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Israel has appointed British lawyer Malcolm Shaw to represent it at the International Court of Justice where this week it will fight genocide allegations, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lior Haiat told CNN Sunday.

It’s been three months since the devastating Hamas attack that sparked Israel’s war in Gaza, and the deadly fighting has led to a dire humanitarian crisis in the area. 

Israel expanded its geographical targets in Lebanon, using more lethal weapons, especially phosphorus shells, launched on several southern towns.The Israeli army shelled the outskirts of the towns: Na...

Beirut, Jan 5 (EFE).- The leader of the Lebanese islamist group Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, on Friday said there would be a “response and punishment” to Tuesday’s attack in Beirut. Fears of a new escalation of war in the Middle East grew after a bombing killed the deputy political leader of the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement, …

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell affirmed that his current priority is to avoid regional escalation and to advance diplomatic efforts with a view to creating the conditions to reach a just and lasting peace between Israel, Palestine and in the region His comments came in a statement on X platform after he arrived in Lebanon, noting that he will hold important meetings on the impact of the Gaza war on Lebanon and the region.

Beirut, Jan 6 (EFE).- The Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah announced on Saturday that five of its militants were killed in Israeli attacks, including artillery shells containing white phosphorus, on a particularly violent day as the movement began the first phase of its response to the assassination of Hamas’s number two, Saleh al-Arouri, in Beirut. In …

Brussels, Jan. 3 (EFE).- The European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Policy, Josep Borrell, on Wednesday rejected the statements of two Israeli ministers who have advocated the evacuation of the Palestinian population of Gaza to allow the return of Jewish settlers who left the strip in 2005, calling the proposal “inflammatory” and “irresponsible.” “I strongly …

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Russia will be held responsible for its war crimes against Ukraine, Josep Borrell, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, said on X (Twitter) on Jan. 2.

With the start of the new year, citizens of Kosovo can travel without visas into the Schengen Area. On January 1, the European Union's visa-free programme went…