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Lebanese state bans Hezbollah military activities: PM

Lebanon's government has decided on an "immediate ban" of Iran-backed Hezbollah's military and security activity, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said Monday, in an unprecedented move as Israel retaliated to rocket fire. Hezbollah is represented in both the government and parliament

The stars that lit up the early Milky Way

Imagine trying to reconstruct the history of a city by studying only its oldest surviving buildings. You can't watch it being built, you can't interview the architects, all you have are the structures themselves, their materials, their arrangement, the subtle clues locked into

Why a Swiss population cap baffles experts

That Switzerland is considering tightening its immigration policy was no surprise to demographic and economic experts. After all, that's the trend among European countries, both within and outside the European Union.

Current climate pledges may miss Paris targets

International efforts to tackle climate change reached a major milestone with the Paris Agreement, adopted by more than 190 countries. The agreement aims to limit the average global temperature rise to well below 2 °C, preferably to 1.5 °C. However, questions remain as to