Thousands march for Gaza, Lebanon ceasefire
Tens of thousands of protesters marched in cities around the world over the weekend calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon as the war in the Palestinian territory neared the one-year mark...
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Protesters march cities around world for Gaza, Lebanon ceasefire
Tens of thousands of protesters marched in cities around the world over the weekend calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon as the war in the Palestinian territory neared the one-year mark...
UN says Lebanon peacekeepers 鈥榬emain in all positions鈥�
The United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon said Saturday it would not leave positions in the south despite what it said was an Israeli request to 鈥榬elocate鈥�.
Emirates bans pagers onboard after Lebanon blasts
Dubai-based airline Emirates has banned pagers and walkie-talkies onboard its planes following sabotage attacks in Lebanon, and extended flight cancellations for Middle East destinations due to regional escalation...
Why Israel gets away with murder in Gaza and Lebanon
THE official Israeli army version of why it has targeted civilian areas during the intense and deadly bombardment of September 20 in south Lebanon is that the Lebanese are hiding long-range missile launchers in their own homes...
Israel, Hezbollah in deadly battles on Lebanon border
Israel鈥檚 military said Thursday it had hit Hezbollah鈥檚 intelligence headquarters in the Lebanese capital, as troops battled militants near the border and warplanes bombarded their...
LDA demands expulsion of Israel from UN
Leaders of the Left Democratic Alliance, a combine of six left political parties, on Wednesday at rally in Dhaka demanded the expulsion of Israel from United Nation for its atrocities in Palestine and Lebanon...
Israel, Hezbollah in deadly fighting on Lebanon border
Israeli forces battled Hezbollah militants in Lebanon on Wednesday, with Israel announcing the first death of a soldier since it launched cross-border raids...
Mission in Lebanon should employ all means to help migrants
ISRAEL鈥橲 invasion of southern Lebanon, reportedly targeting Hezbollah which has a significant presence in both the Lebanese parliament and the government, has left about 1,000 civilians dead. And, Israel鈥檚 attacks have forced a good number of Bangladeshis who work as migrant workers mostly in apparel factories, hotels, hospitals and households...
Bangladeshis pass days under open sky in Lebanon
A good number of Bangladeshi migrants have been passing days under the open sky without food and basic facilities in Lebanon while Israel announces land attacks on the...
Israel ground forces raid聽south Lebanon
The Israeli military said on Tuesday its ground troops had carried out raids against Hezbollah in south Lebanon and mobilised more forces, despite calls for de-escalation after...
Hezbollah vows to keep fighting Israel after Nasrallah killing
Hezbollah vowed on Monday to keep fighting Israel and said it was ready to face any ground operation into Lebanon, after its leader was killed in an air strike that dealt the group a seismic blow...
Several Bangladeshis missing, hurt in Lebanon
Several Bangladesh nationals living in Lebanon reportedly remained missing while many others became injured as Israel continued attacks on the East Asian country...
Panic grips Bangladesh nationals聽in Lebanon
Panic grips Bangladesh nationals living in Lebanon as Israel continued attacks on the country that killed hundreds of people and compelled millions to flee their homes amid air strikes that were...
SPB calls for stopping Israeli attacks on Lebanon
Leaders of the Socialist Party of Bangladesh on Saturday at a protest rally in Dhaka called on the world community to be vocal against Israeli attacks on Lebanon and stop killing Lebanese people...
Israel kills Hezbollah chief in Beirut
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah has been killed, the Lebanese movement said Saturday, dealing a seismic blow to the Iran-backed group that has been engaged in a year of...
Israel, Hezbollah exchange fire after truce bid fails
Israel and Hezbollah traded fire Friday after the United States and its allies failed to secure a halt in clashes that have killed more than 700 people in Lebanon this week.
Israel vows to keep fighting Hezbollah 鈥榰ntil victory鈥�
Israel flatly rejected on Thursday a push led by key backer the United States for a 21-day ceasefire in Lebanon, as it vowed to keep fighting Hezbollah militants 鈥榰ntil victory鈥�.
Israel puts troops on alert for entry into Lebanon
Israel鈥檚 army chief told soldiers on Wednesday to prepare for a possible ground offensive to fight Hezbollah in Lebanon as the air force conducted hundreds of deadly strikes around the country...
UN chief warns Lebanon on 鈥榖rink鈥� as world leaders gather
UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres warned world leaders on Tuesday that Lebanon was on 鈥榯he brink鈥� as clashes escalated between Israel and Hezbollah...
Alarm grows as Israel launches new strikes on Lebanon
Israel said it carried out dozens of air strikes against Hezbollah on Tuesday, after hundreds were killed the day before when clashes sparked by the nearly year-long Gaza war intensified...
274 killed in Israeli strikes on Hezbollah
Israeli air strikes on Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon on Monday killed 274 people, according to the Lebanese health ministry, in by far the deadliest cross-border escalation since...
Israel says 鈥榣anded blows鈥� on Hezbollah as Lebanon violence intensifies
Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel has dealt serious blows to Lebanese group Hezbollah, as rapidly escalating cross-border exchanges raised fears of an all-out war...
Israel military strikes launchers as Hezbollah fires 90 rockets
Israel鈥檚 military said its air force struck on Saturday thousands of rocket launchers in southern Lebanon that posed an 鈥榠mmediate鈥� threat, as fears grew of all-out war with Lebanese group Hezbollah...
Strategic implications of Lebanon pager blasts
THE recent explosion of thousands of pagers across Lebanon is an alarming development that bears the hallmarks of Israeli involvement, potentially signalling an imminent military escalation between Israel and Hezbollah. This tension has been mounting since Hezbollah鈥檚 recent engagement with Israeli forces, a direct response to Israel鈥檚 intensified military...
Hezbollah in disarray after death of top commanders in Israeli strike
Hezbollah was in turmoil on Saturday after Israel took out two leaders of its elite operations unit in a strike on a command meeting in a Beirut stronghold that Lebanese authorities said killed 31 people....
Top Hezbollah leader, 7 others killed
A strike on Hezbollah鈥檚 stronghold in Lebanon鈥檚 capital Beirut on Friday killed eight people and wounded dozens of others, with a source close to the movement saying...
Hezbollah reeling after second wave of deadly blasts
Israel said on Thursday it bombed Hezbollah sites in Lebanon, piling pressure on the militant group already reeling after a series of deadly explosions targeting its communications systems that it blamed on Israel...
New device blasts kill nine, wound 300 in Lebanon
A second wave of device explosions killed nine people and wounded more than 300 in Hezbollah strongholds of Lebanon in the Middle East on Wednesday, officials said, stoking fears of an all-out war in the region.
Israel widens focus of war to include Lebanon front
Israel announced the expansion of its war aims on Tuesday, widening its nearly year-long fight against Hamas in Gaza to focus on Hezbollah along its northern border with Lebanon...