A United Nations ship seen in the southernmost area of Naqura in Lebanon, by the border with Israel, on Wednesday (14 October). On Thursday (15 October), Lebanon and Israel, still technically at war, began unprecedented talks, sponsored by the United Nations and the United States, to settle a maritime border dispute and clear the way for oil and gas exploration. Photo: Mahmoud Zayyat / AFP.

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