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Golden Globe 2026: Full List of Nominees Revealed!
This is Beirut 09/01 20:40 - Reading : 9 minute(s)
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Here are the nominees in key categories for the 83rd Golden Globe Awards, which will be handed out on Sunday. One Battle After Another leads all contenders with nine nods, followed by Sentimental Value with eight and Sinners with seven. FILM Best film, drama Frankenstein Hamnet It Was Just An Accident The Secret Agent Sentimental ...
Iran FM Meets Delegation in Lebanon
This is Beirut 09/01 20:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who arrived Thursday in Beirut, met Friday with President Joseph Aoun and Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji. During the meetings, FM Rajji asked his counterpart if Iran would accept an illegal armed organization on its territories. FM Araghchi said that Iran supports Hezbollah as a ...
Syria Army Warns Will Strike Kurdish District of Aleppo: State Media
This is Beirut 09/01 20:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Syria's army warned on Friday it would renew attacks against a Kurdish-majority district of Aleppo and urged residents to evacuate, state media reported, hours after a ceasefire was announced. The army said it would target military sites used by Kurdish fighters in the Sheikh Maqsud district, in statements published by state news agency SANA ...
Israel Strikes Southern Lebanon Targeting Hezbollah
This is Beirut 09/01 19:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Israel struck several areas in southern Lebanon on Friday, reportedly hitting Hezbollah targets and infrastructure. The agency said that the strikes targeted areas between the towns of Kfar Fila and Ain Qana in the Iqlim al-Tuffah region, as well as nearby areas in southern Lebanon. Additional airstrikes also hit locations between the towns ...
Qassem: Hezbollah to Continue "Cooperation" With LAF to Expel "Occupation"
This is Beirut 09/01 19:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Hezbollah Secretary General Naim Qassem met with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Friday in Lebanon, where the two discussed cooperation with the Lebanese Armed Forces “to expel the occupation” and reconstruction efforts. According to a statement by Hezbollah, Qassem talked about “the continuation of the ...
Iran FM Says US, Israel 'Directly Intervening' in Protests
This is Beirut 09/01 17:15 - Reading : less than a minute
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Iran's foreign minister accused the United States and Israel on Friday of fueling a growing protest movement in the country, while dismissing the possibility of direct foreign military intervention after US warnings over crackdowns on demonstrators. "This is what the Americans and Israelis have stated, that they are directly intervening ...
Egypt-Lebanon Gas Deal: Israeli Gas at the Heart of the Agreement
Claudia Groeling 09/01 12:50 - Reading : 83 minute(s)
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Two eastern Mediterranean natural gas deals announced twelve days apart highlight shifting energy dynamics amid dramatic geopolitical transformations in the region, with Lebanon aiming to benefit. On December 17, 2025, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a $35 billion gas deal with Egypt, describing the agreement as ...
Khamenei Says "Arrogant" Trump Will be "Overthrown"
This is Beirut 09/01 12:35 - Reading : less than a minute
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday insisted that the Islamic republic would "not back down" in the face of protesters who he called "vandals" and "saboteurs", in a speech broadcast on state TV. Speaking to supporters in his first comments on the escalating protests since January 3, Khamenei said U.S. President Donald Trump's ...
Syrian President Sharaa Meets With EU Chief von der Leyen: State Media
This is Beirut 09/01 11:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa met with European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen on Friday, state media said, as she became the highest ranking EU official to visit since longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad was ousted. After the meeting, Ursula von der Leyen said Europe would do everything possible to assist Syria's recovery and ...
Syrian Government Announces Ceasefire in Aleppo
This is Beirut 09/01 09:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Syria's defence ministry announced a ceasefire in Aleppo on Friday after days of deadly clashes between the army and Kurdish fighters forced thousands of civilians to flee. U.S. envoy Tom Barrack on Friday welcomed a ceasefire in the city of Aleppo after days of deadly fighting between the army and Kurdish fighters forced thousands of ...
Iran at the Edge: Uprising, Exhaustion, and the Fate of the Islamic Republic
Salam El Zaatari 08/01 23:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Amid growing protests, Iran’s rulers face one of their most dangerous moments since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, with the pillars that have long sustained the regime now visibly cracking. Protests that erupted in late December 2025 over imploded living conditions have evolved into a nationwide revolt against the ruling system itself, fueled by ...
Trump Says US Will Hit Iran 'Very Hard' if Protesters Are Killed
This is Beirut 08/01 22:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to take severe action against Iran if its authorities "start killing people" who are protesting in the country, where an economic crisis has led to mounting civil unrest, according to AFP. "I have let them know that if they start killing people, which they tend to do during ...
Aleppo Clashes Between Syria Govt, Kurdish Forces Rage into Third Night
This is Beirut 08/01 22:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Clashes between Syrian government and Kurdish forces in Aleppo raged into the night Thursday on the third day of fighting, as Syrian Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi warned the violence undermined talks with Damascus. Global Response Washington's special envoy to Syria on Thursday issued an "urgent appeal" to the Syrian government and ...
'One Battle After Another' Breaks SAG Record with 7 Nominations
This is Beirut 08/01 17:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Paul Thomas Anderson's politically charged One Battle After Another on Wednesday set a record for nominations for the Screen Actors Guild's influential Actor Awards with seven, staking its claim to Oscars frontrunner status. Ryan Coogler's runaway hit period horror film Sinners came in second with five nominations, setting the stage for a ...
Israel Strikes Hezbollah Operative in Saida
This is Beirut 08/01 16:05 - Reading : less than a minute
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An Israeli drone struck a car on the Zita–Naafoul road in the Saida district of south Lebanon on Thursday afternoon, killing one person. Following the attack, Israeli army Arabic spokesperson Avichay Adraee said the strike targeted a “Hezbollah terrorist” in the Zita area of southern Lebanon, describing it as a response to what ...
Iranian FM in Beirut: Intends to Deepen Ties with Lebanon
This is Beirut 08/01 14:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Thursday during his visit to Beirut that Iran intends to deepen relations with Lebanon, presenting his visit to the country’s capital as an “opportunity to enhance political and economic cooperation.” Speaking to reporters, Araghchi said the talks focused on exchanging views with Lebanese ...
Syria Tells Civilians to Leave Aleppo's Kurdish Areas
This is Beirut 08/01 13:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Syria's military warned civilians in two besieged Kurdish neighborhoods in the city of Aleppo to leave on Thursday, as it prepared to conduct a fresh wave of strikes targeting Kurdish positions. Thousands have already fled the area following clashes between the army and Kurdish-led forces that have killed more than a dozen people. The violence ...
LAF Completes First Phase of Weapons Plan, Israel Deems Efforts “Insufficient”
This is Beirut 08/01 08:50 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) announced on Thursday the official end of the first phase of the weapons control plan, which aimed to bring all weapons south of the Litani River under state control by the end of 2025. According to the statement, the first phase focused on “expanding the Army’s operational presence, securing vital areas, ...
Syria Settles Status of Top Businessman Under Assad
This is Beirut 08/01 08:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Syrian authorities said Wednesday they had reached a settlement with Mohammad Hamsho, a prominent businessman accused of ties to Bashar al-Assad's rule and of profiting from the country's war, their first such announcement since taking power. Two sources told AFP that Hamsho, a former lawmaker, had benefited from links to Qatar, a key ...
Iraq-Based Kurdish Opposition Calls for Strike in Iran
This is Beirut 08/01 08:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Several Iraq-based Iranian Kurdish opposition parties have called for a general strike on Thursday in Iran in support of the protests in the Islamic republic, one of the exiled parties told AFP. The protests began on December 28 when shopkeepers in Tehran staged a strike over high prices and economic stagnation, but they have since spread to ...
Iran Police Officer Killed in Stabbing During Unrest Near Tehran: Local Media
This is Beirut 08/01 08:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
An Iranian police officer was killed in a stabbing during unrest near the capital, local media reported on Thursday, as protests over the cost of living in the country entered a 12th day. Shahin Dehghan, a member of the police force in Malard county west of Tehran, "was martyred a few hours ago after being stabbed during efforts to control ...
Yemen Separatist Leader Fled to UAE: Saudi-Led Coalition
This is Beirut 08/01 08:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Yemen's separatist leader Aidaros Alzubidi has fled to the United Arab Emirates, the Saudi-led coalition said on Thursday, after an attempt to seize swathes of territory and move towards independence. Alzubidi was accused of high treason and removed from Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council on Wednesday, while the coalition bombed his ...
Israeli Media: Trump Gives Netanyahu ‘Green Light’ for War Against Hezbollah
This is Beirut 07/01 21:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israel’s public broadcaster reported Wednesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told senior ministers he had received an American “green light” to carry out a military operation in Lebanon, amid a sharp uptick in Israeli strikes and renewed diplomatic pressure on Beirut to accelerate steps aimed at curbing Hezbollah’s ...
Brigitte Bardot’s Last Goodbye: Actress and Activist Laid to Rest
This is Beirut 07/01 20:45 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Well-wishers lined the streets in Brigitte Bardot's hometown of Saint-Tropez on Wednesday for the funeral of the French screen icon, who was buried in a seaside cemetery after dying last month of cancer. A day of commemorations for the renowned animal rights activist began with a Catholic service at the Notre-Dame de l'Assomption ...
Hamas Says Search Resumes for Last Israeli Hostage Body in Gaza
This is Beirut 07/01 15:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hamas officials told AFP that search operations for the remains of the last Israeli hostage held in Gaza resumed on Wednesday after a two-week pause due to bad weather. Israel has previously said it is awaiting the return of Ran Gvili's body before beginning talks on the second phase of the fragile ceasefire agreement with Hamas which came ...
U.S. Strike in Venezuela a Blow to Hezbollah’s Revival Efforts
Ian Talley 07/01 15:30 - Reading : 218 minute(s)
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The United States dealt Iran and its proxy Hezbollah a strategic blow over the weekend by seizing key ally, Venezuela’s strongman Nicolás Maduro. While the dominant narrative of the complex military strike has focused on its framing as a counternarcotics operation and aggressive energy politics, coverage has largely missed a critical ...
Israeli Strike Hits Vehicle in Southern Lebanon
This is Beirut 07/01 15:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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An Israeli air raid targeted a vehicle on the road between Majdal and Jwaya in southern Lebanon on Wednesday afternoon, according to a statement by the Israeli army’s Arabic spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, who said the strike was aimed at a “Hezbollah terrorist.” The Ministry of Health reported that one person was killed and ...
Monitoring Mechanism Meets in Ras Naqoura
This is Beirut 07/01 14:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The Mechanism for Monitoring the Cessation of Hostilities convened on Wednesday in Ras Naqoura, with participation limited to the committee’s core military members. The meeting brought together representatives of the Lebanese Army (LAF) and the Israeli Army, alongside American and French officers and the commander of the United Nations Interim ...
Aleppo Shuts Down As Clashes Between Syrian Government And Kurdish Forces Intensify
This is Beirut 07/01 11:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Schools and public institutions were shut in north Syria's Aleppo on Wednesday, as sporadic clashes between government troops and Kurdish-led forces continued into their second day, according to state media. Tuesday's clashes, which killed nine people, were the worst between the two sides, who have so far failed to implement a March deal ...
Iran Warns of Retaliation as President Orders Restraint on Protesters
This is Beirut 07/01 11:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Iran's military chief warned on Wednesday that Iran will not stand by and allow itself to be threatened by outside powers, after the United States and Israel backed anti-government protests in which at least 35 protesters have reportedly been killed. "The Islamic Republic of Iran considers the escalation of hostile rhetoric against the ...