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30.10.2024 15:30 Hezbollah's Deputy Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem has been elected as the new chief of the Lebanese resistance movement after his predecessor Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah was martyred in an Israeli strike on southern Beirut last month.

30.10.2024 15:30 United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has written to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressing his concern over new Israeli legislation that would ban the main U.N. agency supporting Palestinian refugees.

30.10.2024 15:30 Top UN officials continued to line up on Tuesday to defend the irreplaceable role of the global body's agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, insisting that if implemented, the Israeli parliament's decision to ban it would only deepen suffering in Gaza.

30.10.2024 15:30 Escalating violence and new atrocities in Sudan have pushed the humanitarian crisis to unprecedented levels, with displacement now exceeding 11 million people amid reports of mass killings and systematic-sexual violence across multiple regions, UN officials said on Tuesday.

30.10.2024 15:30 The International Organization for Migration warned Tuesday that Sudan's displacement crisis is worsening as increasing numbers of people flee fighting, hunger and sexual violence, thereby threatening "regional instability.

30.10.2024 15:30 Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armed Forces Vladimir Putin led a training exercise that involved the forces and resources of the ground, sea and air components of the strategic deterrence forces.

30.10.2024 15:30 The Treasury Department on Monday finalized a new rule meant to prevent U.S.-based people and companies from investing in the development of a range of advanced technologies in China, thereby preventing Beijing from accessing cutting-edge expertise and equipment.

30.10.2024 15:30 As Ukraine braces to face North Korean troops who are believed to be in the Russian border region of Kursk, analysts say China should be concerned about stronger pressure and responses from NATO, which sees Beijing as an enabler of Pyongyang and a supporter of Russia's war against Ukraine.

30.10.2024 15:30 The United States has voiced concern to China over "destabilizing" actions by North Korea and Russia, said the U.S. State Department's spokesperson, as it confirmed the deployment of around 10,000 North Korean troops to Russia.

30.10.2024 15:30 North Korea is boosting security for its leader, Kim Jong Un, because of fears he could be assassinated, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported on Tuesday, citing the South's main intelligence agency.

30.10.2024 15:30 Members of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance would like to create a shared top secret cloud environment someday to seamlessly exchange data, Breaking Defense reported on Tuesday, citing top Canadian intelligence official Brig. Gen. Eric Vandenberg.

30.10.2024 15:30 Iran's defense budget will be tripled in the new calendar year that will take place on March 21, 2025, by more than 200%, Iranian government spokeswoman Fatemeh Mohajerani said on Tuesday.

30.10.2024 15:30 Germany has recalled its ambassador to Tehran following the execution of Jamshid Sharmahd after his conviction on disputed terrorism charges and summoned Iran's envoy to Berlin to answer questions about the death of the 69-year-old Iranian-German citizen.

30.10.2024 15:30 Germany's Foreign Ministry recalled its ambassador to Iran, Markus Potzel, on Tuesday for consultations and also summoned Iran's charge d'affaires in Berlin following Iran's execution of Iranian-German dissident Jamshid Sharmahd.

30.10.2024 15:30 Despite efforts by China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to resolve Myanmar's political and economic crisis, opposition leader Zaw Wai Soe told VOA that dialogue with the military regime is impossible amid ongoing atrocities.