BEIRUT, Oct 6 — Massive consecutive strikes hit Beirut's southern suburbs from late Saturday into Sunday, Reuters eyewitnesses said, sending booms across the city and sparking flashes of red and white for nearly 30 minutes visible from several kilometres away.

PARIS/ WASHINGTON, Oct 6 — Thousands of protesters took to the streets in major cities around the world on Saturday demanding an end to bloodshed in Gaza and the wider Middle East as the start of Israel's war in the Palestinian enclave approaches its first anniversary.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 6 — The Foreign Ministry (Wisma Putra) has confirmed that a Malaysian family of six safely arrived at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) today morning from Lebanon.

BEIRUT, Oct 5 — Over 200,000 Syrian and Lebanese nationals have arrived in Syria from Lebanon since the start of the Israeli attacks on September 23, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi said on Saturday, reported Sputnik.

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, Oct 5 — The potential successor to slain Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has been out of contact since Friday, a Lebanese security source said on Saturday, after an Israeli airstrike that is reported to have targeted him.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 2 — Defence Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin announced today the Malaysian peacekeeping battalion (Malbatt) 850-11 stationed in southern Lebanon is safe, with no damage to assets reported.

ISTANBUL, Oct 2 — Oil prices surged over two per cent on Wednesday following escalating tensions in the Middle East, as concerns grew that Iran's largest-ever military strike against Israel could lead to further conflict and disrupt crude oil production in the region, Anadolu Agency reported.

JAKARTA, Oct 2 — Indonesia's President Joko Widodo has called for the immediate evacuation of Indonesian citizens in Lebanon following the escalating Israeli attacks in the Middle Eastern country, reported Xinhua.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 2 — Malaysia strongly calls on all parties in the Middle East to urgently de-escalate the heightening tensions destabilising the region.

JERUSALEM/BEIRUT, Oct 2 — Iran said early on Wednesday that its missile attack on Israel was over barring further provocation, while Israel and the United States (US) promised to retaliate against Tehran as fears of a wider war intensified.

PUTRAJAYA, Oct 1 — The Foreign Ministry, through its mission in Beirut, is preparing to evacuate 15 Malaysians and three of their foreign spouses from Lebanon following the deteriorating security situation there.

BEIRUT, Sept 30 — Lebanon is ready to implement UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which involves deploying the Lebanese army south of the Litani River, Anadolu Agency reported, quoting caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Monday.

BANGI, Sept 29 — The Higher Education Ministry (MOHE) has confirmed that no Malaysian students are currently studying in Lebanon.

BEIRUT, Sept 29 — Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati announced on Saturday a three-day national mourning after the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, which has sparked fears of a wider conflict in the region, Anadolu Agency reported.

ISTANBUL, Sept 29 — At least 33 people were killed and 195 injured Saturday in Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon, Anadolu Agency reported citing the Lebanese state-run Health Ministry.

NEW YORK, Sept 29 — Malaysia has expressed deep regret over Israel’s barbaric actions following the assassination of Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah, describing the Jewish state as arrogant and disrespectful of the decisions made by the United Nations (UN).

BEIRUT, Sept 28 — When Israel began pounding the southern Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh in airstrikes that killed Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, the blasts were so powerful that a pregnant woman feared her baby could not withstand the force.

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, Sept 28 — A wave of air raids hit Beirut's southern suburbs early on Saturday as Israel stepped up attacks on Hezbollah, after a massive strike on the Iran-backed movement's command centre that apparently targeted leader Hassan Nasrallah.

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, Sept 26 — Israel rejected global calls on Thursday for a ceasefire with Lebanon's Hezbollah movement, defying its biggest ally the United States (US) and pressing ahead with strikes that have killed hundreds in Lebanon and heightened fears of an all-out regional war.

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 26 — Malaysia has called for an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon amid rising death tolls and widespread damage to infrastructure, warning that the continued conflict could lead to a wider regional escalation.