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Walkie-talkie firm probes link to 2nd wave of Lebanon blasts as Israel declares ‘new phase’ of war
The blasts that rocked Lebanon for a second day reached the doors of a walkie-talkie maker in Japan on Thursday, as Israel’s declaration of a “new phase” to the conflict raised fears of all-out war. At least 37 people, including two children, were killed and thousands more injured across Lebanon, the country’s health minister said early Thursday — a rising […]
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Taiwan manufacturer rejects links to Lebanon’s exploding pager attacks, names Hungarian firm
A photo taken on September 18, 2024, in Beirut’s southern suburbs shows the remains of exploded pagers on display at an undisclosed location. – | Afp | Getty Images Taiwanese pager manufacturer Gold Apollo rejected reports that it produced the devices at the center of deadly attacks in Lebanon that killed at least 12 people […]
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Israel planted explosives in Hezbollah’s Taiwan-made pagers, Reuters reports
A Lebanese army soldier gestures to an ambulance rushing wounded people to a hospital in Beirut on September 17, 2024, after explosions hit locations in several Hezbollah strongholds around Lebanon amid ongoing cross-border tensions between Israel and Hezbollah fighters. Anwar Amro | AFP | Getty Images Israel’s Mossad spy agency planted a small amount of explosives inside 5,000 Taiwan-made pagers […]
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Israeli military says it likely killed American in West Bank
Palestinian activists lift a banner and portraits of slain Turkish-American International Solidarity Movement activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi during a funeral procession in Nablus in the occupied West Bank. Nasser Ishtayeh | Lightrocket | Getty Images The Israeli military said Tuesday that it was “highly likely” its forces killed an American woman during a protest in the occupied West Bank […]
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UK suspends some arms export licenses to Israel
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 27: David Lammy, Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs addresses delegates during the Labour Party conference on September 27, 2022 in Liverpool, England The Labour Party hold their annual conference in Liverpool this year. Issues on the agenda are the cost of living crisis, including a call […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Oil soars as Middle-East tensions spike
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during afternoon trading on April 09, 2024 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no […]
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The Israel-Hezbollah escalation has arrived. What next for the Middle East?
The escalation that long felt inevitable arrived in a blaze of cross-border attacks over the weekend, but a Middle East on edge woke Monday having escaped all-out war — for now at least. The intense exchange between Israel and Hezbollah followed weeks of threats that stoked fears a wider regional conflict. And on Sunday the U.S. ally launched what it said […]
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Hezbollah launches missile barrage at Israel to avenge top commander
Smoke billows from the site of an Israeli airstrike on Zibqin in southern Lebanon on August 25, 2024, amid escalations in the ongoing cross-border tensions as fighting continues between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. Kawnat Haju | Afp | Getty Images Hezbollah launched hundreds of rockets and drones against Israel on Sunday […]
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Josh Shapiro blasts Trump for calling him ‘overrated Jewish Governor’
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro speaks on Day 3 of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., August 21, 2024. Mike Segar | Reuters Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro on Thursday accused Donald Trump of peddling antisemitism after the Republican presidential nominee called him a “highly overrated Jewish Governor.” “I think […]
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Blinken wraps up Mideast trip with Gaza deal still elusive
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to the press, in Doha, Qatar, August 20, 2024. Kevin Mohatt | Reuters U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken sought during a whirlwind trip to the Middle East to inject urgency into efforts to broker a Gaza ceasefire deal, but departed the region on Tuesday with an agreement between Israel and Hamas still elusive. Blinken and mediators from […]
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