BEIRUT -- Israeli strikes on southern and eastern Lebanon killed at least 18 people and wounded more than 20 others on Tuesday, according to Lebanon's official sources, as Israel intensified its bombardment campaign across southern Lebanon.
Lebanon's National News Agency (NNA) reported that Israel launched about 33 airstrikes on southern Lebanon within an hour on Tuesday.
On Tuesday, the Israeli army issued evacuation warnings to residents of the southern city of Nabatieh and the western Bekaa towns of Machghara and Sohmor.
Meanwhile, Hezbollah said its members confronted an Israeli army incursion toward the southern town of Zawtar al-Sharqiyah and targeted Israeli forces in the area with rockets and artillery shelling since dawn Tuesday. (Lebanon-Israeli attack)
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TEHRAN -- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has reaffirmed Tehran's commitment to diplomacy to end tensions in West Asia, according to statements published on his office's website on Tuesday.
In phone calls with his Egyptian, Turkish, Qatari and Omani counterparts, Pezeshkian expressed Iran's readiness to achieve an "honorable framework" to end the war with the United States and Israel, adding that Iran has proven its sincerity in dialogue.
He said serious and expert-level efforts are underway to finalize draft documents for a "comprehensive and fair" agreement. (Iran-Diplomacy-Commitment)
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SAN FRANCISCO -- The implosion of a chemical tank at a pulp and paper mill in Longview, the U.S. state of Washington, killed an undisclosed number of people and left multiple others critically injured, local authorities and company officials said Tuesday.
In a joint statement posted on social media, Nippon Dynawave Packaging Company and local authorities said that a rupture of the tank caused "multiple critical injuries" and fatalities. The exact number of deaths has not been released. (U.S.-Chemical tank-Implosion)
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OTTAWA -- The Canadian government on Tuesday announced a series of temporary border measures to reduce the risk of the Ebola virus entering and spreading within Canada.
According to a news release from the Public Health Agency of Canada, in response to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and rising risks in Uganda and South Sudan, Canada will suspend immigration documents for residents of these countries for 90 days, starting Wednesday at 23:59 Eastern Time. (Canada-Ebola-Border measures) Enditem
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