WhatsApp has become the messaging app of choice for billions of users worldwide. While the platform offers a seamless communication experience, it typically requires saving contacts to initiate chats. However, there are situations where you may need to send a message without adding the number to your contact list.

Here are five easy methods to send WhatsApp messages without saving number:

Method 1: Using WhatsApp application

Open WhatsApp and copy the mobile number you want to send a message to.

Tap the New Chat button and select your name under WhatsApp Contacts.

Paste the cell phone number into the text box and click “Send.”

Tap the mobile phone number. If the person is on WhatsApp, the “Chat with” option will appear.

Tap Chat With to start a conversation.

Method 2: Creating a link in your browser

Open your browser (on mobile or desktop).

Paste the following link into the address bar:

Replace “xxxxxxxxxx” with the cell phone number, including the country code (e.g.

Press Enter and tap “Go to Chat” to open the WhatsApp chat window.

Method 3: Using Truecaller app

Open the Truecaller app and search for the mobile number.

Scroll down and tap the WhatsApp icon next to the number.

This will open a WhatsApp chat window for that number.

Method 4: Using Google Assistant (Android)

Activate Google Assistant and say: “Send a WhatsApp to.” [mobile number with country code].” (e.g. “Send a WhatsApp to +919876543210”).

Dictate the message you want to send.

Google Assistant sends the WhatsApp message to the specified number.

Method 5: Using Siri Shortcuts (iPhone)

Open the Siri Shortcuts app.

Go to Settings > Shortcuts and turn on “Allow untrusted shortcuts.”

Download the WhatsApp to Non-Contact shortcut (search online or use a provided link).

Add the shortcut and enter the mobile number to open a new WhatsApp chat window.

Israel has launched a series of massive attacks on Beirut, with the military saying it attacked the headquarters of the militant group Hezbollah.

The first wave of attacks shook windows across the world Lebanese capital and sent thick clouds of smoke into the air.

Israel says Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah was the intended target of the attack, but a senior Israeli official said it was too early to say whether the attack was successful.

Latest news from Israel and Hezbollah: Commander of militant group “killed in Lebanon”

A source close to Hezbollah told Reuters that Nasrallah was still alive, and Iran’s Tasnim news agency also reported that he was safe.

According to the Lebanese Ministry of Health, at least six people were killed and 91 injured in the airstrikes. It said the numbers were preliminary.

A second round of attacks by the Israeli Air Force followed early Saturday, targeting Hezbollah weapons production facilities and key command centers of the militant group in southern Beirut, according to the Israeli military.

After the attack, flames could be seen rising in certain areas. And Israel says it also attacked targets in the Bekaa Valley and hit the mountain town of Bhamdoun.

This came hours after the IDF first called for the immediate evacuation of some specific buildings in the southern suburbs.

Army spokesman Avichay Adraee said in a post on X that people should “move at least 500 meters away from three buildings.”

During the attacks, the Israeli military claimed it killed Hezbollah’s missile unit commander, Muhammad Ali Ismail, and his deputy, Hossein Ahmed Ismail.

Friday’s attack was Israel’s strongest attack in Beirut during its nearly year-long conflict with Hezbollah, which began when the Iran-backed group began firing rockets into Israel almost immediately after Hamas attacked from Gaza on Oct. 7.

The Israeli military claimed it carried out a “precision strike” on Hezbollah’s headquarters, which it said was located “among residential buildings in the heart of Dahieh in Beirut.”

Dahieh – the Hezbollah-controlled southern suburb of Beirut – has been attacked four times in the last week, displacing an estimated 100,000 people.

Four of the buildings in the area were reduced to rubble on Friday, Hezbollah’s Al Manar TV reported.

The Iranian embassy in Beirut described the attacks as a “dangerous, groundbreaking escalation” and called them a “crime” that deserved “appropriate punishment.”

Then overnight Sunday, the Israeli army claimed it had also eliminated the leader of a Hamas network in southern Syria.

According to the Lebanese Ministry of Health, more than 720 people have been killed and over 200,000 displaced in Lebanon since the conflict escalated following pager and radio explosions.

On Friday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to continue Israel’s attacks on Iranian-backed fighters in Lebanon a speech to the United Nations General Assembly.

“As long as Hezbollah chooses the path of war, Israel has no choice, and Israel has every right to eliminate this threat and return our citizens safely to their homes,” he said.

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“Israel has tolerated this intolerable situation for almost a year. Well, I came here today to say enough is enough,” Mr. Netanyahu added.

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Israeli airstrikes have killed more than 700 people in Lebanon, raising fears of an all-out war between the two sides.

Satellite images captured by Maxar Technologies show the extent of damage caused by some of the attacks in Chouaghir, Baalbek-Hermel Governorate in eastern Lebanon.

The first image, taken on September 3, 2024, shows a building seemingly surrounded by trees. In the second picture from September 26th, the same building is completely destroyed.

Israel claims the aim of the bombing is to end more than 11 months of Hezbollah shelling of its territory.

“Saturday Night Live” returns for its historic 50th season. Throughout the 2024-2025 cycle, we’ll see all of Studio 8H’s usual antics, as well as a tribute to the show’s rich history, from Ackroyd and Murray to Sudeikis and Wiig. Read on for how to watch “SNL” Season 50 online and on TV.

While no hosts or musical guests have been announced for the 50th season of “SNL,” it is expected to be a big season. Not only could it be the final season for longtime producer Lorne Michaels, but the series also looks back on its own history, stretching back to its 50th anniversary in February 2025.

The failed takeover comes amid a two-game losing streak that has seen Reading plummet in the League One table, and Sellés faces a huge task of boosting morale following a 5-2 defeat at Bolton Wanderers last Saturday.

However, it is probably a good time for the hosts to take on Huddersfield as the visitors have also been beaten in their last two league games.

The Terriers suffered a 3-1 home defeat to Northampton Town last Saturday and had less time to prepare for this game as they were in action on Tuesday night, losing 2-0 to Steve Bruce’s Blackpool.

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When is Reading vs Huddersfield?

Reading vs Huddersfield takes place on Saturday, September 28, 2024.

For the latest times and information, see our live football TV guide.

Kick-off time for Reading vs Huddersfield

Reading vs Huddersfield starts at 12:30Clock.

Which TV channel is Reading vs Huddersfield on?

You can watch the game live Sky Sports+ from 12:30 p.m.

Sky Sports can be added to any Sky TV package for just £22 per month for all nine sports channels, or you can get the full sports package plus Netflix for £43 per month.

Sky Sports+ offers more than 1,000 EFL games throughout the season and is included in Sky Sports packages.

Here’s how to live stream Reading vs Huddersfield online

Sky Sports customers can live stream the game as part of their subscription via the Sky Go app on a variety of devices, including most smartphones and tablets.

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NOW can be streamed via a computer or apps found on most smart TVs, phones and consoles. NOW is also available on TNT Sports.

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Who has it better than us?

A multi-billionaire who owns an NBA team and just bought a fairly large portion of an NFL team. (“Nobody” is really catchier.)

PFT has confirmed that Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores has finalized a deal to purchase 27 percent of the LA Chargers. Although Tom Gores is chairman and CEO of the private equity fund Platinum Equity, he is purchasing the shares on his own responsibility.

Gores will have no control or ability to control him, and he will not be involved in the daily life of the Chargers.

He’s essentially buying out Dea Spanos Berberian, the sister of controlling owner Dean Spanos. The move resolves a long-running dispute within the Spanos family that led to several legal battles.

The price to be paid for the 27 percent share is not known. This number would reveal the value of the team. Some in league circles believe NFL franchises are inching closer to a base value of $8 million to $10 million. The record sale occurred in 2023, when a group led by Josh Harris purchased the Commanders for $6.05 billion.

The purchase is expected to be approved by the league’s owners at their regularly scheduled quarterly meeting next month.

At its official unveiling a few weeks ago, this was PS5 Pro faced backlash for its exorbitant $700 price tag. A major issue for many is the lack of a drive in the updated next-generation system – which is now billed as a separately available accessory along with an optional vertical stand.

It’s clear that the gaming landscape is changing. With its long track record of innovating in the television and phone businesses, Samsung sees an industry ripe for acquisition – an industry that is on the cusp of major change as physical video game discs decline as quickly as DVDs did in the early days Days of streaming.

FOOTBALL ON CHANNEL NINE. WELCOME TO FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL, A WEEK FOUR EDITION. SOME TEAMS ARE BEGINNING TO REMOVE THEM FROM THE PACK TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE LOCKED FOR A PLAYOFF PUSH. Our game of the week was a good game in D1 Alvirne and Windham. An estimated 5,000 people attended the Windham Project Blackout Game. MORE IN A FEW MINUTES. FIRST WE WAS ALLOWED TO CALL OUR PHOTOGRAPHER LEE WHO WAS HIT BY A DEEP LIKE FROM WINDHAM’S KEVIN MURPHY AND UNFORTUNATELY LEE COULD NOT INTRODUCE HIM. THIS PASS HAS BEEN COMPLETED. It’s Murphy to Michael. LISA had to dive to get it. GREAT CATCH FOR A 32 YARD PICKUP. Bring the spikes into the red area. BUT THEN A FUMBLE SNAP IS RESOLVED. AUBURNS KADEN COX BRONCOS TAKE OVER THE DEPTH IN THEIR OWN TERRITORY. All right, AUBURN QUARTERBACK CHARLIE CRAWFORD LEAVES BACK TO PASS TO GABE CONROW, GETTING SOME YARDS AFTER THE CATCH AND GETTING A NICE GAIN. BRONCOS ATTEMP A FIELD GOAL WHICH IS BLOCKED BY THE JAGS AND CATCHED BY HAYDEN TEDESCO. IN THE SECOND HALF, MOST WINDHAM PARTICIPANTS WERE THEIR FIRST LOSS AT 14:12. THE FINAL. THE SCOREBOARD BEDFORD WINS GOFFSTOWN 3514. MERRIMACK WINS 20 TO 13 OVER KEENE AND IMPROVES HER RECORD TO TWO AND ONE. THE MANCHESTER MEMORIAL CRUSADERS ARE THREE AND ZERO. THEY BEAT PORTSMOUTH OYSTER RIVER 33 TO 17. SPAULDING PLAYED A OUTSIDE STATE GAME AND WON EDWARD LITTLE 41 TO 12. A GREAT RIVALRY GAME AT SEACOAST EXETER IN WINNACUNNET. WINNACUNNET IN THE SECOND HALF 17 TO 12. QUARTERBACK RILEY MCDANIEL SHOOTS ON MASON MCDONALD FOR THE WIN, BUT NO POINTS FROM THIS DRIVE. EXETER scores another rushing touchdown. DANIEL BATSTONE FOR SIX. TWO-POINT CONVERSION MAKES IT 2512. BLUE HAWKS. BATSTONE WAS A FORCE IN THIS CASE. HERE’S ANOTHER TD. The senior rushed for 172 and a touchdown. EXETER STANDS FROM 38 TO 12 AND IMPROVES TO FOUR. AND ZERO. IN ORDER. Next we head to TIMBERLANE in DOVER. WE WILL SEE THE GREEN WAVE ACTIVE EARLY. COOPER GAINER fakes the handover. Look up, the field has its destination Jackson. BROCK. BROCK STANDS HIGH OVER HIS DEFENDER. TOUCHDOWN, DOVER. MORE OF THE DOVER BREACH, THIS TIME ON SITE. JOSEPH LEONARDI GET SIX FOR THE GREEN WAVE. TIMBERLANE COMES ON THE BOARD WITH QUARTERBACK-KEEPER JEREMY MASSABESIC. However, DOVER gets its first win of the season. 3528. Next up was a rivalry game between NASHUA SOUTH and NORTH. THEY COLLECTED FUNDS TO FIGHT HUNGER IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. This is the second track from “Scriimage”. NORTH FUCKS IT. IT’S RESTORED. KEVIN BUSSEY FROM SOUTH COMES UP AND LET THE CROWD KNOW HE’S GOT IT. THE PURPLE PANTHERS ARE NOW ON THE OFFENSIVE. They wasted no time getting to work. CODY JACKSON TO JOSHUA TRIPP FOR A QUICK SIX. Now about the Titans from the North. They drove with the intention of finishing with six of their own. LUKE PETERS MAKES THE NICE CUT AS HE GETS INTO THE END ZONE. BUT BACK IN THE SOUTH, CODY JACKSON DECIDES TO GO FOR IT WITH THE LEGS AND EARNED THAT TOUCHDOWN WITH HARD RUN. SOUTH IS NOW THREE AND ZERO. THE PURPLE PANTHERS OWN THE TITANS 41 TO 10. NEXT IS A BIG GAME IN D-3. CAMPBELL AND SOMERSWORTH, WINNERS OF THE LAST THREE D-4 TITLES. LET’S GO TO LITCHFIELD. CAMPBELL COLLECTED TACKLES FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE. HUNGER. SOMERSWORTH LED 14 SIX JUST BEFORE HALF-TIME. HILLTOPPERS KICKOFF CAMPBELL SCOTT HERSHBERGER HAS ANOTHER IDEA. He rips it right out of the returners’ hands and gets into the end zone. HERSHBERGER LOOKS FOR MORE BREAKING TACKLES AND SPINS FOR ANOTHER TOUCHDOWN. It’s so hard to bring it down. 33 TO 14 COUGARS. SOMERSWORTH FIGHTS BACK IN THE FOURTH. JACKSON DUMONT DECEIVES THE DEFENSE AND GET SIX. HILLTOPPERS AT TEN ACCOMMODATION. CAMPBELL RESPONDS AGAIN. QB MICHAEL GRACE TO A MUCH OPEN NICHOLAS MACKEY. CAMPBELL IS NOW FOUR AND ZERO AFTER A 38-20 WIN. BACK TO DISPLAY. LACONIA IMPROVES TO TWO AND ONE AFTER A 35-7 WIN OVER KEARSARGE. IMPROVEMENTS TO THREE AND ONE AFTER BEATING SAINT THOMAS 21 TO NOTHING. How about PLYMOUTH? THE BOBCATS ARE NOW FOUR AND ONE AFTER DEFEATING KINGSWOOD 26 TO 14. PELHAM HOSTS HOLLIS BROOKLINE. LATE IN THE GAME THE PYTHONS WERE LOTS. HERE’S HOLLIS BROOKLINE ON THE OFFENSE. SAMUEL BRUNO takes the handoff, works his way up the field and is out there. TOUCHDOWN FOR THE CAVS. PELHAM ROLLS TO 44 TO 15 W. THE PYTHONS STAY THE WINNING STREAM. MORE RESULTS. JOHN STARK GETS A BIG W AGAINST MILFORD 34 TO 6. AND THE BATTLE OF THE UNCLOSED SOUHEGAN COMES TO FOUR AND ZERO AFTER A 35 TO 6 WIN OVER MANCHESTER WEST. As a reminder, you can watch all of our Friday night football shows on our website, WMUR.com

From Mirror staff reports

The Bedford Symphony will perform an evening of classic film themes entitled “A Night at the Movies” on Saturday, Oct. 19, at 7 p.m. in the Bedford High School Auditorium, 330 E. John St., Bedford. Check-in is at 5:00 p.m. 30 euros for an “instrument petting zoo” where the audience can try out all kinds of musical instruments before the concert. The group will perform themes from “Harry Potter,” “Jurassic Park,” “James Bond,” “Rocky,” “The Addams Family,” Pixar, “The Pink Panther,” “Mary Poppins” and more.

The concert will be directed by Bedford native Shannen Billie, who joined the Bedford Middle School staff this year as choir director.

“My hope for this concert is that every audience member can find something they can relate to,” Billie said. “I consciously chose a wide variety of music in order to appeal to as many people as possible. In my opinion this will be by far our best concert. Every single member has worked so hard and we have grown so much as a group. I’m very proud of the work we’ve done and I can’t wait to share it with the community.”

“We are very pleased to be able to perform in the high school auditorium this time,” said Karen Semanek, president of the symphony orchestra. “Capacity is more than double that of any venue we have played in to date and this will allow us to provide more affordable seating for children. We want to expand our audience to include a new generation of symphonic music lovers. In the year and a half since our founding, we have been filled to capacity at each of our performances, and that will give us room for more spectators. We want to encourage people to bring their whole family.”

Tickets are $5 for children under 18 and $20 for adults and can be purchased online at Eventbrite.com or Give.cfalleghenies.org/movies2024 and in person at the Bedford County Library, Soaring Eagle Productions in Bedford or at the To be purchased at the box office show.

The group also sponsors free violin, viola, cello and bass violin lessons for local residents. They are always looking for new members and encourage anyone who played in the high school band to pull out their old instruments, dust them off and attend rehearsals at Zion Lutheran Church in Everett on Thursdays at 7 p.m.

“The minimum requirement for participation is that a player is able to play on time and on time, otherwise everyone is welcome,” Semanek said. “We want to continue to grow our group of musicians in the community.” To join, sign up for classes or call 814-977-0537 for more information.