Smoke rises as a building collapses in Beirut's southern suburbs in Lebanon, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (AP)

Lebanon state media says Israeli strike hits central Beirut

  • “An enemy strike targeted the area of Ras Al-Nabaa-Nweiri” residential neighborhoods, adding that ambulances rushed to the targeted sites
  • A security official said the strikes hit two locations in the area of Nweiri
By AFP ·

Mourners react next to the bodies of Palestinians who were killed in Israeli strikes, at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital.

Israeli airstrike kills 28 people sheltering in Gaza school

  • The strike occurred in the city of Deir Al-Balah where a million people have taken shelter after fleeing fighting elsewhere after more than a year of war
By Reuters ·

Special Spanish peacekeepers of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon coordinate their patrol with the Lebanese army, in Marjayoun

UN accuses Israel of firing on Lebanon peacekeepers 

  • UNIFIL announced that its Naqoura headquarters and nearby positions were hit for the first time since confrontations started between the Israeli army and Hezbollah
  • UNIFIL: Two peacekeepers were injured after an IDF Merkava tank fired its weapon toward an observation tower at UNIFIL’s headquarters in Naqoura
By NAJIA HOUSSARI ·

Special GCC and EU ‘must work together’ on regional stability, envoy says ahead of inaugural joint summit

GCC and EU ‘must work together’ on regional stability, envoy says ahead of inaugural joint summit

  • The EU’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Oman is ‘convinced that on both Lebanon and on Palestine the GCC and EU can find a common language’
  • Christophe Farnaud was participating in a discussion event in Brussels in the run-up to the first GCC-EU Summit on Oct. 16
By Lama Alhamawi ·

Special Red Sea ship bound for Oman suffers ‘minor’ damage from Houthi attacks

Red Sea ship bound for Oman suffers ‘minor’ damage from Houthi attacks

  • UK’s Maritime Trade Operations said it received an alert from the master of a ship sailing of Hodeidah that an unidentified projectile had struck the ship
  • Critics say that the Houthis are using public outrage in Yemen over the deaths of thousands of civilians in Gaza to recruit new fighters
By Saeed Al-Batati ·

Britain’s Prince William and Kate, Princess of Wales, speak to members of the emergency services.

Princess Kate joins husband William on visit to English town hit by killings, riot

  • Disinformation spread on social media in the aftermath of the July attack wrongly identified the assailant as an Islamist migrant, and led to violent clashes
By Reuters ·

“Joshua Samuel Tartakovsky, a journalist with Israeli, US and British passports, was detained on October 5 and then deported.

Lebanon deports detained US-Israeli national: officials

  • A security official said Hezbollah members detained Tartakovsky and handed him over to the military intelligence, but said he was not a journalist
By AFP ·

“Joshua Samuel Tartakovsky, a journalist with Israeli, US and British passports, was detained on October 5 and then deported.

Lebanon deports detained US-Israeli national: officials

  • A security official said Hezbollah members detained Tartakovsky and handed him over to the military intelligence, but said he was not a journalist
By AFP ·

Saudi Arabia FIFA World Cup, Manga Arabia to publish ‘Road To 2034’ special manga

Saudi Arabia FIFA World Cup, Manga Arabia to publish ‘Road To 2034’ special manga

  • Special edition manga is part of SAFF’s efforts to build on the excitement as the Kingdom prepares to host the first 48-team FIFA World Cup held in a single nation
  • Partnership highlights Saudi Arabia’s ambition to celebrate its culture and legacy as part of its FIFA World Cup bid
By Arab News Japan ·
Juventus readmitted to ECA after failed Super League revolt

Juventus readmitted to ECA after failed Super League revolt

  • Juve abandoned the ECA in order to push for the so-called European Super League
  • “I am pleased to welcome Juventus back to our family. Now, all top division clubs in over 20 countries are ECA members,” Al-Khelaifi said during the ECA’s General Assembly
By AFP ·