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Tripoli, Lebanon – In 1948, Manal Matar’s grandparents fled Akka (Acre) in what was then northern Palestine and crossed into Lebanon. They thought they would soon return, but the borders closed, and the family ended up in Rashidieh camp, near Tyre, a coastal city in south Lebanon. They’ve lived there ever since. But in the

Iran is targeting ships in response to US attacks -- despite Trump's promises, can the US stop it? Project Force Published On 17 Mar 2026

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Attacks hit three southern Beirut neighbourhoods, fighting in the south of the country intensifies as Hezbollah engages Israeli army. Israeli air attacks have rained down on three neighbourhoods in Beirut, Lebanese state media reported, as the beleaguered nation says more than one million have been displaced since this punishing front in the wider regional war

The US and Israel continue to attack across Iranian cities as the conflict spreads to the region and causes a global energy crisis. The United States-Israel war on Iran continues to intensify as attacks on multiple cities kill civilians, including a newborn baby and his two-year-old sister in Arak city. The conflict has spread as

The Fujairah oil hub has been hit repeatedly by Iranian drones as the US-Israeli war continues to ignite instability in the region. A drone attack has sparked a fire at the Fujairah Oil Industry Zone in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), as Iran continues to launch sustained attacks on Gulf countries amid the United States-Israeli

Beneath the labyrinthine salt caves and emerald mangrove forests of Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, a different kind of architecture lies buried. While tourists once flocked to this “open-air geological museum” to get a glimpse of its surreal rock formations, the world’s gaze is now fixed on what lies beneath the coral: Iran’s

The civil trial centres on a class-action lawsuit filed just before Musk took control of Twitter, which was renamed X. Closing arguments are set to begin in a trial in the United States pitting Elon Musk against shareholders of Twitter, now known as X, who say the world’s richest man engaged in a pattern of

Islamabad, Pakistan — The war launched by the United States and Israel on Iran has killed more than 1,400 people in the country, set off retaliatory attacks by Tehran targeting Gulf nations and Israel, and pushed global oil prices above $100 a barrel. Now, 18 days into the conflict, aid agencies and countries neighbouring Iran

Jeffrey Epstein urged Canadian-American media and real estate mogul Mortimer Zuckerman to relinquish control of his financial affairs over what he claimed was the magnate’s “potentially dangerous” cognitive impairment, according to files released by the United States Department of Justice. While Epstein’s business ties with Zuckerman, now 88 years old, have been a matter of