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COPENHAGEN/DUBAI: Danish shipping company Maersk on Friday denied a claim by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement that the militia carried out a drone strike on a Maersk vessel sailing toward Israel.

The 76-year-old media mogul faces up to life imprisonment for alleged 'sedition' and 'collusion with foreign forces'.

Union leaders spoke alongside progressive lawmakers, appealing to the Biden administration for an end to the fighting.

European Council President Charles Michel says agreement a 'signal of hope for their people and for our continent'.

BEIRUT: Israeli artillery shelling intensified on Thursday at various Lebanese border towns where Hezbollah is active. War correspondents reported “the use of phosphorus bombs by the Israeli army in shelling the outskirts of the town of Khiam.”  Israeli Channel 14 reported that the Iron Dome intercepted 20 missiles fired from southern Lebanon towards the Galilee Panhandle. The Israeli military launched a drone strike on a house located in the town center of Aita Al-Shaab.

The US and the UK have condemned the move as Hong Kong authorities expand crackdown under national security law.

The decision comes amid renewed asylum seekers arrivals that Helsinki has labelled a Russian hybrid attack.