Source: Sky News
Security & Justice
Lebanon’s Probe into Israeli Raid Expected to Take Days as Security Officials Weigh Theories
Lebanese authorities are ramping up investigations into an Israeli commando raid last week in the northern coastal city of Batroun, during which Imad Amhaz, a Hezbollah official, was snatched.
Monday, November 4, 2024
Watch: Israeli Army Blows Up Village Near the Border
The Israeli army is still blowing up entire villages or neighborhoods, especially those near the border.
Monday, November 4, 2024
Opinion
The Emptying of Baalbek Is a Moment to Take Stock
“Large numbers of people continue to flee their homes every day, as Israel’s military operations in Lebanon have been going on unabated.” These disturbing words could be from almost any news report about Israel’s invasion of its northern neighbour over the past month. However, they can be found in a report by the Norwegian Refugee Council’s Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre issued on July 27, 2006.
Saturday, November 2, 2024
A Future Without Hezbollah
At the end of September, when Israel’s campaign to destroy Hezbollah was reaching its height, I met one of the group’s supporters in a seaside café in western Beirut. He was a middle-aged man with a thin white beard and the spent look of someone who had not slept for days. He was an academic of sorts, not a fighter, but his ties to Hezbollah were deep and long-standing.
Thursday, October 31, 2024
Sports
Tottenham Forward Son Heung-min Crowned Asia’s International Player of the Year
Tottenham forward Son Heung-min was crowned as Asia’s International Player of the Year for the fourth time by the Asian Football Confederation at its annual awards ceremony Tuesday.
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Real Madrid Launch Investigation into Racist Insults After El Clasico Defeat
Real Madrid has launched an investigation into racist insults directed at players during Saturday’s 4-0 home loss to Barcelona in LaLiga, it said on Sunday.
Monday, October 28, 2024
Friday 2 September 2022 12:52:46
Death Toll from Pakistan Floods Passes 1,200 as More Rain Forecast
The death toll from floods in Pakistan has passed 1,200 - with more rain forecast over the next few days.
The floods have affected more than 33 million people, or one in seven Pakistanis.
Aid has been pouring into the country and Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif is visiting flood-hit areas to oversee rescue and relief activities.
Further rain is forecast across the country over the next few days, including the capital Islamabad, threatening to exacerbate the situation.
Health officials are reporting an outbreak of waterborne diseases in the flood-affected areas as authorities step up efforts to provide clean drinking water to hundreds of thousands of people who have lost their homes in the disaster.
Pakistan blames climate change for unusually early and heavy monsoon rains, which have caused flash floods since June.
