Hundreds of pagers used by Hezbollah members exploded across Lebanon Tuesday, killing at least eight people and wounding Tehran’s ambassador in Beirut in blasts the Iran-backed militant group blamed on Israel...
‘Delaying The Plucky Squire was uncomfortable, but right for the game’ | BBC News
You’ve built up excitement among fans and you have a release date for your game – but what do you do if you feel it isn’t quite ready? Former Pokemon developer and co-founder of studio All Possible...
Nigeria’s Dangote refinery begins petrol deliveries • FRANCE 24 English
Nigeria’s Dangote refinery, Africa’s largest, has finally begun delivering petrol, a game changer for the oil-rich country that frequently faces gasoline shortages. The oft-delayed 650,000-barrel-a-day...
‘Biggest security breach’: More than 1,000, including Hezbollah members, wounded in Lebanon
More than 1,000 people, including Hezbollah fighters and medics, were wounded on Tuesday when the pagers they use to communicate exploded across Lebanon, security sources told Reuters. A Hezbollah official, speaking on...
Israel widens focus of war to include Lebanon front • FRANCE 24 English
Israel announced the expansion of its war aims on Tuesday, widening its nearly year-long fight against Hamas in Gaza to focus on Hezbollah along its northern border with Lebanon. Until now, Israel’s objectives...
Anna Funder’s ‘Wifedom’ explores overlooked role of George Orwell’s wife • FRANCE 24 English
Australian author Anna Funder talks to Dheepthika Laurent about her latest book "Wifedom", a part-fiction, part non-fiction and part-hybrid novel about Eileen O’Shaughnessy. She was the highly educated...