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Trump Rebrands Department of Defense as 'Department of War'
This is Beirut 2025-09-05 09:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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President Donald Trump is changing the name of the Department of Defense to the Department of War, the White House announced Thursday, insisting the rebrand will project a more powerful image. While the department's official name is set in law, Trump in an executive order is authorizing use of the new label as a "secondary title" by his ...
US Sanctions Palestinian Rights Groups Over ICC Probe
This is Beirut 2025-09-05 14:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The United States has imposed sanctions on three leading Palestinian NGOs, accusing them of supporting International Criminal Court efforts to prosecute Israeli nationals. The move is the latest in Washington's effort to hobble the ICC, which has sought arrest warrants for Israeli officials over alleged war crimes in Gaza. The court has also ...
Cassettes Are Back: The Retro Revival Captivating Gen Z
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-09-05 19:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Over the years, vinyl has established itself as the stylish, vintage symbol of music’s revival. Yet, unexpectedly, another format from the past is finding its way back into playlists: the audio cassette. Long dismissed as a relic, it is now enjoying a second life, fueled by nostalgia, tech curiosity and savvy marketing from certain artists. ...
Alcaraz Ousts Djokovic to Reach US Open Final
This is Beirut 2025-09-06 08:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Carlos Alcaraz overpowered Novak Djokovic in straight sets to book his place in the US Open final on Friday and set up a potential blockbuster showdown with defending champion Jannik Sinner. Spanish second seed Alcaraz produced a ruthlessly efficient display to end Djokovic's latest bid for a record 25th Grand Slam singles title, winning 6-4, 7-6 ...
Yemeni Authorities Arrest Lebanese and Syrians Over Houthi-Linked Captagon Factory
This is Beirut 2025-09-06 14:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Yemen’s Interior Ministry announced on Saturday that it had arrested a group of Lebanese and Syrian nationals in Aden who were preparing to move into Houthi-controlled areas to oversee the establishment of a new factory for producing narcotic pills. In a statement, the ministry said security forces in the temporary capital, Aden, apprehended ...
Trump to Deploy National Guard Troops to Memphis in Latest Crime Crackdown
This is Beirut 2025-09-12 20:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump on Friday said he would deploy National Guard troops to Memphis, Tennessee, in the latest stage of his crime crackdown that critics say is authoritarian. The Republican president has sent military forces into Los Angeles and Washington and pledged to expand orders to other cities, including Chicago and New York. Some ...
UK Police Arrest Hundreds in Latest Palestine Action Demo
This is Beirut 2025-09-07 04:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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More than 400 people were arrested in London on Saturday during a tense protest in support of the Palestine Action group, which has been banned under terror laws, police said. Several hundred people demonstrated in front of the UK parliament, with some holding placards that read: "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action." The ...
Trump Issues ‘Last Warning’ to Hamas Over Hostages
This is Beirut 2025-09-08 05:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump said Sunday he was issuing a "last warning" to Hamas, saying the Palestinian militant group must accept a deal to release hostages in Gaza. "The Israelis have accepted my terms. It is time for Hamas to accept as well. I have warned Hamas about the consequences of not accepting. This is my last ...
Alcaraz Outshines Rival Sinner to Win Second US Open
This is Beirut 2025-09-08 10:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Carlos Alcaraz beat Jannik Sinner in four sets on Sunday to win the US Open and reassert his dominance of an era-defining rivalry in a final delayed by the visit of President Donald Trump. The 22-year-old Alcaraz won 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 to capture his second US Open crown and sixth Grand Slam title, avenging his lone defeat in a major final by ...
Vienna State Opera Celebrates Season with Free Gala Concert
This is Beirut 2025-09-08 12:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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No dress code, no stiff atmosphere, and no entry fees: Thousands flocked to a Viennese park Sunday as the Vienna State Opera opened its 2025-26 season with a star-studded open-air gala concert for the first time. The free, open-air concert was the state opera's latest effort to «open the house to all – especially new listeners», it said in a ...
Will Lebanon Disarm Hezbollah, or Not?
Hussain Abdul-Hussain 2025-09-09 09:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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The Lebanese cabinet heard, on Friday, a presentation from Army Chief Rodolphe Haykal on a confidential plan to monopolize arms, as tasked by the government on August 5. The cabinet then issued a statement, and Information Minister Paul Morcos held a press conference. The vague responses left observers divided, with each side interpreting the ...
Ethiopia Inaugurates Africa's Biggest Dam
This is Beirut 2025-09-09 12:51 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Ethiopia inaugurated the continent's largest hydroelectric project on Tuesday, with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed calling it a "great achievement for all black people" despite years of diplomatic rancour over the dam with downstream neighbour Egypt. For Ethiopia, the Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD), straddling a tributary of the River ...
The Creator of ‘The Da Vinci Code’ Returns With Ambitious New Thriller
This is Beirut 2025-09-09 14:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Best-selling American author Dan Brown, creator of the publishing phenomenon The Da Vinci Code, released his latest thriller Tuesday in 16 languages simultaneously. The Secret of Secrets, which runs to nearly 700 pages in English, marks Brown's return eight years after his last novel, Origin. Brown called it "by far the most intricately plotted ...
Houthi Media Says Israel Struck Yemeni Capital
This is Beirut 2025-09-10 20:59 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Yemen's Houthis on Tuesday said Israeli air strikes hit Sanaa, Yemen’s capital, with an AFP journalist reporting the sound of explosions. At least 35 people were killed and more than 100 wounded in Israeli strikes on Yemen's capital Sanaa and Jawf province on Wednesday, the insurgents said in a statement. "The death toll has ...
Poland Calls Emergency UN Meeting Over Drone Raid Blamed on Russia
This is Beirut 2025-09-11 15:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Poland said Thursday it had called an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to discuss violations of its airspace, a day after it accused Russia of carrying out a drone raid on its territory. Poland said the incident was not accidental and branded it an "unprecedented" attack on Poland, NATO and the European Union, but Moscow denied ...
Ed Sheeran’s 'Play' Album Arrives Friday as Tour Launches in Paris
This is Beirut 2025-09-12 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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British popstar Ed Sheeran, who recently revealed an upcoming United States tour, will release his latest album Play on Friday. Play is the 34-year-old singer-songwriter's eighth studio album and follows more than a decade of stunning global success and smash hits like Shape of You and Perfect. He released his last album, Autumn Variations, in ...
Israel Says Lebanese Operatives Eliminated Were Tied to Iran’s Unit 840
This is Beirut 2025-09-12 13:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Two Lebanese nationals, Qassem Salah al-Husseini and Mohammed Shuaib, were identified by the Israeli army Friday as key operators of several cells tied to Unit 840, the special operations branch of Iran’s Quds Force. On Friday, the Israeli army’s Arabic spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, wrote on X that the two men, killed last month in Lebanon, ...
Kremlin Says Ukraine Peace Talks on Pause as Zelensky Warns of Putin’s Aims
This is Beirut 2025-09-12 19:21 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Moscow said Friday that peace talks with Kyiv were on "pause" as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin still had plans to try to capture the whole of Ukraine. US President Donald Trump warned meanwhile that he was fast running out of patience with Putin, who has shown no intention of ...
Afghanistan Quake Kills 27, Injures Over 300
This is Beirut 2025-11-04 13:59 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
United Nations Afghanistan Earthquake
A strong earthquake killed at least 27 people in northern Afghanistan, authorities said Monday, just months after another deadly tremor that left the country reeling. The 6.3-magnitude quake struck overnight at a depth of 28 kilometers (17 miles) with the epicenter near the city of Mazar-i-Sharif, according to the US Geological Survey. More than ...
Where Things Stand On China-US Trade After Trump and Xi Talk
This is Beirut 2025-11-05 11:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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China and the United States have lowered the temperature in their spiraling trade war, bringing a precarious end to months of back-and-forth measures between the economic and technological powerhouses. The détente—reached at last week's meeting between presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in South Korea—marks a new phase in a fierce ...
Trump Agrees to Ceasefire Following Day of Threats and Diplomatic Oscillation
This is Beirut 08/04 04:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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U.S. President Donald Trump announced a two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran on Tuesday evening following a day marked by sharp escalation, stalled diplomacy, and last-minute re-engagement. Earlier in the day, Trump dramatically escalated his rhetoric, warning on Truth Social that “a whole civilization will die ...
Iran Executes Two More Convicted of Links to Banned Opposition
This is Beirut 31/03 09:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Iran executed two men on Tuesday convicted of membership in a banned opposition group and plotting to overthrow the Islamic republic, the judiciary said, a day after two others were hanged on similar charges. "Babak Alipour and Pouya Ghobadi... were executed by hanging on Tuesday after legal procedures were completed and their sentences ...
UN Force in Southern Lebanon Says Peacekeeper Killed
This is Beirut 30/03 06:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The UN force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said one of their peacekeepers was killed after a projectile hit one of their positions late Sunday. "A peacekeeper was tragically killed last night when a projectile exploded in a UNIFIL position near Adchit Al Qusayr," said Monday's statement. "Another was critically injured." The UNIFIL ...
Iran's Supreme Leader Says Does Not Seek War in Written Message
This is Beirut 10/04 09:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei said in his latest written message the Islamic republic did not want war with the United States and Israel, but would protect its rights as a nation, state television reported Thursday. "We did not seek war and we do not want it," he said in the message read out on state TV, weeks after his ...
Israel’s New Manual for Fighting Terrorist Militias
Hussain Abdul-Hussain 30/03 10:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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From the ruins of Gaza to the depopulated villages south of Lebanon’s Litani River, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is testing a new doctrine that breaks with decades of conventional wisdom on combating terrorist actors. Rather than applying military pressure to bend governments or populations to its political will, Israel is now waging a war ...
Iran Confirms Death of IRGC Navy Commander Following Israeli Airstrike
This is Beirut 30/03 11:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran confirmed on Monday that Alireza Tangsiri, commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ navy (IRGCN), had been killed, days after Israel announced it had targeted him in an airstrike. A statement published by the Guards’ Sepah News website said Tangsiri “succumbed to severe injuries” from the attack, according to AFP. Israeli ...
Beirut Port Explosion Investigation Concludes
This is Beirut 30/03 13:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Judge Tarek Bitar, the judicial investigator in the Beirut port explosion case, has concluded his investigations and referred the entire file to Deputy Public Prosecutor General Judge Jamal Al-Hajjar for review, Lebanon’s National News Agency reported on Monday. The refered defendants, all of whom have been questioned since early 2025, ...
UNIFIL Says Peacekeepers Wounded in Multiple Incidents in South Lebanon
This is Beirut 30/03 14:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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UN peacekeepers in south Lebanon were wounded in an incident near the Lebanese-Israeli border, a spokesperson for the force said Monday, without specifying the nature of the incident. "There has been an incident involving peacekeepers near Bani Hayyan, and we have injuries," Kandice Ardiel told AFP. Bani Hayyan is a Lebanese town near the border ...
Iran Says Not Seeking Nuclear Weapons but Non-Proliferation Treaty Under Review
This is Beirut 30/03 14:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iran said on Monday it was not seeking nuclear weapons but the issue of whether to remain part of the non-proliferation treaty was under review in parliament. "The Islamic Republic of Iran has never sought and does not seek nuclear weapons," said foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei in a weekly press briefing. "Regarding membership in this ...
Southern Front: Israel’s Push Toward the Litani River
Natasha Metni Torbey 30/03 14:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The Israeli military is conducting a methodical ground campaign in southern Lebanon, advancing slowly but steadily along three main axes as Jerusalem seeks to establish a buffer zone. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that he had ordered the military to “further expand the existing security strip” in Lebanon, signaling ...