US President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general to lead the Department of Justice has been accused of having inappropriate sexual relations with a minor and engagement in illicit drug abuse.

Lebanon's mission to the United Nations says an initial investigation by Lebanese authorities has found that the telecommunication devices that exploded this week were "booby-trapped" before they entered the country.

The United Nations Security Council has called for an immediate and independent investigation into reported mass graves near hospitals in the Gaza Strip.

The Gaza Strip's health ministry has condemned the death of a Palestinian surgeon in an Israeli jail, calling for an urgent investigation into the occupying regime’s latest crime.

The Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said “Washington fully supported, if not stimulated, the issuance of ICC warrants against the Russian leadership.”

UN probe singles out the preventability of an October 13 Israeli attack on a group of journalists in southern Lebanon that killed a Reuters reporter.

Deputy Ambassador to the UN Maria Zabolotskaya said Moscow would “welcome any efforts aimed at shedding light on the crimes committed during the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.”