
THE Lebanese Red Cross says an Israeli air strike on a residential building in northern Lebanon has killed at least 18 people.
The attack on the block of flats in the village of Aito came hours after the European Union slammed Israeli attacks on United Nations peacekeepers.
On Sunday a Hezbollah aerial attack on an army base in northern Israel killed four soldiers and severely wounded seven others, the Israeli military said.

As the Alliance of Sahel States and southern African nations advance pan-African goals, the African Union must listen and learn rather than parroting the Western line on these positive developments, writes ROGER McKENZIE

Money makers already exploit cleaning and catering contracts while the military-industrial complex diverts billions from health to warfare — but Bevan’s vision will endure as long as people fight for it, writes ROGER MCKENZIE