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- 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
- A statement released ahead of a full report accused Israel of “relentless and deliberate attacks on medical personnel and facilities” in the war
- “Children in particular have borne the brunt of these attacks, suffering both directly and indirectly from the collapse of the health system,” said Pillay
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- 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
- Emergency Lawyers, a Sudanese human rights group, said hundreds of people had been killed in such strikes across the country
- It did not state the period of time for that casualty toll but said it demonstrated “the armed forces’ indifference to protecting defenseless civilians“
- 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
- A security official said Hezbollah members detained Tartakovsky and handed him over to the military intelligence, but said he was not a journalist
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KSA’s remotest village
Saudi Arabia’s most remote village, known as Thabhloten, is considered the largest sand basin in the world, characterized by towering sand dunes on all sides, rich natural resources, and lakes in the middle. Part of Al-Ahsa governorate in the Eastern Province, Thabhloten is over 1,500 km from Riyadh and 1,200 km from Al-Ahsa.
Ube
For centuries, ube has been part of the Filipino table as a main component of celebratory dishes and special-occasion treats. Often confused with the taro root, it is an indigenous staple of the Philippines that has a mellow, sweet and earthy flavor, as well as a striking hue. The root vegetable often used in desserts also conveys certain parts of Philippine culture.
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- 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
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