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Israel says it has no territorial ambitions in Lebanon despite fresh evacuation orders

Israel says it has no territorial ambitions in Lebanon despite fresh evacuation orders

Israel's FM says its military presence in Lebanon exists only to protect citizens, as new evacuation warnings and airstrikes hit southern towns

Asia
Iran says US no longer in position to 'dictate' policy to other nations

Iran says US no longer in position to 'dictate' policy to other nations

Iran's defense ministry says the US must abandon its "illegal and irrational demands" as Washington weighs Tehran's latest Strait of Hormuz proposal

Europe
Crunch nuclear proliferation meeting at UN amid raging global wars

Crunch nuclear proliferation meeting at UN amid raging global wars

Global summit on nuclear treaty opens with dim hopes for consensus as tensions mount among powers

Middle East
Lebanon president hits back at Hezbollah over Israel talks criticism

Lebanon president hits back at Hezbollah over Israel talks criticism

Joseph Aoun defends direct negotiations with Israel, saying those who took Lebanon to war, not those seeking to end it, are the ones guilty of ‘treason’

North America
Trump not happy with latest Iran proposal to end the war, US official says

Trump not happy with latest Iran proposal to end the war, US official says

US insists that nuclear issues must be addressed from the outset of any talks