Hamas said one of its commanders was killed in an Israeli strike on the south Lebanon city of Sidon on Wednesday, the latest attack despite a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.

Lebanon's state-run National News Agency said the dawn strike killed one person.

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas will visit Lebanon on May 21 to discuss extending Beirut's authority to Palestinian camps, a Lebanese government official said Tuesday, as Abbas's office confirmed the date.

The visit comes after President Joseph Aoun said late last month authorities were working to "withdraw (unauthorized) heavy and medium weapons from all Lebanese territory", and that he would raise disarmament of the camps with Abbas.

After the UAE allowed its citizens to travel to Lebanon, the fellow countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council are inclined to follow suit in the near future, Lebanon’s Nidaa al-Watan newspaper reported on Tuesday.

United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert has commenced an official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, her office said on Tuesday.

Turkish intelligence services intercepted a shipment of over 1,300 pagers in Istanbul that were en route to Lebanon, just days after an Israeli Mossad operation targeting similar devices held by Hezbollah members, Turkish news outlet Sabah reported Tuesday.

The country’s main political parties have agreed on forming a unified electoral list for Beirut’s municipal vote, Al-Akhbar newspaper reported on Tuesday.

Among the roughly 1.4 billion Catholics worldwide, many are keenly anticipating the upcoming Vatican conclave at which members of the College of Cardinals will elect a successor to Pope Francis. At a grocery shop in Beirut, a university in the United States, a Black township in South Africa and other far-flung locations, The Associated Press asked nine of them what they hope to see from a new pope.

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There are U.S. pressures on Israel to withdraw from the five border points and fully implement the ceasefire agreement to enable the Lebanese Army to extend its control over the whole of the South, informed sources said.

Israeli airstrikes overnight targeted “a Hezbollah strategic weapons production and storage facility in the Bekaa area in Lebanon,” the Israeli army said, as Lebanon’s National News Agency said the strikes hit the mountainous al-Shaara area on the Lebanese-Syrian border.

Under the global theme “Reporting in the Brave New World: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Press Freedom and the Media”, UNESCO marked on Monday World Press Freedom Day 2025 with a celebration, held under the patronage of Dr. Paul Morcos, Minister of Information.

The event brought together media professionals, technology and AI experts, government representatives, civil society actors, and young journalists to reflect on the evolving relationship between technology and media in an era shaped by artificial intelligence.