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Simultaneously with the Zionist army's attacks on border areas and the Beqaa in Lebanon which resulted in martyrdom and injury of several Lebanese citizens, Hezbollah targeted the Israeli barracks in Zariit on Wednesday morning.

An official with the Palestinian Fatah movement has been killed after the Israeli military carried out an airstrike in southern Lebanon, as tensions continue to escalate.

The Iraqi resistance says it has attacked an important Israeli target in the Port of Eilat with several drones.

A major Iraqi resistance group has claimed responsibility for a strike on the US-occupied Ain al-Assad Airbase in the west of the Arab country, saying it would launch further attacks that will "surprise" the enemy.

The Islamic Resistance in Iraq has carried out new operations against a vital Israeli military site.

Violence cost the world nearly $20 trillion last year, but investment in peace and conflict prevention has been steadily decreasing, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Wednesday.

Statement by Ambassador James Kariuki, UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, at the UN Security Council meeting on peacebuilding.

National Security Adviser (NSA) Eduardo Año has reiterated Manila's "unassailable rights" in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) amid China's latest aggressive actions on air and sea.

The Philippines is reportedly considering broadening the scope of provisional arrangement with China to ease tensions in the South China Sea.

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have banned UN's Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Richard Bennett from entering the country, spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid was quoted as saying by private Afghan broadcaster Tolo.

Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik denied on August 21 that the Serbian entity of Bosnia-Herzegovina has ever pursued a policy of secession and or disputed the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Bosnia under the Dayton agreement.

World Food Program trucks carrying urgently needed food and nutrition supplies have entered Sudan's Darfur region, the United Nations agency said Wednesday.

As attacks on farmers intensified across Nigeria, Fatima Bello from Sokoto abandoned dry season farming.

The unfounded conspiracy theory that the United States orchestrated the ouster of Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina dominates Russian disinformation narrative. The propaganda campaign involves top state officials and news media.

The first food supplies destined for desperate communities in Sudan's Darfur region have crossed the Adre border from Chad, after it was reopened this week by the Sudanese authorities following a six-month closure.

Cameroon is trying to register voters before the nearing deadline. But the political opposition and civil society say most qualified voters are reluctant to register because they think President Paul Biya plans to rig elections. Barely 50% of qualified civilians have registered for the election expected in October 2025.

Ukraine needs a real mechanism that will enable Russian frozen assets to work for the country in the coming months, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said.

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