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According to pro-Hezbollah al-Mayadeen TV, citing “credible European security sources,” Hezbollah’s retaliation for the assassination of its military chief, Fouad Shukur, resulted in the deaths of 22 Israeli personnel and injuries to 74 others from Israel’s Unit 8200 intelligence department. On August 25, Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah announced that the group had successfully attacked the Glilot intelligence base near …

On Friday, Hezbollah launched attacks on military positions in northern Israel and the occupied Shebaa and Kfarshouba regions. In response, Israeli warplanes carried out two airstrikes on the southern Lebanese town of Bint Jbeil, according to the National News Agency. Early in the morning, the jets struck a house and later targeted the al-Wadi region of the town, with no …

U.S. mediator Amos Hochstein is expected to visit both Tel Aviv and Lebanon soon, according to sources quoted by al-Jadeed television. His mission reportedly focuses on urging Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to escalate the conflict with Lebanon, as the consequences would be significant for both nations. Hochstein is also expected to push for de-escalation along the southern front …

Tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman and his team made history on Thursday by leading the first-ever private spacewalk conducted by non-professional astronauts. The mission, organized in partnership with SpaceX, took place hundreds of miles above Earth. Before beginning the spacewalk, Isaacman and his crew waited for their capsule to depressurize, then opened the hatch. Isaacman, 41, who is the CEO and …

At the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards, pop sensation Taylor Swift made history by tying with Beyoncé for the most lifetime wins in the event’s 40-year history, securing seven awards on the night. Swift took home the top honor, Video of the Year, for her haunting, black-and-white video “Fortnight,” which features Post Malone. The video, set in a desolate psychiatric …

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has committed his future to the club by signing a new contract, extending his stay in North London until 2027. Since taking charge in 2019, Arteta has led Arsenal to two consecutive second-place finishes in the Premier League and returned the team to the Champions League. The three-year extension was finalized just ahead of the upcoming …

Scientists have discovered two supermassive black holes orbiting each other approximately 800 million light-years away from Earth. This marks the closest detection of such black holes, which are predicted to eventually collide, potentially shaking the very fabric of space-time. In a paper published in *The Astrophysical Journal*, a research team led by Anna Trindade Falcao, a postdoctoral researcher at the …

NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft, which has been traveling through interstellar space since its launch in 1977, is once again successfully communicating with Earth after engineers solved a critical thruster issue. The spacecraft, designed to explore the outer planets, had encountered problems staying oriented towards Earth due to its aging thrusters. To fix the issue, NASA scientists had to switch Voyager …