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Erdogan Hails Eurofighter Deal as 'New Symbol' of Strategic Ties with UK
This is Beirut 27/10 19:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Turkey United Kingdom Keir Starmer London
Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday hailed a landmark agreement with London to buy 20 Eurofighter jets, describing the $11-billion deal as a new symbol of defense cooperation with Britain. "We regard this step as a new symbol of the strategic relations between our two close allies," he said after signing the agreement with ...
Qassem: “We Will Not Surrender our Arms”
This is Beirut 11/11 18:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Hezbollah Israel 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 ...
Ortagus Reaffirms U.S. Support for Lebanon’s Disarmament Plan
This is Beirut 29/10 14:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanese Army Israel Morgan Ortagus lebanon 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)
USA lebanon Goethe Institut Germany Beirut
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)
Hezbollah United States Washington sanctions Iran Lebanon
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)
United States Syria Ahmed al-Sharaa Donald Trump
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 ...
Copper Price Hits Record High on US-China Hopes of Trade Truce
This is Beirut 29/10 13:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
USA China Copper Economy Trade
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 ...
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
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 ...
Serbian Theater Festival in Turmoil over Censorship Claims
This is Beirut 27/10 19:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Allegations of censorship threw a major theater festival in Serbia into turmoil on Monday, as the government faces increasing complaints it is stifling dissent while trying to face down long-running protests. Artists claim the Belgrade International Theater Festival (BITEF), long regarded as an outlet for free expression, is now under political ...
U.S. Treasury Sanctions Official to Visit Lebanon Soon
This is Beirut 31/10 21:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
John Herlihy USA Lebanon sanctions Treasury
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)
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)
Hezbollah Israel Lebanese Army US Egypt Lebanon
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 ...
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 ...
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
Donald Trump Joseph Aoun US Treasury White House
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
Gaza Hamas Israel 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 ...
The ‘Mechanism’: Open Sesame
Marc Saikali 30/10 08:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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 Says Received Bodies of Two Gaza Hostages from Red Cross
This is Beirut 30/10 17:42 - Reading : less than a minute
Hamas Gaza Israel Israeli Hostages
Israel said its security forces in the Gaza Strip had received the remains of two hostages from the Red Cross returned on Thursday as part of a US-brokered ceasefire deal. "Israel has received, through the Red Cross, the bodies of two hostages that were handed over to the Israeli army and Shin Bet forces inside the Gaza Strip," a ...
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 ...
Musk Launches Grokipedia to Rival 'Left-Biased' Wikipedia
This is Beirut 28/10 09:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Elon Musk's company xAI launched Grokipedia on Monday to compete with online encyclopedia Wikipedia, which he has accused of ideological bias. The site dubbed version 0.1 had more than 885,000 articles by Monday evening, compared to Wikipedia's more than seven million in English. The launch came with the promise of a newer version, 1.0, which ...
Elon Musk Reveals Plan for 48-Minute Hyperloop Tunnel Between New York and London
This is Beirut 29/10 12:50 - Reading : less than a minute
New York Elon Musk United States SpaceX Hyperloop
Elon Musk continues to push the boundaries of engineering. According to The Economic Times, the founder of SpaceX has revealed new details about his ambitious project for an underwater tunnel connecting New York to London in just 48 minutes using Hyperloop technology. The concept is based on magnetic levitation trains propelled through vacuum ...
France Arrests Five New Suspects in Louvre Heist Probe
This is Beirut 30/10 10:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Paris Louvre France Heist Arrest
French police have arrested five more people, including a prime suspect, over this month's daring Louvre museum jewelry robbery, the Paris prosecutor said on Thursday. "We had him in our sights," Laure Beccuau said of the main suspect, adding that none of the loot worth an estimated $102 million had been found. DNA evidence linked the main ...
Gold Demand Hit Records as Price Soared
This is Beirut 30/10 09:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Demand for gold hit a record high in the third quarter as the precious metal's price hit all-time highs on geopolitical unrest, industry data showed Thursday. Total demand grew three percent year-on-year in the July-September period to 1,313 tonnes, the World Gold Council said, as the metal, perceived as a safe haven investment, benefitted from ...
What is the “Yellow Line” in Gaza?
This is Beirut 29/10 17:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Stretching east to west across the Gaza Strip, the “yellow line” is a new sort of boundary where the Israeli army has pulled back as part of the ceasefire. Marked with concrete blocks topped by yellow signs, it effectively splits the Palestinian territory in two. On October 20, the Israeli army unveiled the first of these yellow concrete ...
Behind the Blockbusters: Paramount Skydance to Cut 1,000 Jobs After Merger
This is Beirut 28/10 18:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Entertainment Paramount Skydance Merger Layoffs Hollywood US Culture
Paramount Skydance will cut about 1,000 jobs on Wednesday, a source close to the matter told AFP Monday, less than three months after the merger of the two media giants. The company did not immediately respond to a request to confirm the layoffs. Skydance completed its $8 billion acquisition of Paramount in August, and executives warned at the ...
US Treasury Aims to Cut Hezbollah’s Funding
This is Beirut 09/11 13:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Hezbollah USA Treasury Lebanon Iran funding
The US Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, John Hurley, said the United States wants to seize a “favorable moment” in Lebanon to cut Iranian funding to Hezbollah and push the group to disarm. “There is a moment now in Lebanon. If we can get Hezbollah to disarm, the Lebanese people could get their country back,” ...
Washington is Reportedly Planning a Military Base Near Gaza
This is Beirut 11/11 11:55 - Reading : less than a minute
Palestine United States Washington Gaza
According to an Israeli media outlet citing government sources, the United States is reportedly considering the construction of a major military base near the Gaza border, with an estimated cost of $500 million. This move would reflect Washington’s intention to increase its direct involvement in the Israeli-Palestinian issue. According to a ...
Real Madrid's Vinicius Says Sorry For Clasico Substitution Huff
This is Beirut 29/10 17:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Brazilian forward Vinicius has issued a public apology to Real Madrid after his angered reaction to being substituted during a tense 2-1 win over arch-rival Barcelona at the weekend. Vinicius remonstrated with coach Xabi Alonso and marched off down the tunnel after he was hauled off in the 72nd minute and replaced with Rodrygo. Vinicius did not ...