United Nations’ leading human rights agency have backed an internal letter tell…

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UN to end Lebanon peacekeeping mission next year after Israeli and US pressure
ByWilliam Christou in Beirut August 29, 2025

Unifil mandate extended but troops patrolling Lebanon-Israel border to be withdrawn in December 2026Middle East crisis – live updatesThe UN security council has voted to extend the body’s peacekeeping mission in Lebanon for a further 16 months, but ord…

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U.N. Votes to Withdraw Peacekeepers From Lebanon Over Next Two Years
ByPranav Baskar August 28, 2025August 29, 2025

With the decades-old peacekeeping mission set to expire, the U.N. Security Council chose to extend it through 2026, then gradually withdraw the forces the following year.

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