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The Palestinian national football team is set to commence their journey in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers in Asia. Their first match will be against Lebanon, held in Sharjah due to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas affecting the region. Initially, the match was planned to be in Beirut, with Palestine then hosting Australia. However, the conflict following the …

On Monday, Brazilian authorities reported the apprehension of a third individual implicated in planning terrorist activities within the nation, a scheme that, according to Israel, received support from Hezbollah in Lebanon. This plan was uncovered last week when Brazil’s federal police executed several search operations in various states, leading to the arrest of two individuals in Sao Paulo as part …

Human Rights Watch, on Tuesday, condemned an Israeli military operation in southern Lebanon that resulted in the deaths of three children and their grandmother earlier in the month. The human rights organization criticized the strike for showing a lack of concern for civilian lives. This critique comes amid ongoing tensions between Israel and Hezbollah along the Lebanon-Israel border that began …

In a recent series of violent incidents, two Lebanese individuals lost their lives and several others were injured during an Israeli airstrike on a residence in Ainata, a town in southern Lebanon. This attack was followed hours later by another incident targeting journalists near the Lebanese border town of Yaroun, where an Al-Jazeera cameraman was slightly injured and vehicles were …

U.S. airstrikes in eastern Syria resulted in the death of at least eight fighters aligned with Iran, as reported by a war monitoring group on Monday. These strikes, which occurred late Sunday in the regions of Mayadeen and Albu Kamal in Syria’s Deir Ezzor province near the Iraqi border, were in retaliation for assaults on American forces. Among the casualties …

Lebanon’s efforts to tackle drug trafficking, especially to Gulf nations, have recently led to a significant seizure of narcotics intended for Kuwait. The country’s law enforcement agencies confiscated approximately 800 kilograms of drugs that were en route to Kuwait via the Netherlands. This update was provided in a statement from the office of Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi, as reported by …

In response to security concerns, Israel has recently blocked the online presence of Al-Mayadeen, a Beirut-based, pro-Iranian TV channel. This decision, announced by Israeli Communication Minister Shlomo Karhi, came amidst rising tensions in the Gaza conflict, which has escalated fears of broader regional unrest. Karhi, in a Facebook post, revealed that the security cabinet sanctioned emergency actions to prevent the …

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has advised European policymakers, including the European Central Bank (ECB), to maintain the current high interest rates until they are certain that inflation is under control, despite slow economic growth. This recommendation, issued on Wednesday, cautions against celebrating too early as inflation shows signs of declining from its peak. According to the IMF, underestimating the …