Source: Kataeb.org
Security & Justice
Captured Hezbollah Operative May Have Been Israeli Double Agent, Report Suggests
The alleged senior Hezbollah operative abducted by Israeli special forces last week in Batroun may have been operating as a double agent, according to a report by The Telegraph.
Monday, November 4, 2024
Lebanon’s Probe into Israeli Raid Expected to Take Days as Security Officials Weigh Theories
Lebanese authorities are ramping up investigations into an Israeli commando raid last week in the northern coastal city of Batroun, during which Imad Amhaz, a Hezbollah official, was snatched.
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
Tuesday 28 May 2019 14:19:28
World’s First Passenger-Drone Services to Be Launched in Asia
The world’s first passenger-drone services may launch in Asia, as European companies are working to introduce the technology of flying taxis.
Volocopter GmbH of Germany, backed by Intel Corp. and Daimler AG, in collaboration with U.K. developer Skyports, will open “Volo-Port” landing facility in Singapore later this year for trial flights, after performing test flights in Dubai and Las Vegas.
“The facility in the city state will be accessible and convenient,” Chief Executive Officer Florian Reuter stated.
In addition, Austria’s FACC AG is working to produce hundreds of passenger drones and to help lighten its Chinese partner EHang Inc’s 216 drone by at least 15% (or about 60 kilograms) so as to improve its speed and range by the end of next year.
EHang, which has already logged 7,000 flight hours with prototypes, sells the 216 drone for 300,000 euros.
The drone can currently fly for 70 kilometers at speeds of up to 160 kilometers an hour. It could carry tourists, serve offshore oil platforms and provide support flights after natural disasters. The seating area could also carry cargo.