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One Week After the Louvre Heist: What Do We Know?
This is Beirut 2025-10-28 14:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Louvre France Heist Investigation
The men, both in their thirties and from Seine-Saint-Denis, were detained over the weekend as part of the investigation into the high-profile robbery. Police sources say the two are already known to law enforcement for previous thefts and are suspected of taking part in the team that carried out the bold operation at the museum. The suspects were ...
The CCMC: A New International Coordination Hub for Gaza
Mario Chartouni 2025-10-28 15:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC), based in Kiryat Gat, Israel, has become the most visible symbol of international involvement in Gaza’s postwar phase. Inaugurated in mid-October 2025, it was established by the United States as part of Washington’s peace plan to oversee humanitarian aid, reconstruction, and compliance with the ...
Aoun Meets U.S. Envoy Ortagus, Seeks Action on Israeli Violations
This is Beirut 2025-10-28 16:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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President Joseph Aoun emphasized during a meeting Tuesday with U.S. special envoy to Lebanon Morgan Ortagus “the need to activate” the work of the Committee for Monitoring the Cessation of Hostilities (‘the mechanism’), particularly regarding the cessation of Israeli violations against Lebanon. Aoun also called for the ...
North Korea Announces Missile Test Hours Before Trump Due in South
This is Beirut 2025-10-29 04:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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North Korea test-fired cruise missiles off its western coast in a message to Pyongyang "enemies", state media announced Wednesday just hours before US President Donald Trump begins a visit to South Korea. The sea-to-surface missiles were launched vertically on Tuesday from the Yellow Sea and flew for more than two hours, state news ...
Trump Says 'Timing' Didn't Work Out to Meet N. Korea's Kim
This is Beirut 2025-10-29 09:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Donald Trump said on Wednesday he was not able to arrange a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during the US president's visit to the South, ending fierce speculation over a possible summit. Trump had said he would "love to meet" Kim during his Asia trip, which would have been their first meeting since the US leader's previous term in ...
Swiss Town Returns Sacred Artefacts to South Africa
This is Beirut 2025-10-29 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 ...
From Handshakes to Deals: Trump Reshapes Asia’s Trade World
Christiane Tager 2025-10-29 21:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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From Handshakes to Deals: Trump Reshapes Asia’s Trade World Christiane Tager During a visit to Asia, Donald Trump traded speeches for deals. In Gyeongju, South Korea, the former U.S. president sealed a major trade agreement with Seoul, one that extends beyond economics and is already sending shivers through global markets, from gold to the ...
The ‘Mechanism’: Open Sesame
Marc Saikali 2025-10-30 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 ...
Trump Hails Tariff, Rare Earth Deal with Xi
This is Beirut 2025-10-30 09:05 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump called the meeting Thursday with China's Xi Jinping a "great success", after the world's top two economies agreed a deal to trim fentanyl-related tariffs and keep supplies of critical rare earths flowing. There was no immediate comment from the Chinese government after what was the leaders' first ...
Ortagus in Lebanon: A Low-Profile Visit with a Clear Message
Mario Chartouni 2025-10-30 13:11 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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In a region increasingly fraught with tension, U.S. envoy Morgan Ortagus’s visit to Beirut unfolded as part of a diplomatic sequence in which Lebanon once again finds itself on the fault line between war and negotiation. High-Level Meetings Morgan Ortagus began her Lebanese tour on Wednesday with a meeting in Ain al-Tineh with Parliament ...
U.S. Seeks to Finalize Plan for International Security Force in Gaza
This is Beirut 2025-10-30 13:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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U.S. officials are engaged in sensitive talks with several countries about creating an international force to be deployed in Gaza, with a plan expected to be presented in the coming weeks, three sources closely involved told Axios. The urgency of the initiative was underscored by an attack last Tuesday, which exposed the fragility of the ...
German FM Raises Return of Refugees During Syria Visit
This is Beirut 2025-10-30 19:27 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul discussed the possible return of Syrian refugees with President Ahmed al-Sharaa during a visit to Damascus on Thursday. Germany has a large Syrian community, with hundreds of thousands having settled there after fleeing the civil war. Wadephul said it was "in the understandable interest of the Syrian ...
Palestinian Weapons Test Lebanon’s Credibility on Disarmament and Security
Johnny Kortbawi 2025-10-31 09:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The killing of Elio Abu Hanna by Palestinian gunmen in Beirut’s Shatila refugee camp this past weekend is not just another crime. His murder is a serious test for a Lebanese government dragging its feet on its commitment to disarm Hezbollah and other militias. There is no reason the Shatila refugee camp should remain off-limits to the ...
Inside Egypt’s Grand Egyptian Museum: A Monument to History
This is Beirut 2025-10-31 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Near the ancient Pyramids of Giza just outside Cairo, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) is gearing up for a lavish opening on Saturday after two decades of delays. Massive statues and historic artefacts from the country's ancient civilization will be on display across the 24,000 square meters (258,000 square feet) of permanent exhibition space. Here ...
Hamas to Return Hostage Body as Families Urge Pause to Gaza Truce
This is Beirut 2025-10-27 23:07 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Hamas handed over the remains of a deceased hostage on Monday as the Palestinian group came under increasing pressure to return its remaining deceased captives as promised under the Gaza ceasefire. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said Israeli forces had received a coffin containing what Hamas said was the sixteenth of 28 ...
Disarmament and Elections on the Agenda in Bkerkeh
This is Beirut 2025-10-31 11:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Prime Minister Nawaf Salam on Friday declared that a “decision has been made” to confiscate illegal weapons across the country, affirming that the Lebanese Army has already presented a plan for implementation. “There will be no reversal of the decision to confiscate weapons,” Salam said following a meeting with Maronite Patriarch Beshara ...
China Seeks Stable Ties with Canada and Japan as Global Trade Pressures Mount
This is Beirut 2025-10-31 11:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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President Xi Jinping on Friday invited Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to China, in the first formal talks between the nations' leaders since 2017, before also holding first discussions with Japan's new premier. Canada's relations with China are among the worst of any Western nation, but both are at the sharp end of Donald Trump's tariff ...
U.S. Treasury Sanctions Official to Visit Lebanon Soon
This is Beirut 2025-10-31 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, ...
Egypt Set to Open Grand Museum in Lavish Ceremony
This is Beirut 2025-11-01 13:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
After years of delays, Cairo is finally set to open the Grand Egyptian Museum on Saturday, a long-awaited, billion-dollar showcase of pharaonic grandeur that Egypt hopes will help revive tourism and boost its troubled economy. Seventy-nine delegations, including 39 heads of state and government, are expected at the ceremony, which begins at 7:30 ...
Female Suspect Charged in Louvre Heist
This is Beirut 2025-11-01 17:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A woman arrested this week along with four other suspects over the unprecedented jewel heist at the Louvre on Saturday appeared before a magistrate who will decide whether to detain her. The 38-year-old woman was in tears as she confirmed that she lives in the northern La Courneuve suburb of Paris, an AFP journalist said. She has been charged ...
Syrian Leader Sharaa to Head to Washington in November
This is Beirut 2025-11-01 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 ...
Egypt Unveils Grand Egyptian Museum Near Ancient Pyramids
This is Beirut 2025-11-02 10:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Egypt officially opened on Saturday the Grand Egyptian Museum, a long-awaited, billion-dollar showcase of pharaonic grandeur that Cairo hopes will revive tourism and boost its battered economy. "Today, as we celebrate together the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum, we are writing a new chapter in the history of the present and the future," ...
Syrian Leader to Discuss Sanctions, Reconstruction in US Visit
This is Beirut 2025-11-02 12:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Syria's president will discuss issues including lifting remaining sanctions, reconstruction, and counter-terrorism when he becomes the country's first leader to pay an official visit to Washington later this month, the foreign minister said Sunday. Ahmed al-Sharaa is expected in the US capital in early November, Syria's top diplomat Asaad ...
Microsoft Unveils $15.2 Billion AI Investments in UAE
This is Beirut 2025-11-03 21:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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US tech giant Microsoft on Monday announced $15.2 billion in investments in artificial intelligence and cloud computing in the United Arab Emirates. Microsoft's vice chairman and president Brad Smith said Microsoft had invested $7.3 billion in the Gulf country since 2023 and would spend $7.9 billion more by the end of 2029. The deal sent US ...
A Peacemaker Visits a Land of Perpetual War
Alberto M. Fernandez 2025-11-04 09:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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Pope Leo XIV’s expected visit to Lebanon later this month comes at a moment of peril for the country. Lebanon’s most recent war, launched by Hezbollah on October 8, 2023, has barely ended, with Israel threatening to renew the conflict at any moment should Hezbollah not disarm. The Lebanese government has pledged to assert state power and ...
PKK Leader Ocalan Urges Progress in Turkish Peace Process
This is Beirut 2025-11-04 12:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Imprisoned Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Öcalan called in a message published on Tuesday for all parties to the peace process in Turkey to make genuine efforts to ensure it succeeds. Öcalan, the founder of the Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK), is spearheading efforts to move from a four-decade armed Kurdish rebellion against the Turkish state ...
Aoun’s Push for Talks with Israel Must Overcome Hezbollah’s Ploys
Hussain Abdul-Hussain 2025-11-04 18:30 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
President Joseph Aoun said Lebanon has no choice but to enter into talks with Israel to break the cycle of war, a step that media reports suggest he had agreed on with Hezbollah’s ally, Speaker Nabih Berri. Aoun’s position is commendable, but Hezbollah will use such talks as cover to rearm and prepare for another round of fighting, rather than ...
French Pair Released after 3-year Iran Jail Ordeal
This is Beirut 2025-11-04 21:22 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Iran has released from prison a French pair held for more than three years and sentenced to lengthy jail sentences on espionage charges their families always rejected, French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Tuesday. Cecile Kohler, 41, and Jacques Paris, 72, both retired teachers, were both on a tourist visit to Iran when they were arrested ...
King Tut’s Collection Displayed for First Time at Egypt’s Grand Museum
This is Beirut 2025-11-05 11:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Thousands of visitors streamed through the Grand Egyptian Museum on Tuesday as almost the entire collection of King Tutankhamun's treasures, over 4,500 artifacts, was displayed together for the first time since the young pharaoh's tomb was discovered in 1922. Curated and conserved over nearly two decades, the collection was unveiled to the ...
Takaichi, Trump Swap Praise for ‘New Golden Age’ of Ties
This is Beirut 2025-10-28 05:25 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Japan's new premier Sanae Takaichi lavished US leader Donald Trump with praise and vows of a "golden age of ties" on his visit to Tokyo Tuesday, before inking a deal with Washington aimed at securing critical minerals. Takaichi, Japan's first woman prime minister, lauded Trump's involvement in mediating conflicts and will ...