Facebook users facing issues with Messenger, Instagram

Outage tracking website Downdetector.com showed that there are more than 1,800 incidents of people reporting issues with Messenger and 350 reports on Instagram. (AP)
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Updated 10 December 2020
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Facebook users facing issues with Messenger, Instagram

  • ‘We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible’

Facebook said on Thursday some users were facing issues while sending messages on Messenger, Instagram and its office collaboration service Workplace.
“We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible,” a company spokesperson said.
Outage tracking website Downdetector.com showed that there are more than 1,800 incidents of people reporting issues with Messenger and 350 reports on Instagram.
On Wednesday, the US Federal Trade Commission and nearly every US state filed lawsuits against Facebook, saying it used a “buy or bury” strategy to snap up rivals and keep smaller competitors at bay.
The FTC had said in a statement that it would seek an injunction that “could, among other things: require divestitures of assets, including Instagram and WhatsApp.”


Hezbollah says Israeli strike killed Al-Manar TV presenter in southern Lebanon

Updated 27 January 2026
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Hezbollah says Israeli strike killed Al-Manar TV presenter in southern Lebanon

  • The ​Israeli ‌military said later on Monday that Al-Din was a Hezbollah militant who recently worked to rehabilitate the group’s artillery capabilities in southern Lebanon

The Lebanese armed group Hezbollah said on Monday that an Israeli strike ​in the country’s south killed TV presenter Ali Nour Al-Din, who worked for the group’s affiliated Al-Manar television station.
The group said the killing portends “the danger of ‌Israel’s extended escalations (in Lebanon) ‌to include ‌the ⁠media community.”
The ​Israeli ‌military said later on Monday that Al-Din was a Hezbollah militant who recently worked to rehabilitate the group’s artillery capabilities in southern Lebanon.
Israel and ⁠Lebanon agreed to a US-brokered ‌ceasefire in 2024 to end ‍more than ‍a year of fighting ‍between Israel and Hezbollah, which culminated in Israeli strikes that severely weakened the Iran-backed militant group. Since ​then, the sides have traded accusations over ceasefire violations.
Lebanon ⁠has faced growing pressure from the US and Israel to disarm Hezbollah. The group’s leaders fear that Israel could dramatically escalate strikes across the battered country, aiming to push the Lebanese government for quicker action to confiscate Hezbollah’s arsenal.