Source: Agence France Presse
Security & Justice
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
Hezbollah Says Launched ‘Big Rocket Salvo’ at Israel’s Safed
Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah group said it fired rockets at the northern Israeli city of Safed on Monday, the latest attack in more than a month of war.
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 6 September 2024 20:01:47
ICC Terminates Proceedings Against Hamas Former Leader Haniyeh
The International Criminal Court on Friday dropped its case against former Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed in Iran on July 31 by a strike blamed on Israel.
ICC prosecutor Karim Khan had requested the court issue an arrest warrant for Haniyeh, along with other top Hamas officials, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
But Khan dropped the application for Haniyeh on August 2 “because of the changed circumstances caused by Mr Haniyeh’s death,” the ICC said in a statement.
“As a result, (the court) terminates the proceedings against Mr Ismail Haniyeh,” the statement added.
The court is still weighing Khan’s application for an arrest warrant for Netanyahu and Gallant.
Khan also sought warrants for Yahya Sinwar, named by Hamas to replace Haniyeh, and military strategist Mohammed Deif.
Deif was killed by a strike on July 13 in southern Gaza, according to Israel.
Khan charged Netanyahu and Gallant of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza, including “starvation of civilians”, “extermination”, and “intentionally directing attacks against a civilian population.”
The three Hamas leaders were charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza, and Israel during the attacks on October 7.
