Category: World News
As Taliban starts restricting men too, some regret not speaking up sooner
Washington Post Beside imposing severe rules on women, new laws require men to grow fist-length beards and bar them from imitating non-Muslims in appearance or behavior. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/22/afghanistan-taliban-restrictions-men-beards/
Read MoreLive updates: Hezbollah targets Israeli air base to retaliate for strikes in Lebanon; Israel raids Al Jazeera bureau
Washington Post On Friday, an Israeli airstrike in a Beirut suburb killed at least 37 people, including two Hezbollah commanders. The United States advised its citizens to leave Lebanon. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/22/israel-lebanon-hezbollah-hamas-war-news-gaza/
Read MoreIsraeli warplanes pound southern Lebanon as war fears escalate
Washington Post In northern Israel, fighter jets roared as they streaked across the border late Saturday. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/21/israel-hezbollah-lebanon-attacks/
Read MoreFor Americans scarred by Beirut bombings, a measure of delayed justice
Washington Post Hezbollah commander Ibrahim Aqil, whom Israel says was killed on Friday, was wanted for bombing the U.S Marine barracks and embassy in Beirut in 1983. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/09/21/beirut-bombings-marines-hezbollah/
Read MoreIsraeli airstrikes continue on terrorist targets, rocket launchers in southern Lebanon
Fox News The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) on Saturday said it was continuing to extensively attack terrorist targets in southern Lebanon for a second day after detecting that Hezbollah was preparing to fire on Israeli territory. “Dozens of Israeli Air Force aircraft are currently striking terrorist targets and rocket launchers to remove the threat to…
Read MoreOktoberfest is open. The world’s largest folk festival all things beer begins after ceremonial keg-tapping
Fox News Oktoberfest is open. Mayor Dieter Reiter officially started Oktoberfest at noon Saturday when he inserted the tap into the first beer keg, signaling the 189th start of the festival. Thousands of beer lovers celebrated in the Munich fairground as the first to clink their mugs during the world’s largest folk festival. ORIGINAL FESTIVAL…
Read MoreFrance names a new government, seeking to end turmoil from July’s election
Washington Post The cabinet named by Prime Minister Michel Barnier marks a tilt to the right and will need to avoid being dissolved with a no-confidence vote https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/21/france-cabinet-ministers-pm-michel-barnier-macron/
Read MoreUN’s ‘Pact for the Future’ full of empty promises, will be ‘cudgel’ to attack the United States, expert warns
Fox News The United States should resist the proposed United Nations‘ (U.N.) “Pact for the Future,” which aims to recenter the global forum as a driving force on issues that it has, thus far, failed to effort any change, according to an expert. “The Summit of the Future, where U.N. member states are expected to…
Read MoreExploding pagers leave clues to Israeli ‘red button’ plot, officials say
Washington Post Current and former security officials say the attack capped a multiyear effort, involving rigged electronics and European front companies, to penetrate Hezbollah. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/21/israel-lebanon-hezbollah-exploding-pagers/
Read MoreIreland scraps controversial hate speech measures following criticism by Elon Musk, Conor McGregor
Fox News The Irish government is dropping parts of its controversial hate speech laws which have been criticized by free speech advocates around the world, including X owner Elon Musk who vowed to fight the legislation in court. Irish Justice Minister Helen McEntee says that components of a proposed hate speech bill that deals with incitement…
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