At least 14 dead and 450 injured after walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah explode in second day of chaos in Lebanon

Hand-held radios used by Hezbollah detonated today across Lebanon's south and in Beirut suburbs, further stoking tensions with Israel a day after similar explosions launched via the group's pagers.

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At least nine dead and 300 hurt in fresh wave of explosions across Lebanon

Explosions went off in Beirut and multiple parts of Lebanon in an apparent second wave of detonations of electronic devices, Hezbollah officials and state media said on Wednesday, reporting that walkie-talkies and even solar equipment being targeted a day after hundreds of pagers blew up.

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Pager explosion in civilian area ‘extraordinarily worrying& says Simon Harris as Hezbollah says devices were new brand

Taoiseach Simon Harris has said that a pager explosion attack in Lebanon that killed at least nine people was an &extraordinarily worrying development&.

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UN to vote today on a Palestinian resolution demanding Israel end illegal occupation

The UN General Assembly will vote on Wednesday on a Palestinian resolution demanding that Israel end its &unlawful presence& in Gaza and the occupied West Bank within a year, withdraw its military forces and evacuate all settlers.

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Remote-controlled machine guns and poisonous toothpaste: how Mossad has left its deadly mark on targets over the years

Israel has a long history of inventive, unusual assassination methods, and reports that at least nine people may have been killed by exploding pagers in Lebanon could be its latest grim chapter.

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President Higgins discusses Gaza at National Ploughing Champions

President Higgins discusses Gaza at National Ploughing Champions.

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