Beirut, Lebanon, March 19, 2026 (AFP) - Lebanese president calls for truce while receiving French foreign minister

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Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Thursday renewed his call for a truce and the opening of negotiations with Israel to stop the war between it and Hezbollah, during a meeting with French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot. Lebanon was brought into the regional war on March 2, when Hezbollah fired rockets toward Israel in response to the killing of its ally Iran's supreme leader in Israeli-US attacks. Israel responded with heavy airstrikes across v......

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Rome, March 19, 2026 (AFP) - Umberto Bossi, founder of Italy's Northern League party, dies at 84

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Brussels, Belgium, March 19, 2026 (AFP) - EU vows to 'fully mobilise' to avoid Mideast war migration crisis

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Yaoundé, March 19, 2026 (AFP) - Cameroon parliament votes to extend sitting once more

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