Source: Al Arabiya
Security & Justice
Israel Issues Evacuation Warning for Beirut Suburb Ahead of Planned Airstrike
The Israeli military issued an evacuation warning for a building and surrounding area in Beirut’s southern suburbs on Friday, ahead of an airstrike targeting a Hezbollah facility in the Lebanese capital.
Friday, March 28, 2025
Two Rockets Fired from Lebanon into Israel, Prompting Retaliatory Strikes
Two rockets were fired from Lebanon into northern Israel on Friday, triggering warning sirens in border communities, the Israeli military said.
Friday, March 28, 2025
Opinion
Moving Past “Wait and See” in South Lebanon: The U.S.-French Role
On March 11, U.S. deputy special envoy for the Middle East Morgan Ortagus announced that the United States will be “bringing together Lebanon and Israel for talks aimed at diplomatically resolving several outstanding issues,” with various “working groups” focused on addressing “the release of Lebanese prisoners, the remaining disputed points along the Blue Line and the remaining 5 points where Israeli forces are still deployed.” This statement followed the sixth military-to-military meeting at the UN peacekeeping headquarters in Naqoura, which brought together Israel, Lebanon, the United States, and France.
Thursday, March 20, 2025
Hezbollah Reneging on Surrendering Its Arms
Hezbollah and its allies – Speaker Nabih Berri, former Minister Najib Mikati, and Hezbollah ministers in the previous cabinet – all signed the ceasefire agreement with Israel that ended the war and that stipulated that arms in Lebanon must be exclusively in the hands of six government military and security agencies. When this happens, according to the deal, Israel withdraws from Lebanese territories. Now Hezbollah is reneging on its ceasefire promise, moving the goalposts, and reversing the order by saying that Israeli withdrawal comes first, then it might consider disarming.
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Sports
First Place on the Line in Madrid Derby as Real and Atletico Squabble Over Refereeing
Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid meet in their second derby of the season with the Liga lead on the line and the focus on refereeing. Real Madrid has spent the days ahead of Saturday’s match complaining of mistakes against the club.
Thursday, February 6, 2025
Zhou Guanyu Joins Ferrari as a Reserve Driver for 2025 F1 Season
The first Chinese driver in Formula 1, Zhou Guanyu, is heading back to Ferrari as one of its reserve drivers for the 2025 season.
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Thursday 21 December 2023 11:49:11
X, Formerly Twitter, Back Online After Hour-Long Outage
Social media platform X is back online for most users globally following an hour-long outage on Thursday.
Users of X, formerly known as Twitter, were reporting issues accessing content on the site early on Thursday.
Timelines on the platform were empty and no new posts were visible. Users were able to post content to the twitter.com site.
Monitoring platform Downdetector showed nearly 70,000 reports of outage over an hour. Many users in the UAE were impacted.
Both X and X Pro, formerly Tweetdeck, subscribers were affected by the outage.
The cause of the outage is not yet known. Elon Musk-owned X has not released a statement.
