Evacuees from Kiryat Shmona will be put up in state-subsidised guesthouses, Israel said, joining tens of thousands of Israelis who have already left their homes near the southern Gaza border.
Armed by Iran, experienced in fighting Israel & in Syria, & an organisation that has won votes in Lebanon, Hezbollah is different from most known non-state militias.
Govt has decided to delay daylight savings time until 20 April, but influential Maronite Church, businesses & other organisations have said they won't cooperate.
It was not immediately clear what caused the fire at the facility, which was decimated by an explosion on 4 August when nearly 3,000 tons of ammonium nitrates detonated at the port.
Decades of governmental malfeasance and the explosion — the biggest peacetime catastrophe in the nation’s history — have resulted in the current outpouring of public anger.
The cause of the Beirut port explosion was ammonium nitrate from a ship abandoned in 2013. Hazardous material is shipped across the world daily — often illegally.
In episode 542 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta talks about what led to catastrophic blast in Beirut and how this makes Lebanon's political and economic crisis more messy.
As Park Street now anticipates the Christmas lights, Bangla cinema eyes a harmony. Colliding heritage, devotion and some detective grit, the year-ender comes with a rediscovery.
Clean energy is “no longer the sideshow, it is the show”, BVR Subrahmanyam told the Odisha summit, warning India to lead the global shift or risk others’ tech dominance.
Dubai airshow crash & pilot death have rekindled concerns over pilot safety, and need for smarter automated systems that can step in when G-forces, temporary loss of consciousness hit the pilot.
None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.
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