Doug Lansford 
After Israel breaches Hezbollah stronghold, will Beirut finally be dragged into Gaza war? BEIRUT: Soon after top Hamas official Saleh Al-Arouri was killed in a suspected Israeli strike in Beirut’s Hezbollah-held Dahieh on Tuesday evening, people in salons and on social media forums took to asking the same question: what next? The region’s residents — … Read more
Photo: Dubai Police/X The Dubai Police returned 76,000 dirhams (Rs 17,24,045) to an Arab tourist who had left money in a taxi after New Year’s Eve celebrations. The authority received a report at 2 am on Monday, January 1, from a tourist, who stated that he had accidentally left a bag in a taxi containing … Read more
RIYADH: Registration opened on Tuesday for Al-Mazayen competitors at AlUla Falcons Cup, which is organized by the Saudi Falcons Club and the Royal Commission for AlUla and continues until Friday at Mughira Heritage Sports Village in the ancient city. Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator of the all … Read more
Jerusalem: The Israeli army has said it is “prepared for any scenario” after a strike in Beirut that killed Hamas’s deputy chief, stoking fears the war in the Gaza Strip could boil over into wider regional conflict.A high-level security official in Lebanon told AFP that Saleh Al-Aruri was killed along with his bodyguards in a … Read more
Tel Aviv: The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has warned against an increasing risk of famine in the Gaza Strip “amid intense conflict and restricted access”. In its latest situation update, the UN agency said that the Famine Review Committee (FRC) was activated due to evidence surpassing the acute food insecurity … Read more
RIYADH: The Turkish Consul General in Jeddah, Mustafa Unal, and Turkiye’s Permanent Representative to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Mehmet Metin Eker have visited the Hira Cultural District in Makkah, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Tuesday. During the tour, the officials commended Saudi Arabia for its efforts to enrich the cultural and religious experience … Read more
SAO PAULO: Demonstrations have taken place in several of Latin America’s biggest cities against Israel’s ongoing military operation in Gaza since the war broke out in the Palestinian enclave in October. Indigenous peoples have been among the protesters, with many of them issuing public letters in support of the Palestinian people. In Bogota, Palestinian organizations … Read more
At least thirty-three individuals suspected of planning abductions and spying for Israel’s Mossad were arrested, Turkey’s Interior Minister Ali Yerilkaya announced on social media on Tuesday, January 2. He said the police raided 57 locations in eight provinces across the country in “Operation Mole,” which was launched by the Istanbul prosecutor’s counter-terrorism bureau and Turkey’s … Read more
JEDDAH: The King Salman International Complex for the Arabic Language has launched a new platform dedicated to linguistic blogs. Known as Falak, the service comprises three blogs, covering the complex itself, Arabic books and one for Arabic learners. The number of blogs is set to increase to 10 by the end of March. Designed to … Read more
DUBAI: In the Gaza Strip, civilians are being killed by more than Israeli bombs from the air or bullets flying between Israeli troops and Hamas militants battling at close range. They also face a slow death due to hunger and a lack of basic medical care as most hospitals in the enclave are out of … Read more
