Israel's security cabinet set to meet as world leaders urge restraint over Hezbollah
Summary
Funerals have been taking place for the victims of a rocket strike in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights
At least 12 people, mostly children, were killed on Saturday when a rocket hit a football pitch in Majdal Shams
Israel has blamed Hezbollah, but the Lebanese militant group strongly denies any involvement
Early on Sunday, the IDF said it had conducted air strikes against seven Hezbollah targets "deep inside Lebanese territory"
Funerals have been taking place for the victims of a rocket strike in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights
At least 12 people, mostly children, were killed on Saturday when a rocket hit a football pitch in Majdal Shams
Israel has blamed Hezbollah, but the Lebanese militant group strongly denies any involvement
Early on Sunday, the IDF said it had conducted air strikes against seven Hezbollah targets "deep inside Lebanese territory"
Hezbollah accuses Israel of strike on Golan Heights
Hezbollah has denied responsibility for the rocket attack on the Druze town Majdal Shams, and accused Israel of being responsible for it.
In a statement, the Lebanese group said "it was not the first time that Israeli batteries and Iron Dome missiles have missed and backfired to hit areas around Majdal Shams and the occupied Syrian Golan [Heights]”.
Hezbollah said the Druze community resided “in a space of peace and security” under the group’s rules of engagement, and so would not be targeted due to their “special status” and the lack of military targets in the area.
The timing of the incident, the size of the explosion, the site of the strike and the types of civilians affected, were "suspicious" it added, saying Israel's accusations against them were a sign of "evading" responsibility for for "technical failures".
Revealed: how a Kenyan runner turned undercover agent to lift the lid on dopers
Special report A meeting in a New York coffee shop helped US investigators get the inside track on a network of doping and the agents that prey on vulnerable athletes
By Rob DraperAwinter’s day, 2015, New York. Investigator Victor Burgos turned over the conversation he was about to have in his mind. In the next minutes, he was either going to recruit an ally in the fight against anti-doping or have a hostile, frustrating encounter that would send him back to the drawing board. Chances were it would be the latter. The omertà of dopers matches the mafia. No one talks. Few inform on their peers.
He was meeting a distance runner who was blissfully unaware of what was coming. The man was superb by normal standards, his marathon personal best well within what might be regarded as world class. In Kenyan terms, though, he was a mid-ranker and never going to be an Olympic superstar. He also had tested positive for 19-nortestosterone, a hardcore steroid.
Special report A meeting in a New York coffee shop helped US investigators get the inside track on a network of doping and the agents that prey on vulnerable athletes
Keeping the Peace on CamelbackMauritania's Secret to Stability
Many countries in the Sahel have descended into chaos and violence. But one country on the western edge of the region has proven remarkably stable. In Mauritania, soldiers on camelback protect a fragile peace.By Fritz Schaap and Andy Spyra (Photos)On Day 27, the patrol led by Brigadier Mbeirik Messoud reaches an isolated desert settlement. A loud grunting sound tells the residents that help has arrived. The call from deep within the throats of the dromedaries, kneeling beneath the acacias, rises and falls as the wind carries it to a clutch of tents.
For the people here, it is the sound of the state.
Messoud stops next to his unit’s nurse and checks whether they have enough broad-spectrum antibiotics. The nurse takes a girl’s blood pressure and then hands the girl’s mother two tablets to treat her daughter’s fever.
On Day 27, the patrol led by Brigadier Mbeirik Messoud reaches an isolated desert settlement. A loud grunting sound tells the residents that help has arrived. The call from deep within the throats of the dromedaries, kneeling beneath the acacias, rises and falls as the wind carries it to a clutch of tents.
For the people here, it is the sound of the state.
Messoud stops next to his unit’s nurse and checks whether they have enough broad-spectrum antibiotics. The nurse takes a girl’s blood pressure and then hands the girl’s mother two tablets to treat her daughter’s fever.
Venezuelans vote in tense election challenging Maduro's grip on power
Polls suggest that Sunday's presidential election in Venezuela could oust President Nicolas Maduro, whose party has ruled the country for 25 years. Tensions are high as the opposition has warned of possible irregularities and the incumbent has threatened a "bloodbath" if his challenger Edmundo Gonzales Urrutia is elected, drawing condemnation from world leaders including Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Venezuelans vote Sunday between continuity in President Nicolas Maduro or change in rival Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia amid high tension following the incumbent's threat of a "bloodbath" if he loses, which polls suggest is likely.
Concerns were further stoked when Caracas blocked several international observers at the last minute, including four ex-presidents who had their plane held up in Panama Friday.
Maduro, 61, is accused of locking up critics and harassing the opposition in a climate of rising authoritarianism.
He is seeking a third six-year term at the helm of the once wealthy petro-state that saw GDP drop 80 percent in a decade, pushing more than seven million of its 30 million citizens to emigrate.
Hungary’s Orban says Russia stands to gain as ‘irrational’ West loses power
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Saturday Russia’s leadership was “hyper rational” and that Ukraine would never be able to fulfil its hopes of becoming a member of the European Union or NATO.
Orban, a nationalist in power since 2010, made the comments during a speech in which he forecast a shift in global power away from the “irrational” West towards Asia and Russia.
“In the next long decades, maybe centuries, Asia will be the dominant centre of the world,” Orban said, mentioning China, India, Pakistan and Indonesia as the world’s future big powers.
Philippines' drug war victim receives shred of justice
Mary Ann Domingo's husband and son were killed by police in a drug-bust operation during the height of the Philippine drug war. Eight years later, several officers involved have been convicted of homicide.
At 51 years old, Mary Ann Domingo has finally fulfilled her lifelong dream of graduating from high school. However, she wishes her son, Gabriel, and husband, Luis, could have attended her graduation.
Past midnight on September 15, 2016, a group of 15 to 20 men, some police in uniform, and others in plain clothes wearing masks, burst into Domingo's home for what they claimed was a drug bust operation.
It was the height of the Philippines' anti-drug campaign launched by former President Rodrigo Duterte, and Luis was their target.
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