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Donald Trump’s Rare Earth Diplomacy
This is Beirut 30/10 18:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Donald Trump is taking aim at China’s dominance over rare earths, the invisible metals that power everything from smartphones to missiles. His goal: to free the global economy from its dependence on Beijing and secure US access to these critical resources. What Are Rare Earths? Despite their name, rare earths are 17 metals, including ...
Swiss Town Returns Sacred Artefacts to South Africa
This is Beirut 29/10 11:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Culture Art Artefacts Switzerland Africa Neuchâtel
The Swiss town of Neuchâtel on Tuesday handed over to South Africa three artefacts that had spent more than a century in one of its museums. The set of 30 divining bones in a woven basket, a bull's foot bone used as an amulet, and a walking staff were purchased by Swiss missionary and ethnographer Henri-Alexandre Junod. The items came from the ...
How Spotify Shapes Global Music Culture Amid Record Growth
This is Beirut 04/11 17:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Music Spotify Users Sweden Culture
Music streaming giant Spotify said Tuesday that it had 713 million active users at the end of the third quarter, while paying subscribers rose 12 percent to reach 281 million. Revenue rose by seven percent to 4.3 billion euros ($4.9 billion), beating the company's guidance of 4.2 billion euros. The increase was driven by the growth of its paying ...
Erdogan says Hamas 'Determined' to Stick to Gaza Truce
This is Beirut 03/11 12:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Hamas is "determined" to stick to the Gaza truce, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erodgan said Monday, adding it was crucial that Muslim nations play a leading role in the Palestinian territory's reconstruction. "It seems that Hamas is quite determined to adhere to the agreement," Erdogan told delegates from the ...
Graham: Disarm Hezbollah to End Israeli Attacks in Lebanon
This is Beirut 30/10 21:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham said Thursday that Israeli military operations in Lebanon would end “if Hezbollah were disarmed,” describing the ongoing cross-border strikes as a direct response to the militant group’s continued armed presence. Graham argued that Israel’s incursions into Lebanese territory are intended to “suppress ...
Israel Returns 45 Palestinian Bodies to Gaza
This is Beirut 03/11 14:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Israel returned the bodies of 45 Palestinians to Gaza on Monday, bringing the total number handed over under the ceasefire deal to 270, the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory said. Under a ceasefire deal brokered by US President Donald Trump, Israel was to turn over the bodies of 15 Palestinians for every deceased Israeli ...
Voluntary Return of Displaced Syrians from Lebanon Enters Seventh Phase
This is Beirut 30/10 13:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Damascus United Nations Syrian Displaced Return
The seventh wave of voluntary returns of displaced Syrians was launched Thursday from the former offices of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Zahlé, in Lebanon’s Bekaa region. Convoys departed for several areas in Syria, including Homs, Aleppo, Damascus, and surrounding regions. The operation is part of a voluntary ...
Berri Adjourns Parliamentary Session Over Lack of Quorum
This is Beirut 28/10 12:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon Nabih Berry Parliament Strong Republic Kataëb
Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri on Tuesday adjourned a scheduled legislative session after failing to secure the required quorum, with only 63 of the 128 lawmakers in attendance. The plenary session had been set to resume discussion of draft laws and proposals carried over from the September 29, 2025, agenda. However, it was boycotted by ...
Prosecutor Files 142 Charges Against Istanbul Mayor, a Top Erdogan Critic
This is Beirut 11/11 15:12 - Reading : less than a minute
Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday charged Istanbul's jailed mayor Ekrem Imamoglu with 142 offences that could carry a penalty of hundreds of year in prison, court documents showed. The nearly 4,000-page indictment charges the popular opposition mayor, who was arrested on March 19, with offences including running a criminal organisation, ...
Ortagus Reaffirms U.S. Support for Lebanon’s Disarmament Plan
This is Beirut 29/10 14:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Lebanese Army Morgan Ortagus South Lebanon UNIFIL
U.S. Special Envoy to Lebanon Morgan Ortagus on Wednesday reaffirmed Washington’s support for the Lebanese government’s decision to place all weapons under state control by the end of the year. Speaking during the 12th meeting of the Committee for the Supervision of the Ceasefire (the Mechanism) in Naqoura, Ortagus emphasized that the ...
Goethe-Institut Marks 70 Years in Lebanon
This is Beirut 03/11 11:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The Goethe-Institut celebrated its 70th anniversary in Lebanon with a reception at Rebirth Beirut in Gemmayze on Friday, October 31, bringing together artists, cultural figures, and long-time partners to mark seven decades of cultural collaboration between Lebanon and Germany, the institute said in a statement Monday. Founded in 1955, the ...
New U.S. Sanctions Target Hezbollah Financial Intermediaries
This is Beirut 07/11 09:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced on Thursday new sanctions against several individuals accused of transferring tens of millions of dollars from Iran to Hezbollah in 2025 through Lebanese money exchange houses. According to the Treasury, these networks exploit Lebanon’s largely cash-based and informal financial system to fund the ...
Syrian Leader Sharaa to Head to Washington in November
This is Beirut 01/11 18:22 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The United States envoy for Syria said on Saturday that Damascus's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa is to travel to Washington to sign an agreement to join an international US-led alliance against the Islamic State. Asked by reporters on the sidelines of the Manama Dialogue in Bahrain whether Sharaa would head to Washington this month, Tom ...
Gaza's Health Ministry says 15 Palestinian Bodies Received Under Truce Exchange Deal
This is Beirut 10/11 13:00 - Reading : less than a minute
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The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said it had received on Monday the bodies of 15 Palestinian prisoners under the US-brokered ceasefire exchange deal. "The ministry of health announces the receipt of 15 bodies of martyrs released today by the Israeli occupation through the Red Cross, bringing the total number of bodies received to 315" under ...
Copper Price Hits Record High on US-China Hopes of Trade Truce
This is Beirut 29/10 13:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The price of copper reached a record high in trading Wednesday, the industrial metal boosted by hopes of a truce in the US-China trade war. Copper hit $11,143 a tonne on the London Metal Exchange, also on concerns about tight global supply as a major mine in Indonesia remains shut following a deadly mudslide last month. The new high beat the ...
BDL Launches Judicial Audit of Payments Since 2019
This is Beirut 04/11 18:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Banks Banque du Liban Central Bank of Lebanon
Karim Souhaid, Governor of the Central Bank of Lebanon (BDL), announced Tuesday that the BDL, in coordination with the Ministers of Finance and Justice, will draw up terms of reference for an external financial and judicial audit of all beneficiaries of the basic goods support program since October 17, 2019. The initiative will be launched through ...
Young Iranian Dies after Self-Immolation in Southwest
This is Beirut 11/11 17:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A young Iranian man who set himself on fire after the municipal government tried to evict him from his store died of his injuries on Tuesday, official media reported. Ahmad Baledi, 20, had doused himself in petrol and lit himself ablaze on November 2 in Ahvaz, the capital of southwestern Khuzestan province, the newspaper Etemad previously ...
U.S. Treasury Sanctions Official to Visit Lebanon Soon
This is Beirut 31/10 21:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The U.S. Treasury Department announced that John Herlihy, Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, will begin a tour of the Middle East and Europe starting this Friday, as the administration of President Donald Trump seeks to increase pressure on Iran. According to the statement, Herlihy, the Treasury’s top sanctions official, ...
Syria Attracted $28 Bn in Investment Since Assad's Fall
This is Beirut 29/10 17:12 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Syria Ahmad al-Sharaa Future Investment Initiative Saudi Arabia
Syria's interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa said on Wednesday his country had managed to secure $28 billion worth of investments in the past 10 months following the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad's government last year. The president cited the figure while speaking in Riyadh at the Future Investment Initiative conference in Riyadh, where he ...
Israel and Hezbollah Reject Egypt’s Initiative
Bassam Abou Zeid 01/11 15:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Hezbollah Lebanese Army Egypt
Lebanon remains caught in Israel’s escalation zone as disagreements persist with both Israel and the United States, and Hezbollah still resists disarmament. Official Lebanese sources say Israel’s main demand centers on direct negotiations with Lebanon, even suggesting a possible meeting between President Joseph Aoun and Israeli Prime Minister ...
Paul McCartney Reflects on Life and Music after Beatles
This is Beirut 28/10 13:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Paul McCartney Music Documentary The Beatles Culture Cinema
A new documentary about Paul McCartney’s solo career after The Beatles’ breakup will be released on February 25, 2026, on Amazon Prime Video, following a limited theatrical run, according to a statement released Monday. The film, available in 240 countries and territories worldwide, features rare archival footage that captures the period when ...
UN Rights Council Orders Probe of Abuses in Sudan's El-Fasher
This is Beirut 14:45 - Reading : less than a minute
The UN Human Rights Council on Friday ordered investigators to seek to identify all those behind alleged atrocities in Sudan's El-Fasher to help ensure they are brought to justice. The United Nations' top rights body adopted a resolution ordering the UN's independent fact-finding mission on Sudan to urgently investigate violations of ...
India Space Agency Launches Its Heaviest Satellite
This is Beirut 02/11 15:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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India launched its heaviest-ever communication satellite on Sunday, the latest step in the country's ambitious space program. The CMS-03 satellite blasted off from Sriharikota in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh at 5:26 pm (1156 GMT). "Our space sector continues to make us proud!" said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who wants to send an ...
Qassem: “We Will Not Surrender our Arms”
This is Beirut 11/11 18:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hezbollah Lebanese Army Washington
Hezbollah’s deputy secretary-general, Naim Qassem, on Tuesday affirmed the group’s support for the Lebanese Army, saying it “is part of our people, our families, and our nation” and that Hezbollah “supports anyone who wants to defend this country.” Speaking on the occasion of Hezbollah’s Martyrs’ Day, Qassem said the movement ...
Man Rams Car Into Pedestrians in France, Wounding 10
This is Beirut 05/11 14:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Island Oleron Death Terrorism Attack France
A 35-year-old man Wednesday rammed his car into pedestrians and cyclists on the French Atlantic island of Oleron, wounding 10 people, including four seriously, a prosecutor said. The Oleron resident "deliberately hit several pedestrians and cyclists" along a main road on the scenic island off the western city of La Rochelle, prosecutor Arnaud ...
U.S. Treasury Delegation in Beirut, Sanctions Top of the Agenda
This is Beirut 08/11 20:14 - Reading : less than a minute
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This is Beirut has learned that President Joseph Aoun will meet tomorrow at 6 p.m. at Baabda Palace with a delegation from the U.S. Department of the Treasury, headed by Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence John Hurley, and accompanied by officials from the White House. Talks are expected to focus on counterterrorism ...
Israel Army Says Gaza Bodies Received Friday Not Hostages
This is Beirut 01/11 13:40 - Reading : less than a minute
Nawaf Salam Gaza Hamas Israeli Hostages
Israel's military said Saturday that three bodies it received from Gaza via the Red Cross the previous night were not hostages held in the Palestinian territory. The Israeli military told AFP that a forensic analysis revealed the bodies were not those of any of the 11 deceased captives still to be handed over as part of a US-brokered ceasefire ...
Saddi Warns Lebanon 'cannot bear any additional debt'
This is Beirut 30/10 16:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Energy and Water Minister Joe Saddi defended his ministry’s energy policy, stressing that Lebanon “has nothing to hide” and is working to stabilize electricity production despite severe financial and technical constraints. In an interview with LBCI, Saddi said that public institutions in the South, including Electricity of Lebanon (EDL) and ...
The ‘Mechanism’: Open Sesame
Marc Saikali 30/10 08:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Five photos. One very short statement in Naqoura. That’s all it took for U.S. envoy Morgan Ortagus’s visit to Lebanon to make its point. The symbolism was clear: the era of endless chatter is over. Time to actually get things done. In a country where talking for the sake of talking is practically a national sport, that’s… a plot ...
Israel Army Says Red Cross has Received Body of Gaza Hostage
This is Beirut 07/11 22:05 - Reading : less than a minute
The Israeli army announced on Friday that the Red Cross had received the remains of a hostage in the Gaza Strip as part of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas. "According to information provided by the Red Cross, a coffin of a deceased hostage has been transferred into its custody and is on the way to IDF ...