BEIRUT: Hezbollah announced today that its Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli strike on the southern suburbs of Beirut. This came in a statement issued by the party and broadcast by the Lebanese National News Agency. Yesterday, Israeli warplanes carried out a heavy bombardment on the southern suburbs, killing and wounding several people. Source: Emirates News Agency
Earthquake of Magnitude 5.9 Hits Indonesia’s Flores
August 17, 2026
Abu dhabi: An earthquake of magnitude 5.9 struck Indonesia’s Flores region Monday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The