Source: Reuters
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
Wednesday 27 December 2023 12:37:11
Ronaldo, Mane Each Net Two as Al Nassr Pulls Away from Al Ittihad 5-2
Cristiano Ronaldo and Sadio Mane netted two goals apiece to help Al Nassr to a 5-2 win over Karim Benzema’s Al Ittihad as they try to keep pace with Saudi Pro League leaders Al Hilal.
Both of Ronaldo’s scores came on penalty kicks, the first in 19th minute equalizing at 1-1 and the second gave Al Nassr a 3-2 in the 68th minute.
Mane then put the match away for good, netting goals in the 75th and 82nd minute on perfectly timed passes from Brazilians Talisca and then Otavio.
Al Ittihad’s Abderrazak Hamdallah kept his side in the match early with goals in the 14th minute to open the scoring and then in the 51st to take a 2-1 lead.
The victory moved second placed Al Nassr to 43 points on the season, just seven behind idle Al Hilal. Al Ittihad sits down in sixth place on 28 points.
