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Iran, Russia Condemn Israeli Strike on Lebanon

A view shows damage after what security sources said was a strike on Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon July 30, 2024. REUTERS/Ahmed Al-Kerdi Purchase Licensing Rights
A view shows damage after what security sources said was a strike on Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon July 30, 2024. REUTERS/Ahmed Al-Kerdi Purchase Licensing Rights
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Iran, Russia Condemn Israeli Strike on Lebanon

A view shows damage after what security sources said was a strike on Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon July 30, 2024. REUTERS/Ahmed Al-Kerdi Purchase Licensing Rights
A view shows damage after what security sources said was a strike on Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon July 30, 2024. REUTERS/Ahmed Al-Kerdi Purchase Licensing Rights

Iran condemned Tuesday what it called a "vicious" Israeli strike in Lebanon which Israel said targeted a Hezbollah commander behind last week's rocket attack on the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights.

"The vicious and criminal action of the Zionist criminal gang in the suburbs of Beirut certainly cannot stop ... Lebanon's proud resistance from continuing the honourable path of supporting the oppressed Palestinians and standing against the aggression of the Israeli apartheid regime," said foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani in a statement, AFP reported.

For its part, Russia accused Israel on Tuesday of violating international law after it struck the Hezbollah stronghold in the Lebanese capital Beirut.

"This is a gross violation of international law," Russia's foreign ministry told state news agencies.

Israel said the strike targeted a commander responsible for a Saturday rocket attack on the annexed Golan Heights that killed 12 children.

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EU Will Not Recognize Venezuela Election Result Until All Votes Counted, Borrell Says 

People carry Venezuela's national flag to protest the election results that awarded Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro with a third term, in Maracaibo, Venezuela July 30, 2024. (Reuters)
People carry Venezuela's national flag to protest the election results that awarded Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro with a third term, in Maracaibo, Venezuela July 30, 2024. (Reuters)
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EU Will Not Recognize Venezuela Election Result Until All Votes Counted, Borrell Says 

People carry Venezuela's national flag to protest the election results that awarded Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro with a third term, in Maracaibo, Venezuela July 30, 2024. (Reuters)
People carry Venezuela's national flag to protest the election results that awarded Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro with a third term, in Maracaibo, Venezuela July 30, 2024. (Reuters)

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Wednesday the bloc could not recognize Venezuela's election result until all votes were counted and records provided, amid international concerns over the integrity of the vote.

The election authority in Venezuela said President Nicolas Maduro had won a third term in office on Sunday with 51% of the vote to extend a quarter-century of socialist rule, despite exit polls that pointed to an opposition win.

Borrell said the electoral commission had announced the vote results on the basis of 80% of ballots counted, while the Venezuelan opposition had published very different results.

"That is an additional reason for not recognizing the results until they will be fully and independently verified," he told reporters during a visit to Vietnam.

The members of the 27-nation bloc will decide on possible next steps only after the full results are made available, he added.

Protesters took to the streets in Venezuela on Tuesday, demanding that Maduro acknowledge he lost the election, as a major international observer concluded the vote was undemocratic.

The government denounced the demonstrations as an attempted coup.

The US-based Carter Center, which observed the vote, said late on Tuesday the election could not be considered democratic as it "did not meet international standards of electoral integrity".