Jamie Prentis

3 days ago | thenationalnews.com | Jamie Prentis

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Beirut on Tuesday to meet top Lebanese officials, amid calls for Tehran's strongest proxy group Hezbollah to disarm. He will meet with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and his opposite number Youssef Rajji. It is likely he will also meet with officials from Hezbollah, the Lebanese armed group and political party.

1 week ago | thenationalnews.com | Jamie Prentis

8 There are eight players per team9 There have been nine Indoor Cricket World Cups for men. Australia have won every one. 5 Five runs are deducted from the score when a wickets falls4 Batsmen bat in pairs, facing four overs per partnershipScoring In indoor cricket, runs are scored by way of both physical and bonus runs. Physical runs are scored by both batsmen completing a run from one crease to the other.

1 week ago | thenationalnews.com | Jamie Prentis

Lebanon's municipal elections, staggered over recent weeks across the country, have ended with the results indicating it is business as usual for the country's ruling parties. The elections were supposed to have been held in 2022 – the last round was in 2016 – but were delayed three times for a variety of reasons from political bickering to the looming threat of an Israeli war.

1 week ago | thenationalnews.com | Jamie Prentis

Voters in southern Lebanon cast their ballots on Saturday in municipal elections, despite the near-daily Israeli bombardment of the area and continued occupation of five border points. Residents exercised their democratic right in the region that has been devastated by Israel's war on the country and in defiance of the constant threat. Israel continues to bomb south Lebanon almost every day despite a tenuous ceasefire agreed with the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah last November.

2 weeks ago | thenationalnews.com | Jamie Prentis

Israel carried out a wave of bombings across south Lebanon late on Thursday, ratcheting up its attacks on the region days before municipal elections are due to take place there. One strike hit a building next to a busy main road in Toul, a town north-west of the city of Nabatieh. No casualties were reported but the damage was extensive. Footage posted online showed the struck building on fire, sending up black plumes of smoke.