BREAKING NEWS

UN chief Guterres warns of 'serious risk of dramatic escalation' in Lebanon

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday warned that pager blasts targeting militant group Hezbollah indicate "a serious risk of a dramatic escalation in Lebanon and everything must be done to avoid that escalation."

"Obviously the logic of making all these devices explode is to do it as a pre-emptive strike before a major military operation," he told reporters.