JERUSALEM -- Israel's security cabinet approved on Tuesday night a ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah, the Israeli Prime Minister's Office said in a statement.

Israel's state-owned Kan TV News reported that the ceasefire, brokered by the United States and France, was expected to take effect on Wednesday at 4 a.m. local time (0200 GMT) in Israel and Lebanon. (Israel-Hezbollah-Ceasefire)

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ISTANBUL -- Turkish intelligence and police captured three Uzbek nationals in Istanbul, accusing them of killing an Israeli-Moldovan civilian who resided in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), according to Turkish sources on Tuesday.

Turkish sources said the arrest was conducted at the request of the UAE as the three Uzbek citizens fled the country after being confirmed as the perpetrators of the murder. (Türkiye-Uzbek Nationals-Arrest)

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MARSA ALAM, Egypt -- Four bodies have been recovered, and three more survivors rescued on Tuesday, one day after a safari boat capsized off Egypt's southeastern coast in the Red Sea, Governor of Egypt's Red Sea Province Amr Hanafy said Tuesday.

With the three survivors -- two Belgians and an Egyptian -- being rescued lately, the total number of those rescued reached 31, Hanafy said in a statement, adding that the four recovered bodies have not yet been identified. (Egypt-Boat Incident-Survivors)

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DAMASCUS -- Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes targeting 10 official and unofficial border crossings between Syria and Lebanon after midnight Wednesday, Syrian state media and monitoring groups reported.

With the latest strikes, the majority of land crossings between Syria and Lebanon have been rendered out of service, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. (Syria-Crossings-Israeli Airstrikes) Enditem

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