Source: BBC
Security & Justice
Lebanese Army Patrol Targeted by Unknown Gunmen on Syrian Border
A Lebanese Army patrol was targeted by unidentified gunmen on the Syrian side of the border on Thursday, resulting in a brief exchange of fire and leaving one soldier wounded, according to a military statement.
Thursday, December 26, 2024
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The Lebanese Army condemned Israel’s continued violations of the ceasefire agreement, citing an Israeli military incursion into southern Lebanon on Thursday. According to the army, Israeli forces entered several southern areas, including Qantara, Adchit al-Qusayr, and Wadi al-Hujeir, violating Lebanon’s sovereignty and exacerbating tensions in the region.
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Opinion
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On the first day of 2024, the Lebanese militia Hezbollah received an Israeli ultimatum. If it did not immediately retreat from the Israeli-Lebanese border and cease its rocket attacks, a full-scale war was imminent. It was the threat that preceded the storm.
Monday, December 23, 2024
Guns in Lebanon Should Be in the Hands of Its Army Only
Despite the dire economic straits in which their country finds itself, for many in Lebanon $25 not an impossible sum to get together. That is the current asking price for one of the black-market AK-47 assault rifles flooding the troubled country after collapse of the Syrian army. The growing availability of these weapons in a country already awash with guns should alarm everyone who wants to see Lebanon turn a corner on instability, invasion and inertia.
Friday, December 20, 2024
Sports
Mbappé Set to Play for Real Madrid in Intercontinental Cup Final Against Mexico’s Pachuca
Real Madrid meets Mexican club Pachuca in the final of the watered-down Intercontinental Cup on Wednesday, with Kylian Mbappé expected to be available to play for the Spanish powerhouse after nursing a left-thigh injury, The Associated Press reported.
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Ronaldo to Run for Brazil Federation Presidency
Brazil legend Ronaldo has announced he will run for the presidency of the country's football association and wants to "recover the prestige" of the national team.
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Thursday 27 October 2022 14:50:02
Prince Harry to Release His Memoir in January
The Duke of Sussex's memoir will be published on 10 January, his publisher Penguin Random House has said.
The book by Prince Harry - which will include his own account of his decision to give up royal duties and move to the US - will be titled Spare.
Random House said: "As Diana, Princess of Wales, was laid to rest, billions wondered what the princes must be thinking and feeling - and how their lives would play out...
"For Harry, this is his story at last."
Some of the proceeds from the book will be used to support British charities, including Sentebale and WellChild. The publisher confirmed this was in the form of two donations of $1.5m and £300,000 respectively to the two named charities.
Spare, the title of Prince Harry's memoir, is presumably a nod to the phrase that monarchies need an "heir and a spare".
Prince William is the heir and Prince Harry will tell his version of his life in that ambiguous territory of the "spare", the younger royal sibling unlikely to ever be on the throne and therefore looking for their own sense of purpose.
This book, a guaranteed best-seller before a page has been printed, promises "raw, unflinching honesty", and the cover shows a steely-looking Prince Harry.
But it will also have to be a delicate balancing act. Much has changed since this book was first announced. Queen Elizabeth II has died, his father is King, Camilla is Queen Consort. The book itself is now later than expected.
There will be more of an appetite for tell-all tales, rather than therapy speak about self-discovery. But how many bridges will be burned by saying too much? How many of the incendiary grievances raised by Prince Harry and Meghan in the Oprah TV interview will get another rerun?
Who will he spare in the process?
When the deal for Prince Harry to write his story was announced in 2021, the prince promised he would reflect "the highs and lows" and be "accurate and wholly truthful".
That theme is picked up in the publicity statement for the book, which says: "With its raw, unflinching honesty, Spare is a landmark publication full of insight, revelation, self-examination, and hard-won wisdom about the eternal power of love over grief."
The book will be published on the same date worldwide and it will be available in 16 languages.
