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  • Lebanon says Israeli airstrikes kill as least 100 people, as citizens told to evacuate

    Israel unleashed its most widespread wave of airstrikes against hundreds of Hezbollah targets on Monday, killing at least 100 people by Lebanese tallies, and warned citizens to evacuate areas where it said the armed group was storing weapons. The latest attacks come amid some of the heaviest cross-border exchanges of fire in almost a year of conflict, as Israel shifts its focus to its northern border, where Hezbollah has been firing rockets into Israel in support of its ally Hamas, which is fighting a war with Israel in Gaza.

  • Israel conducted Lebanon pager attack fearing Hezbollah was onto the operation

    Israel decided to blow up the pager devices carried by Hezbollah members in Lebanon and Syria on Tuesday out of concern its secret operation might have been discovered by the group, three U.S. officials told Axios.

  • Saudi Arabia’s Groundbreaking Telfaz11 Studio Announces Satirical Film ‘Saify’ Involving Banned Religious Sermons

    Saudi studio Telefaz11, the groundbreaking label behind hit dark comedy “Mandoob” — in which a struggling man becomes a bootleg booze runner in Ryadh — is set to push the kingdom’s cultural envelope a bit further with a humorous take on the world of Saudi Arabia‘s ultraconservative  clerics.  Telfaz11 has announced that its next title will be the satirical drama “Saify,” directed by studio chief Wael Abu Mansour and set against the backdrop of the late 1990s, a time when, incidentally, cinema was banned.

  • Egypt PM says Saudi’s planned $5 bln investment independent of cenbank deposit

    Egypt's Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said on Thursday that a planned Saudi Arabian investment of $5 billion in Egypt is independent of funds the Gulf state has deposited in the country's central bank, sending bond prices higher. The country's sovereign dollar bonds rallied to fresh two-year highs. The 2059 maturity gained the most, rising 1.35 cents, to bid at 77.60 cents on the dollar by 1309 GMT, Tradeweb data showed.

  • Iran’s ambassador to Lebanon injured by pager explosion

    Iran's ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amani, was slightly injured on Tuesday by the explosion of an electronic pager, Iran's semi-official Fars news agency reported, as numerous such devices exploded across Lebanon. "Amani has a superficial injury and is currently under observation in a hospital," Fars quoted a source as saying. Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi, in a phone call with his Lebanese counterpart, strongly condemned the "terrorist attack" and thanked Lebanon for providing immediate medical treatment to Amani, Iranian state media reported.

  • Perspective: The Lebanon pager attacks are an escalation toward a war that few want

    Iran and Hezbollah definitely don’t want a major conflict. Hezbollah’s role is to deter an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities. It’s pointless to squander Hezbollah’s potent arsenal on a place (Gaza) with no real significance to Iran, or an unreliable ally like Hamas, which broke with them over the Syrian war. Israelis commonly insist that war with Hezbollah is inevitable. But war is hardly inevitable when the other side doesn’t want one.

  • Second wave of exploding devices raises fears of wider Israel-Lebanon conflict

    Hand-held radios used by armed group Hezbollah detonated on Wednesday across Lebanon's south in the country's deadliest day since cross-border fighting erupted between the militants and Israel nearly a year ago, stoking tensions after similar explosions of the group's pagers the day before. Lebanon's health ministry said 20 people were killed and more than 450 injured on Wednesday in Beirut's suburbs and the Bekaa Valley, while the death toll from Tuesday's explosions rose to 12, including two children, with nearly 3,000 injured.

  • Hezbollah vows to punish Israel after pager explosions across Lebanon

    Militant group Hezbollah promised to retaliate against Israel after accusing it of detonating pagers across Lebanon on Tuesday, killing nine people and wounding nearly 3,000 others who included fighters and Iran's envoy to Beirut. Lebanese Information Minister Ziad Makary condemned the late-afternoon detonation of the pagers - handheld devices that Hezbollah and others in Lebanon use to send messages - as an "Israeli aggression". Hezbollah said Israel would receive "its fair punishment" for the blasts.

  • 3-month midday outdoor work ban comes to an end in Saudi Arabia

    The rate of compliance of establishments with the decision to ban work under direct sunlight this year reached 94.6 percent, according to the ministry sources. During the implementation period, the ministry, in coordination with the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health, instructed employers to organize working hours and adhere to the provisions of the decision to reduce occupational injuries and diseases.

  • Nvidia AI Chips Headed to Saudi Arabia, US Reassesses Export Ban

    The U.S. initially imposed advanced semiconductor sanctions on China in 2023, citing national security concerns. In 2024, the embargo on Saudi Arabia followed for its alleged proximity to China. Interestingly, Nvidia AI chips continue to enter China via smuggling and other channels. Saudi Arabia’s engagement in the AI sector has increased, as evidenced by its participation in AI-driven initiatives and partnerships to reduce its reliance on Chinese firms. This has prompted the U.S. to reevaluate its embargo on the country.