UN Security Council countries express alarm over risk of all-out Middle East war

Demonstrators protest to condemn the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh Wednesday in Sidon, Lebanon. (REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis)

United Nations Security Council countries on Wednesday called for stepped-up diplomatic efforts to avert a wider Middle East conflict after the killings of two militant leaders raised tensions.

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