NEW YORK, Sept 26 — The United Nations (UN) Security Council convened an emergency meeting on Wednesday to address the escalating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, as Lebanon's situation continues to deteriorate.

TOKYO/SHANGHAI/TAIPEI, Sept 23 — The lethal hack of Hezbollah’s Asian-branded pagers and walkie-talkies has sparked an intense search for the devices’ path, revealing a murky market for older technologies where buyers may have few assurances about what they are getting.

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, Sept 21 — Israel killed a top Hezbollah commander and other senior figures in the Lebanese movement in an airstrike on Beirut on Friday, vowing to press on with a new military campaign until it is able to secure the area around the Lebanese border.

BEIRUT, Aug 6 — Israeli warplanes broke the sound barrier three times over Beirut in less than 30 minutes today, leading to loud booms that sent people in the city running for cover just ahead of a speech by the head of the powerful Iran-backed group Hezbollah.