
Lebanon has submitted a letter of protest to the United Nations and the Security Council after Israel granted US oilfield services group Halliburton an offshore drilling contract in the Mediterranean. Lebanon’s representative to the UN, Amal Mudallali, submitted the letter to both UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and the President ...

Israeli warplanes struck the Gaza strip early on Monday, for the third consecutive day, both Palestinian and Israeli media reported. Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli strikes caused material damage in the besieged enclave. Israeli media said the strikes hit four targets Gaza, noting that they were in response to ...