NOTE: The adding of items for today’s entries has been delayed, so a more extensive set of them will take more time. Please return. Thank you.

For today, belatedly, links to three reports: from the Associated Press and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their initials below. (LEBANON 11-24-25 is HERE, or scroll down. GAZA, UKRAINE and MEDIA entries are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM

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Pope’s visit rekindles hope in war- and crisis-ridden Lebanon, by Kareem Chehayeb and Abby Sewell | AP  BEIRUT —The visit to Lebanon by Pope Leo XIV set to begin on Sunday comes as part of his first official foreign trip and as the fulfillment of a promise made by his predecessor, Pope Francis, to visit the Muslim-majority country where about a third of the population is Christian. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.

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FROM NOV. 24  Thousands mourn Hezbollah commander killed in Israeli airstrike, by Fadi Tawil | AP  BEIRUT — Thousands of people on Monday attended the funeral organized by the militant Hezbollah group for its top military commander. READ MORE . . .

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FROM NOV. 24  Israel assassinates a Hezbollah commander, by Jane Arraf | NPR  Hezbollah is vowing a response after Israel killed its No. 2 commander in a Beirut neighborhood — an assassination the group calls a “red line.” Click HERE to listen and, later, read

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