Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati urged the United Nations on Friday to adopt a resolution for an "immediate ceasefire" in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, following more than a year of intermittent strikes along the border, which escalated into a full-scale offensive since September 23.
Most finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the BRICS group of countries did not attend a high-level meeting in Moscow on Friday ahead of a BRICS summit later this month, sending more junior officials instead, official documents showed.
Hezbollah is preparing for a long war of attrition in south Lebanon, after Israel wiped out its top leadership, with a new military command directing rocket fire and the ground conflict, two sources familiar with its operations said.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will meet with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul on Oct. 19, where they will discuss the war in Ukraine and the situation in the Middle East, a German government spokesperson said on Friday.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has once again reiterated his hostile stance toward Israel, calling for an international halt to arms exports to the country. However, his statement is unlikely to sway global powers or alter the situation in the Middle East.
Israel's military chief and the head of its Shin Ben security agency held a security assessment inside southern Lebanon on Thursday, the military said on Friday.
Russia's Vladimir Putin held talks with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Friday in Turkmenistan, where the two leaders hailed their countries growing economic ties and similar views on world affairs, an entente viewed with concern by the U.S.
Lebanon's Minister of Transport and Public Works, Ali Hamiyé, an ally of Hezbollah, conducted an inspection tour of Beirut's Rafic Hariri International Airport (AIB) on Friday morning, which remains open despite ongoing Israeli airstrikes targeting the southern suburbs of the capital.
Pope Francis met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the Vatican on Friday morning for their second face-to-face encounter in four months.
Turkey has imposed anti-dumping duties on some steel imports from China, Russia, India and Japan, according to a decision published in the Official Gazette on Friday, with the highest tariffs on Chinese imports.
Turkey condemns Israel's attacks targeting the U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon (UNIFIL), its foreign ministry said late on Thursday, adding Ankara would continue supporting similar peacekeeping initiatives and structures.
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