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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
Saturday 16 March 2024 17:43:03
Squid Game Actor O Yeong-su Convicted of Sexual Harassment
Squid Game actor O Yeong-su has been convicted of sexual harassment and given an eight-month suspended prison sentence by a court in South Korea.
The 79-year-old actor, who was charged with two counts of sexual harassment in 2017, had denied the allegations.
The Seongnam branch of the Suwon District Court also ordered him to attend a sexual violence treatment program.
As he left the court on Friday, he told reporters he planned to appeal against the decision.
He has seven days to do this or the ruling will be upheld.
The controversy over the accusations of sexual harassment saw him dropping out of an upcoming film in South Korea, Reuters news agency reported.
The actor rose to international fame after starring in Netflix show Squid Game.
The star played the key character of Oh II-nam in the first season of the Korean drama.
He won Best Supporting Actor in Television at the Golden Globes for his role in the show in 2022, becoming the first South Korean to win the award.
The story of drama, which is set in South Korea, follows people who are heavily in debt and invited to play a series of challenges that could see them scoop a huge cash prize. The twist is that the penalty for losing is death.
It was later turned into a real-life game show, also by Netflix, called Squid Game: The Challenge. Thankfully, the spin-off ditched the fatal consequences of losing.