Hezbollah deputy declares ‘new phase’ of battle with Israel
Hezbollah said it is in an “open-ended battle of reckoning with Israel.” Israeli’s PM said the military “landed a serious of blows on Hezbollah.”
New French government announced in shift to the right
French President Emmanuel Macron’s chief of staff revealed the new center-right government from the Elysee Palace with some new faces in key positions and some who will be returning to their positions.
Leftist Dissanayake declared president-elect in Sri Lanka
Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake has been named president-elect by Sri Lanka’s electoral commission. This follows an unprecedented count of people’s second-preference votes.
Moscow refuses to attend Ukrainian peace talks
Russia will not participate in a Ukraine-proposed follow-up to the Swiss-organized “peace summit” held in June, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Saturday, adding that the process was a “fraud.”
UN reform plan adopted despite Russian opposition
The international community adopted a plan to reform the United Nations, called the “Pact for the Future,” despite Russian efforts to derail it.