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  Smoke rises following an explosion during the destruction of infrastructure along the Israel-Lebanon border. August 31, 2026. (photo credit: AYAL MARGOLIN/FLASH90) The IDF is set to carry out a series of strikes on Lebanon in the coming hours, the security department of the Upper Galilee Regional Council announced Friday evening.  Explosions will be heard in Western Galilee, the Hula Valley, the Ramim Ridge, and possibly in northern Golan Heights, the department added. 

To appreciate literature is simply to be desolved into the dimensions of narratives carefully contained by a literary piece. The way the reader sees the writer and the conclusion he is able to draw about the author is generally dependent on how much he gets himself assimilated into the narrative dexterity of the author. The writer, who would want readers to gain an immeasurable understanding of the work, uses such language he believes would encourage the reading of his work. But one thing is paramount; he does not place the work so simply for every reader, instead he weaves several techniques into the narrative so that he that approaches the text would see reasons to think. To think properly with any work of art is simply to be absorbed by the same piece of writing. By this, the reader identifies with any character of his choice in the work. With this character, he gains a better position to judge, support or disagree with the philosophy dominant in the text. By so doing, he can vividl...

In the roll call of authors who have effectively used the novel form to interrogate the systematic abuse of the Nigerian society leading to the many ills her citizens continue to endure today, Chukwuemeka Ike deserves a prolonged applause. In an Obit when he passed at age 88, in 2020, I had noted that “In many ways, his fiction held up a mirror to society, reflecting both the desirable and the worst in us and leaving us with something to really ponder about. He seemed passionate about changing society and used his fiction to consistently remind us of the increasing inadequacies of society which our fleeting sensibilities ignore as we carry on with the daily scramble for material accumulation.” And he had quite a collection of titles that buttressed this including the likes of Toads for Super, The Naked Gods, The Potter’s Wheel, Sunset at Dawn, Expo ’77, The Chicken Chasers, and The Search among others. There will be time to properly study, contextualise and document how young Nigeri...

  ILLUSTRATIVE: POLICE ARREST suspect thought to have allowed illegal immigrants through border, November 30, 2025. (photo credit: Police Spokesperson ) A 30-year-old Arab-Israeli citizen who had formerly served in the IDF was charged with affiliating himself with the ISIS terror group, Israel Police announced on Wednesday, after his allegiance was discovered in an investigation by the Shin Bet (Israeli Security Agency). The suspect, Khamis Su'ad, had served in the IDF between 2017 and 2019 and had allegedly exhibited a growing interest in ISIS since 2023, according to the indictment. 

  US President Donald Trump and US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listen to questions from the press during a Cabinet meeting at Camp David in Maryland, on July 31, 2026; illustrative (photo credit: Aaron Schwartz / AFP via Getty Images) Top aides to US President Donald Trump are pushing to keep the Iran war from escalating before November's midterm elections to staunch Republican electoral losses, four people familiar with the discussions said, a strategy that is already under strain as the United States and Iran resume their back-and-forth attacks. White House officials will consider ramping up military action after the November 3 vote, said the sources, who requested anonymity to describe internal thinking, though any return to full-scale conflict is far from a given. For now, they said, the administration is focused on tightening the economic pressure on Iran in an effort to extract concessions in any future negotiation that months of military action failed to secure.

  " Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged to continue efforts to disarm Hamas during a visit to a military outpost in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday alongside IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen Eyal Zamir. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks from Gaza's Yellow Line on September 2, 2026. (credit: Prime Minister's Office) "We control the area and remain on this line," Netanyahu said, referring to the Yellow Line. "We are doing everything to reach our goal." This is a developing story. Go to the full article > >