The United Nations Security Council started negotiations on a French-drafted resolution to extend a long-running peacekeeping mission in Lebanon and signal an intention to work on an eventual withdrawal of the UN troops. Council members were debating the draft resolution on Monday ahead of a vote of the 15-member council ...
Australia scrapped the visa of an Israeli lawmaker from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition who has advocated against Palestinian statehood and called for Israel to annex the occupied West Bank. Australian Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said Monday that Canberra has barred far-right Religious Zionism MK Simcha Rothman from ...
