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Hezbollah ‘fully prepared’ for escalation as tension mounts in southern Lebanon News

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Gates Foundation CEO urges billionaires to increase philanthropic contributions in annual letter LONDON: In his annual letter published on Thursday, Mark Suzman, CEO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, urged philanthropists to increase their donations and take immediate action to address the unparalleled struggles countries face in combatting poverty, diseases, and inequality. The Gates … Read more

UN chief warns against escalation after US-UK strikes on Houthis News

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WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden took office vowing to negotiate an end to a bloody war in Yemen and to remove US troops from harm’s way.He enters his reelection year by launching strikes on the country instead, but his administration hopes calm can return.Experts say the Biden administration and Yemen’s Houthi insurgents, as well as the … Read more

EU foreign policy chief holds talks in Beirut, warns against escalation of Gaza conflict News

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BEIRUT: EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has warned that an expansion of the war in Gaza into a wider regional conflict, especially one that involves Lebanon, must be prevented. “It is imperative to avoid regional escalation in the Middle East,” he said during a press conference in Beirut on Saturday with Lebanese Foreign Minister … Read more

Macron calls on Israel to avoid escalation, ‘particularly in Lebanon’ News

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Fears of Gaza conflict spillover grow as Israel kills senior Hamas official in Beirut BEIRUT: Fears that the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza might spill over into neighboring countries grew on Tuesday when an Israeli drone strike killed Hamas’s deputy leader, Saleh Al-Arouri, in Beirut. He was among six people who died in … Read more