Source: The Daily Star
The Lebanese Army on Thursday received a large handover of weapons from the Palestinian Fatah movement as part of a plan to place all arms under State control and disarm camps across the country.
Thursday, August 28, 2025
The Lebanese Army has begun its most extensive weapons collection campaign since the end of the country’s 15-year civil war, targeting Palestinian camps on both sides of the Litani River, Lebanese sources told Al Arabiya.
Thursday, August 28, 2025
Lebanon’s government is facing mounting challenges. It is trying to balance the demands of the US to disarm Hezbollah, a militia and political party controlling much of the country, against those of Iran, Hezbollah’s main sponsor, to do no such thing. For a government that took power only recently after years of political vacuum, as well as for the country as a whole, this is a critical test of sovereignty.
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
The Lebanese government’s decision last Thursday to endorse the objectives of a US-drafted plan provoked a negative response from Hezbollah and, to an extent, its ally within the Shiite community, the Amal Movement. However, the two parties, realising the risk of isolating themselves further, did not withdraw their ministers from the government of Prime Minister Nawaf Salam.
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola says the club expects to learn the outcome of the hearing into its 115 charges of alleged Premier League financial rule breaches "in one month".
Saturday, February 8, 2025
Former Brazil and Real Madrid defender Marcelo has announced his retirement from football, bringing the curtain down on a trophy-laden career that included five UEFA Champions League triumphs.
Friday, February 7, 2025
Sunday 17 March 2024 15:10:37
A grim medieval disease could be set for a comeback, with the ghastly, rash-causing ailment spotted in parts of the world.
Leprosy has been spotted in the United States as the grim ancient illness filters through Florida. Thankfully the bacterial infection is treatable in its early stages, but can still cause permanent disabilities of limbs or nerves, WHO confirmed.
Heightened cases of leprosy in Florida are inching towards endemic levels according to a recent study, which warned armadillos may be the infection-causing animal.
A report from August last year warned of an increasing number of leprosy infections. The disease can be treated if caught in its early stages but a stigma lasting around the illness means some may conceal their ailment, LiveScience reported.
The report read: "In recent years, an increasing number of people in Florida have been diagnosed with leprosy who don’t have a history of risk factors for typical transmission routes. These routes include travel to areas where the condition is widespread or contact with armadillos, which may harbour the infection-causing Mycobacterium leprae."
Emily Harris' report claimed leprosy was "endemic in the southeastern US", a worrying development which may be worsened by those concealing their diagnosis.
A name change for the disease was suggested to remove the "discriminating meaning" of the word, as biblical references to lepers, who were shunned because of their condition.
But those who are infected may not show any signs until 20 years after their first encounter with the bacterial horror. The lengthy incubation period from the infection means people are infected long before they know.
The World Health Organisation is aiming for "zero leprosy: zero infection and disease, zero disability, zero stigma and discrimination and the elimination of leprosy" by 2030.
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