World·2026-03-30T19:14:12+00:00
Two Indonesian UN peacekeepers killed in explosion in Lebanon
The violence, as we have said before, must end." Unifil was created by the UN Security Council in 1978, and has since served as a buffer between Israel and Lebanon. Despite a November 2024 ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, brokered after violence flared between the two over the war in. Unifil said of the two deaths on Monday: "We extend our sincerest condolences to the family, friends, and colleagues of those brave peacekeepers who gave their lives in service of peace." It said under international law, "all actors" had an obligation to ensure the "safety and security" on UN personnel.
BBC World
World·2026-03-31T00:02:55+00:00
At least 70 killed, 30 wounded in Haiti gang attack, rights group says
Close to 20,000 people have been killed in Haiti since 2021, according to a recent UN report, with the death toll rising each year, as increasingly independent and powerful armed gangs have clashed with security forces and local vigilante Nearly 6,000 people forced to flee, human rights group says, as it criticises ‘abandonment’ from authorities At least 70 people. At least 70 people have been killed and 30 injured during an attack near Petite-Riviere in Haiti’s breadbasket Artibonite region, a human rights group said, significantly higher than official estimates, which put the death toll at approximately 16.
Al Jazeera · The Guardian World
World·2026-03-31T07:39:52+00:00
Israel says four soldiers killed as army pushes deeper into south Lebanon
On Tuesday, Lebanon’s National News Agency reported that Israeli drone attacks killed four people in southern Lebanon: a strike on a car in the al-Wasita Al-Qasimiya area near Tyre killed two, while another raid on Derikifa killed two more people. The Israeli military has said four soldiers were killed in combat in southern Lebanon, where its forces are clashing with Hezbollah fighters after launching a ground invasion of the country. “What Hezbollah is trying to do is make this a costly war for Israel.” The escalation in Lebanon comes amid the ongoing US-Israel war on Iran , which has killed.
Al Jazeera
