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France’s tense clash with Argentina culminated in chaotic scenes after Jean-Philippe Mateta scored the decisive goal, securing a 1-0 victory and propelling the hosts into the Olympic semi-finals on Friday. France now joins Spain, Morocco, and Egypt in the last four. The match ended with confrontations between rival players and staff on the pitch and continued into the tunnel in …

Jeff Bezos, the billionaire founder of Amazon, saw a significant drop in his net worth by $15.2 billion, bringing his total to $191.5 billion, as reported by the Bloomberg Billionaire Index. This sharp decline is part of a broader downturn affecting the tech sector. The Nasdaq 100 Index fell by 2.4%, impacting the fortunes of several tech billionaires. Elon Musk’s …

A source close to Hezbollah reported late Friday that Israel had conducted airstrikes on a convoy of trucks entering Lebanon from Syria. “Three Israeli airstrikes targeted a convoy of tanker trucks in the Hawsh el-Sayyed Ali area near the Syrian-Lebanese border, injuring one Syrian driver,” the source told AFP. This incident is part of a series of recent Israeli strikes …

An Israeli drone strike killed five people in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, as reported by the Palestinian press agency Wafa and other Palestinian sources. The Israeli military stated that the strike targeted a “terrorist cell” in the Tulkarem region. The director of Thabet Thabet Hospital in Tulkarem confirmed that “five martyrs” were brought to the hospital following “an …

An Al-Shabaab suicide bomber and gunmen attacked a busy beach in Mogadishu, Somalia, resulting in 32 deaths and numerous injuries, making it one of the deadliest assaults in recent months, police reported on Saturday. The al-Qaida-linked militants, who have been fighting against Somalia’s internationally supported federal government for over 17 years, have previously targeted the popular Lido beach area, frequented …

Air France and its low-cost subsidiary Transavia France have announced that their flights to Beirut will remain suspended until at least Tuesday due to “security” concerns in the region, according to Air France-KLM on Saturday. These airlines initially halted their flights to Beirut on Monday, following Israel’s vow of retaliation against Hezbollah, which it accused of launching rockets that killed …

The United States is deploying a carrier strike group, a fighter squadron, and additional warships to the Middle East in anticipation of possible Iranian retaliation for the recent killing of a senior Hamas leader in Tehran. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has directed the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group to replace the USS Theodore Roosevelt strike group, which is currently operating …

The US decision to deploy warships and a fighter squadron to the Middle East represents one of the most significant movements of American forces to the region since the onset of the Gaza war. Initially, the Pentagon dispatched two carrier strike groups to the Middle East as a clear warning to regional militant groups to avoid escalating the conflict. This …