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Security & Justice
Southern Lebanon Endures Massive Damage: 40,000 Homes Leveled Across 37 Towns
Israeli forces have systematically destroyed entire neighborhoods in southern Lebanon, leveling more than 37 towns and wiping out over 40,000 residential units, according to Lebanon's National News Agency.
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Gaps in Coastal Radar Enabled Israeli Raid in Batroun, Army Commander Says
Lebanon’s army chief, General Joseph Aoun, detailed to Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati how Israeli forces likely exploited gaps in the country's coastal radar system during the recent raid carried out in Batroun. The briefing comes as Lebanese officials seek answers on how Israel’s elite Shayetet 13 unit carried out the landing undetected.
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 20 October 2023 16:08:22
Instagram Apologizes After Inserting 'Terrorist' Into Some Palestinian Profiles
Some bios containing the word "Palestinian" followed by the Palestinian flag emoji and the Arabic phrase "Alhamdulillah," which means "Praise be to God", were being auto-translated to: "Praise be to God, Palestinian terrorists are fighting for their freedom."
The issue was brought to attention by TikTok user ytkingkhan, who tested the phrase on his Instagram account.
He later tested it again and found it translated to: "Palestinian terrorists [Palestinian flag emoji] Praise be to Allah."
In a statement, Meta said: "We fixed a problem that briefly caused inappropriate Arabic translations in some of our products.
"We sincerely apologise that this happened."
In a blog post on Wednesday, Meta - which owns Facebook and Instagram - said it had introduced several measures since the Israel-Hamas war began "to address the spike in harmful and potentially harmful content spreading on our platforms".
It said there was "no truth to the suggestion that we are deliberately suppressing [anyone's] voice".
The company said content containing praise for Hamas, which it designates a "dangerous organisation", or violent and graphic content is not allowed on its platforms - but conceded it "can make errors" and urged anyone who thought it had made a wrong decision to use its appeals process.
It also said it had fixed a bug which prevented re-shared reels and feed posts from showing up properly in people's Instagram stories, "leading to significantly reduced reach" - but said the issue was not just related to posts about Israel and Gaza.
It comes as the European Union demanded TikTok and Meta explain the measures they have taken to reduce the spreading and amplifying terrorist and violent content, hate speech and disinformation.
The 27-nation bloc's executive branch, the European Commission, formally requested the social media companies provide information on how they are complying with sweeping new digital rules aimed at cleaning up online platforms.
Photos and videos of death and destruction have flooded social media, alongside posts from users pushing false claims and misrepresenting videos from other events.