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UNICEF raises alarm over escalating tensions after 24 children killed in Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon

Morning Briefing: Sept. 24, 2024

EgyptAir cancels Beirut flights amid Israeli-Lebanon tensions

UN chief discusses Gaza, Lebanon and Yemen in meeting with Iranian president

Commission on Ukraine documents new cases of Russian authorities' torture against civilians, PoWs

Chile’s foreign minister sees Türkiye as key player in Middle East amid escalation

Switzerland warns its citizens against non-essential travel to Israel, Lebanon

Qatar, Saudi Arabia say Israel poses threat to regional security, asks global community to act swiftly

UN refugee agency chief calls escalating crisis in Lebanon 'frightening'

Somalia receives shipment of military aid from Egypt amid tensions with breakaway territory

Greek railway unions call for strike to protest insufficient security procedures

India records case of fast-spreading variant of mpox

Canada asks citizens in Lebanon to ‘return home immediately’ amid Israeli escalation

UPDATE - Hezbollah's top commander was target of airstrikes in southern Beirut, Israeli media claims

UPDATE - Death toll from Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon nears 500

Türkiye ready to take steps that will benefit both itself and Germany: President Erdogan

Iraq calls for urgent Arab leaders meeting in New York to discuss Israeli aggression against Lebanon

Palestinian president urges ICC prosecutor to expedite probe into Israel's war crimes

UPDATE - Jordan, Egypt urge UN Security Council to curb Israeli aggression in Lebanon

Norwegian NGO 'urgently appeals' for de-escalation of Israeli attacks in Lebanon

Turkish envoy, Libya's interior minister discuss security cooperation

Türkiye's call for UN reform displayed across streets of New York City

Blinken, Iraqi prime minister discuss regional escalation, economy in New York

Death toll from Monday's Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon surges to 356

Hungary warns of risk of World War III if war in Europe continues

UN officials demand 'end to appalling human suffering and humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza'

UN chief warns of 'gender-based discrimination and oppression' in Afghanistan

Jordan urges UN Security Council to curb Israeli aggression on Lebanon

State of emergency declared in Israel until Sept. 30 amid Israeli escalation against Lebanon

UN 'extremely concerned' over Israel's raid and shutdown of Al Jazeera office in West Bank

Israeli media claims army airstrikes on southern Beirut targeted top commander in Hezbollah

Over 1,000 migrants arrived on Italy's southern coast over weekend: Report

UN chief 'alarmed' by escalating tensions between Israel and Lebanon

Muslim scholar calls for collective action against Israel

UPDATE- 4 migrants die when boat capsizes off Greek island of Samos

UNIFIL warns of 'devastating consequences' for region in case of further escalation in southern Lebanon

Russian cosmonauts return to Earth after record stay at International Space Station

Israeli army claims it struck 800 Hezbollah targets in southern, eastern Lebanon

Netanyahu vows to change ‘balance of power’ with Hezbollah as Israel unleashes heaviest strikes on Lebanon

Hundreds of school staff strike for equal pay in UK's Birmingham

UPDATE 5 - Over 270 killed, hundreds injured in extensive Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon

Türkiye to submit evidence to international courts on killing of Turkish American activist by Israel to international courts

Speech by UK Treasury chief interrupted by protesters over Gaza, climate change

Nurses reject UK government's 5.5% pay rise offer

South Sudan lawyers challenge extension of transitional period and election delay

UPDATE 4 - Over 180 killed, hundreds injured in extensive Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon

Russia says 56 killed since start of Ukraine's incursion into Kursk region

China’s Xi pledges more Belt and Road cooperation with Sri Lanka under new leader