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Pope Leo Says Church Must Illuminate 'Dark Nights of This World' in First Mass
This is Beirut 2025-05-09 16:16 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Leo XIV urged the Catholic Church to "desperately" counter a lack of faith in his first homily as pope Friday, a day after the modest cardinal largely unknown to the world become the first US head of the 2,000-year institution. Chicago-born Robert Francis Prevost on Thursday became the 267th pope, spiritual leader of the world's 1.4 billion ...
Fashion Labels Now Fund Films, Not Just Red Carpets
This is Beirut 2025-05-11 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Luxury fashion labels are increasingly reaching beyond the red carpets and exclusive parties of the cinema world, becoming partners with filmmakers and production companies. At the Cannes Film Festival this year, which starts Tuesday, labels will be looking to showcase not only their outfits, but also their credibility as investors. Alongside ...
12 Points to Politics: The Eurovision Score You Don’t See
This is Beirut 2025-05-15 16:25 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Groans and giggles typically greet votes at the annual Eurovision Song Contest, loved and mocked for its kitsch music and seemingly partisan outcomes. But over time, what are the voting patterns, and what external factors help explain them? Ahead of Saturday's final in Basel, AFP analyzed all points distributed among around 2,300 possible pairs ...
Riyadh Without Beirut: Lebanon’s Omissive Absence From a Key Regional Summit
Natasha Metni Torbey 2025-05-15 16:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Riyadh, May 2025—In the heart of the Saudi desert, a private summit between US President Donald Trump, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) and Syrian President Ahmad el-Chareh reignited crucial conversations on the Middle East’s future. But one absence was consistently noted: that of Lebanon. While Lebanon’s persistent crises were ...
Birthright Citizenship in the United States: A Constitutional Principle Under Debate
Mario Chartouni 2025-05-15 21:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Birthright citizenship, which grants American citizenship to anyone born on United States soil, has become the focus of a major constitutional debate. In January, President Donald Trump signed an executive order seeking to limit this right by excluding children born to parents who are undocumented or hold temporary visas from citizenship granted ...
Republican Infighting Derails Key Vote on Trump’s Signature Mega-Bill
This is Beirut 2025-05-16 22:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Republican fiscal hawks on Friday sunk a key vote on advancing the mega-bill that is the centerpiece of Donald Trump's domestic agenda, in a significant setback for the US president's tax and spending policies. Trump is pushing to usher into law his so-called "One Big, Beautiful Bill," pairing an extension of his first-term tax cuts with savings ...
Preserving a False Parity…
By Johnny Kortbawi 2025-05-17 19:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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We spare no efforts when it comes to sugarcoating reality. Some moderate Muslim voices often repeat that a neighborhood without Christians is a neighborhood lost. Christians, in turn, echo such sentiments with phrases like “We stand together with Sunnis for a better Beirut.” But beneath the surface, the numbers tell a different story. Sunnis ...
First US Pope Leo XIV Warns against Exploitation at Inaugural Mass
This is Beirut 2025-05-18 15:09 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Pope Leo XIV set the tone for his papacy Sunday with a call to stop exploiting nature and marginalizing the poor, before an audience including JD Vance and tens of thousands of pilgrims. Ten days after Chicago-born Robert Francis Prevost became the first US head of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics, he celebrated his inaugural mass in St. Peter's ...
EU Sanctions Syrian Militia Groups over Deadly March Violence
This is Beirut 2025-05-28 19:14 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The European Union sanctioned on Wednesday three Syrian militia groups and two of their leaders for serious human-rights abuses over their alleged involvement in deadly ethnic violence in March. More than 1,700 people were killed in attacks mostly targeting the Alawite community, which is associated with the clan of ousted ruler Bashar ...
New Middle East US Foreign Policy Shifts Put Lebanon at a Crossroads
Amal Chmouny 2025-05-19 10:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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As Lebanon finds itself at a crucial juncture, the implications of recent US diplomatic maneuvers cannot be overstated. As the US focuses more on its relationships with Sunni Gulf states, tensions with Iran are on the rise, changing the complex political dynamics in Lebanon. These changes come at a time when Iran's influence appears to be ...
Villarreal Beat Barca to Secure Champions League Place
This is Beirut 2025-05-19 13:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Villarreal qualified for next season's Champions League with an entertaining 3-2 win at newly crowned La Liga champions Barcelona on Sunday. Elsewhere Kylian Mbappe struck as Real Madrid won 2-0 at nine-man Sevilla, while Leganes gave themselves a chance of survival with a win at Las Palmas. Barcelona stars celebrated their 28th league title on ...
Pope Leo XIV and the Call for Unity 1,700 Years After Nicaea
Ryan Chaba 2025-05-20 14:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The First Ecumenical Council in history was convened by Emperor Constantine on May 20, 325, with a clear purpose: to restore the unity of the Church in the face of doctrinal divisions. The goal was to define the faith, establish its core foundations and create a common framework for all of Christianity. This was encapsulated in the Nicene Creed, ...
Electoral Law in Committees: Bou Saab Stresses Need for Political Consensus First
This is Beirut 2025-05-20 18:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri called for a second joint session of several key parliamentary committees on Thursday to continue deliberations on a set of legislative proposals, including three electoral bills and major public health reforms. The joint meeting will bring together members of the Finance and Budget, Administration and Justice, ...
EU to Review Cooperation Deal with Israel over Gaza
This is Beirut 2025-05-20 20:56 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The European Union on Tuesday agreed to review its cooperation deal with Israel over alleged human rights abuses in Gaza, the bloc's top diplomat Kaja Kallas said. Kallas said Brussels was acting after "a strong majority" of its 27 member states backed the move in a meeting of EU foreign ministers in a bid to pressure ...
Jezzine Municipal Elections: FPM and LF Face Off in Close Race
Élie-Joe Kamel 2025-05-21 12:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Jezzine Municipal Elections: FPM and LF Neck and Neck With municipal elections scheduled for Saturday, May 24, 2025, the southern Lebanese town of Jezzine is bracing for a vote with significant political consequences. Beneath the calm facade of this picturesque destination—famous for its 40-meter waterfall and home to Lebanon’s largest stone ...
Lines in the Sand: Syria on the Brink, and Lebanon’s Vanishing Moment
Salam El Zaatari 2025-05-22 09:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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If you want to understand the Middle East in 2025, don’t look at the maps. Look at the fault lines. They’re not drawn in ink – they’re drawn in fear, legacy and a deep unease that this time, the region isn’t just shifting, it’s splintering. This week, United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio sounded an alarm loud enough to rattle ...
Shooting in Washington: Two Israeli Diplomats Killed, Suspect in Custody
Ryan Chaba 2025-05-22 19:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Shortly after 9 PM, gunfire broke out in front of the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington. The incident resulted in two victims: Yaron Lischinsky, 28, and his partner Sarah Lynn Milgrim, both employees of the Israeli Embassy in the United States. The assailant was immediately restrained by the museum's security and handed over to the ...
Disarmament of Palestinian Camps to Begin Mid-June
This is Beirut 2025-05-23 14:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
At the invitation of Ambassador Ramez Dimashqieh, head of the Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee, the first meeting of the joint committee tasked with monitoring the situation in Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon was held. Prime Minister Nawaf Salam opened the meeting by welcoming President Mahmoud Abbas’s decision to resolve the issue ...
Napoli on Brink of Title Glory in Serie A Finale
This is Beirut 2025-05-23 18:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Napoli are on the brink of claiming their second Serie A title in three seasons as they head into the final weekend of the campaign leading Scudetto rivals Inter Milan by a single point. Antonio Conte's team host Cagliari in front of what will be a packed Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on Friday night, at the same time as Inter kick off at in-form ...
Napoli Back on Top in Italy After Sealing Fourth Serie A Crown
This is Beirut 2025-05-24 09:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Napoli climbed back to the top of Italian football after sealing the Serie A title on Friday, bouncing back from disaster to win the Italian championship for the fourth time. Scott McTominay and Romelu Lukaku netted in a 2-0 win over Cagliari at a packed and wild Stadio Diego Armando Maradona as Napoli secured their second league crown in three ...
Israel Reconfigures Northern Border Defenses
This is Beirut 2025-05-26 15:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Six months after the November 2024 ceasefire with Lebanon, Israel is adjusting its military deployment along the northern frontier, signaling a shift toward a more routine defensive posture. According to Israeli military radio, the Israeli Army Northern Command has reassigned control of the Lebanese border to the 91st Division, also known as the ...
Bidding War: Municipal Unions Up for Grabs
Johnny Kortbawi 2025-05-27 14:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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When Michel Aoun returned from French exile in 2005, he arrived with sweeping slogans and the confidence of a man fully in control of his political momentum. This tone gradually diminished once he became the head of state. At the time, he championed stronger Christian representation and pushed the boundaries of the powers allotted to him under ...
Israel Conducts Large-Scale Military Drill Near Lebanese Border
This is Beirut 2025-03-26 20:25 - Reading : less than a minute
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Israel’s Northern Command launched on Wednesday a large-scale military exercise involving the 91st and 146th divisions, alongside the Air Force, Navy, police, Fire and Rescue Authority, and rapid response teams tasked with protecting border communities. The drill, announced by the Israeli army’s Arabic spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, on his X ...
Pushing Effort to Sack Security Chief, Israel PM Alleges Anti-Govt Plot
This is Beirut 2025-03-24 13:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Israel's prime minister, pushing to dismiss internal security chief Ronen Bar, on Monday alleged an attempt to bring down his government after Israeli media reported Bar's agency spent months probing far-right infiltration of the police. The police are under the supervision of far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir. The ...
Strategic Forecasts
Charles Chartouni 2025-06-23 09:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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The strategic dilemmas facing Israel at this point should be summarized as how to achieve the double and intertwining objectives of the Iranian nuclear weaponization containment and the downfall of the Islamist regime and its imperial outreach. The inner relationship between the two variables is unmistakable and begets the crucial question of how ...
Lebanon, a Nation Suffering from Its Leaders
David Sahyoun 2025-01-01 18:00 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
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Amid the turmoil Lebanon is enduring, the psychological factors at play, which are crucial, are often overlooked. At the root of this profound crisis lies a political class responsible for the current decay, a class whose psychological dysfunctions border on true mental pathologies. Stuck at an infantile stage of development, the men and women in ...
Mawlawi: Ali Mamluk Is Not in Lebanon
This is Beirut 2024-12-19 11:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Caretaker Minister of Interior Bassam Mawlawi stated on Wednesday that the former head of Syrian intelligence Ali Mamluk is not currently in Lebanon and has not entered the country. "If he were to enter Lebanon, he would be arrested," Mawlawi said during an interview with local TV channel MTV. "His photos have been circulated at Beirut's Rafic ...
Hundreds in Damascus Protest for Democracy, Women's Rights
This is Beirut 2024-12-19 20:58 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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In Damascus's Ummayad Square, hundreds gathered Thursday, demanding a democratic state that includes women in public life, marking the first such demonstration since Islamist-led rebels toppled longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad. Women and men, young and old, chanted slogans including "No to religious rule", "God is for religion ...
Al-Sharaa met Joumblatt, vows country will not negatively interfere in Lebanon
This is Beirut 2024-12-22 13:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa told Lebanese Druze leaders on Sunday that his country would not negatively interfere in Lebanon and would respect its neighbour's sovereignty. Syria will no longer exert "negative interference in Lebanon at all -- it respects Lebanon's sovereignty, the unity of its territories, the ...
Usyk Beats Fury in Heavyweight Championship Rematch
This is Beirut 2024-12-22 17:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Oleksandr Usyk won his heavyweight championship rematch against Tyson Fury by unanimous decision overnight on Saturday to stay unbeaten across two divisions and cement his place among the greats. The Ukrainian, who forced the pace and repeatedly tagged Fury with his accurate left hook, was awarded the fight 116-112 by all three judges, handing ...