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Avignon Honors Imprisoned Algerian Author Boualem Sansal Through Readings
This is Beirut 10/07 12:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Theater Avignon Boualem Sansal France Algeria Culture
Several cultural figures, including the president of the Avignon Festival, paid tribute on Wednesday to French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal, who was sentenced to five years in prison in Algeria. The tribute took place during an evening of readings from his works, AFP observed. The 80-year-old author has been imprisoned in Algeria for over seven ...
France Launches Inquiry Into Musk’s X Over Threats to Democracy
This is Beirut 11/07 18:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
French police are investigating claims social media network X, formerly known as Twitter, skewed its algorithm to allow "foreign interference," the Paris prosecutor said Friday. Investigators will be examining the actions of the company and its senior managers after two complaints were filed in January, prosecutor Laure Beccuau said, without ...
Australia’s Aboriginals Ask Unesco to Protect Ancient Carvings Site
This is Beirut 12/07 10:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Heritage UNESCO Aboriginal Australia France Culture
A delegation of Australia'4F As Aboriginal people that travelled to Paris to campaign for UN backing to protect a heritage site they say is threatened by harmful mining were "overjoyed" Friday as the ancient site was recognized on the coveted list. The World Heritage Committee at UNESCO, the United Nations' cultural organization, had been ...
Iran says Cooperation with UN Nuclear Watchdog will Take 'New Form'
This is Beirut 12/07 19:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Europe Tehran Araghchi Nuclear
Iran said Saturday its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency "will take on a new form", expressing a desire for a diplomatic solution to resolve concerns over its nuclear program. Iran's 12-day war with Israel last month, sparked by an Israeli bombing campaign that hit military and nuclear sites as well as ...
Parliamentary Subcommittee Advances Banking Reform Bill
This is Beirut 14/07 17:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Banks Ibrahim Kanaan lebanon Banque du Liban Yassin Jaber
The parliamentary subcommittee tasked with drafting the long-awaited banking reform bill made significant headway on Monday, as lawmakers inched closer to adopting several key provisions aimed at revamping the financial sector. Chaired by MP Ibrahim Kanaan, the session was attended by Minister of Finance Yassine Jaber, a number of MPs and Central ...
Hezbollah Is a State within the State, Not Only “Heavy and Medium” Weapons
Hussain Abdul-Hussain 15/07 10:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Lebanon Hezbollah Syria Iraq Israel United States
In policy, simplicity is valuable; naiveté is catastrophic. Lebanon has by now diluted UNSCR 1701 from dismantling Hezbollah’s militia, arms production, and illicit funding to merely surrendering “heavy and medium” weapons, or as U.S. Envoy Tom Barrack frames it: Hezbollah must hand over weapons that threaten Israel. Such oversimplification ...
Violence in Sweida: Lebanese Druze Call on International Community for Action
This is Beirut 16/07 19:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
An emergency meeting in solidarity with the Druze of Sweida was held on Wednesday in the village of Sharoun, in the Aley district, at the invitation of the religious authority of the Druze community in Lebanon. Numerous dignitaries, religious leaders, and members of parliament gathered around the Sheikh Akl, Sami Abu el-Mona. In his ...
New Deep Sea Mining Rules Lack Consensus Despite US Pressure
This is Beirut 18/07 10:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Environment Climate Mining Oceans Jamaica
After two weeks of negotiations, the International Seabed Authority (ISA) is still far from finalizing rules for extracting coveted metals on the high seas despite heightened pressure triggered by US efforts to fast-track the controversial practice. Following a meeting in March and the current session in Jamaica, the 36 members of the ISA's ...
Zelensky Defends Anti-Corruption Overhaul Amid Protests, EU Condemns "Serious Step Back"
This is Beirut 23/07 14:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Volodymyr Zelensky Ukraine European Union
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday defended legislative changes removing the independence of two key anti-corruption bodies, sparking the first major protests in Ukraine since the start of Russia's invasion. "We all share a common enemy: the Russian occupiers," Zelensky said after meeting with top law enforcement and ...
Israel and Hezbollah Tighten the Noose Around the Lebanese Government
Bassam Abou Zeid 27/07 10:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Hezbollah Israel Joseph Aoun United States
President Joseph Aoun’s statement that he is holding talks with Hezbollah over its weapons and that negotiations are progressing slowly was especially noteworthy. Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Joumblatt’s remarks were equally notable, as he called on Hezbollah to give up its heavy weaponry, deeming it ineffective in confronting ...
Speeding Likely Cause of Diogo Jota Car Crash: Police
This is Beirut 08/07 19:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Diogo Jota Liverpool Football Football
Liverpool and Portugal star Diogo Jota was likely speeding when his car veered off a motorway in Spain last week, killing him and his brother, Spanish police said on Tuesday. The shock deaths of Jota, 28, and Andre Silva, 25, on July 3 plunged the football world into mourning, less than two weeks after the striker had gotten married. An ongoing ...
‘Dialogue’ with Hezbollah: Ensuring History Does Not Repeat Itself
Michel Touma 28/07 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
One of Winston Churchill’s best-known quotes is that “those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” In Lebanon’s current context, the meaning is clear: if we don’t draw lessons from our recent past, we can neither navigate the present nor build any kind of future. This is especially relevant to the stance now taken by ...
Thailand and Cambodia Agree Truce After Five Days of Fighting
This is Beirut 28/07 14:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Cambodia Thailand Conflict Border
Thailand and Cambodia's leaders agreed to an "unconditional" ceasefire Monday, after five days of combat along their jungle-clad frontier that has killed at least 36 people. More than 200,000 people have fled as the two sides fired artillery, rockets and guns in a battle over the long-disputed area, which is home to a smattering of ...
Iran Condemns 'Malicious' US Sanctions Targeting Oil Trade
This is Beirut 31/07 11:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Iran on Thursday described as "malicious" fresh US sanctions targeting a shipping empire controlled by the son of a top political advisor to the Islamic republic's supreme leader. The US Treasury Department on Wednesday imposed restrictions on more than 115 individuals, companies, and ships accused of facilitating the sale of Iranian and Russian ...
From Sweida to Hasbaya: The Druze Soul Under Strain
Katia Kahil 31/07 13:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
While Syria’s Sweida province remains on edge following July’s deadly clashes, the reverberations are deeply felt across the border in Hasbaya. In this part of southern Lebanon—as elsewhere in the Druze world—identity transcends borders. The people of Hasbaya have lived this tragedy as their own, with Druze Sheikh al-Aql, Sami Abi ...
Trump’s Tariffs: Protection or Risky Bet for the US Economy?
Mario Chartouni 01/08 18:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
United States Donald Trump Tariffs China
Tariffs have once again taken center stage in American trade policy. On Thursday, the White House announced a major overhaul of customs duties, marking a new chapter in President Donald Trump’s protectionist agenda. In an official statement, the White House emphasized that these measures aim to “protect American workers” and to “secure ...
Barrack and Ortagus Coordinate on Lebanon
Bassam Abou Zeid 02/08 21:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hezbollah Joseph Aoun US Congress Washington
All eyes are on the Lebanese Cabinet session scheduled for next Tuesday, which will address the issue of “disarming Hezbollah,” a phrase used by President Joseph Aoun in his speech on Thursday, Army Day’s eve. According to sources, Washington is awaiting the outcome of this session before determining its next steps toward Lebanon. US ...
The Art of Redistricting: How Gerrymandering Influences US Elections
Mario Chartouni 06/08 14:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
USA US Presidential Elections Donald Trump Republicans Democrats
Five additional seats in Texas, two in Ohio and one in Missouri – across the United States, Donald Trump is encouraging his allies to embrace gerrymandering, a political tactic designed to tilt congressional representation in favor of Republicans. “I won Texas,” he declared in a CNBC interview, insisting that Republicans “deserve five ...
Ghana Defense and Environment Ministers Killed in Helicopter Crash
This is Beirut 06/08 21:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Ghana's defense and environment ministers were killed in a helicopter crash Wednesday, the presidency said, hours after the armed forces reported a chopper carrying three crew and five passengers dropped off the radar. Television station Joy News broadcast cell phone footage from the crash scene showing smoldering wreckage in a heavily ...
Israeli Minister Vows 'Return' to Evacuated West Bank Settlement
This is Beirut 07/08 18:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel Palestine West Bank Gaza Benjamin Netanyahu
An Israeli minister announced on Thursday plans to rebuild Sa-Nur, a settlement in the occupied West Bank that was evacuated two decades ago, as the far right spearheads a major settlement expansion push. Sa-Nur's settlers were evicted in 2005 as part of Israel's so-called disengagement policy that also saw the country withdrawing troops and ...
Accumulating Bitcoin a Risky Digital Rush by Companies?
This is Beirut 08/08 10:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Donald Trump United States Bitcoin
US President Donald Trump's media group and Tesla, the electric carmaker owned by tech billionaire Elon Musk, are among an increasing number of companies buying huge amounts of bitcoin. The aim? To diversify reserves, counter inflation and attract investors, analysts say. Who also invests? Companies frequently own bitcoin -- the largest ...
Iraq Denies any Role in Sanctioned Iran Oil Smuggling
This is Beirut 08/08 12:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iraqi authorities denied on Friday that the country had played any part in Iranian efforts to evade US sanctions on oil exports after Washington last month linked a local businessman to the practice. In early July, the US State Department sanctioned six entities and identified four vessels as having "knowingly engaged in a significant transaction ...
Trump Says Putin Talking 'a Lot of Bullshit' on Ukraine
This is Beirut 08/07 20:22 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Donald Trump United States Vladimir Putin
President Donald Trump accused his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday of talking "bullshit" about Ukraine, saying that the United States would send Kyiv more weapons to defend itself. Trump's expletive reflected his growing frustration with the Kremlin leader over the grinding war that Moscow launched nearly three and a ...
US to Send 'More Weapons' to Ukraine: Trump
This is Beirut 08/07 08:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Donald Trump Ukraine USA Russia
President Donald Trump said Monday the United States will send additional weapons to Ukraine, after Russia claimed new gains in its grinding war against its neighbor. Trump's announcement followed Washington saying last week that it was halting some weapons shipments to Kyiv, leaving Ukrainian officials caught off guard and scrambling for ...
Lebanon Condemns Iranian Official’s Remarks as 'Blatant Interference'
This is Beirut 09/08 18:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hezbollah Tehran Lebanon Iran Ali Akbar Velayati Foreign Ministry
The Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants on Saturday sharply criticized recent comments by Ali Akbar Velayati, senior adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader, denouncing them as “a blatant and unacceptable interference in Lebanon’s internal affairs.” In a statement, the ministry said Velayati’s remarks were the latest in a series ...
China's Top Diplomat to Visit EU, Germany, France Next Week
This is Beirut 27/06 12:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
European Union China Wang Yi Russia
China's top diplomat Wang Yi will head to Europe next week for talks with counterparts from the European Union, Germany and France, Beijing said on Friday as it seeks to shore up fraught ties with the bloc. Beijing has sought to improve relations with Europe as a counterweight to superpower rival United States, though frictions remain over trade ...
Lebanese Army Removes Israeli Flag, Boosts Southern Deployment
This is Beirut 02/06 21:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The Lebanese Army has taken down an Israeli flag raised by the Israeli Golani regiment on Rweissat al-Hadb hill, located on the outskirts of Aita al-Shaab in the Bint Jbeil district, according to a report by the National News Agency (NNA) on Monday. The flag removal is part of a broader response by the Lebanese Army, which has stepped up its ...
Running Low? Unleaded to the Rescue
Christiane Tager 04/06 21:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Lebanon Crisis Fuel prices Private sector
The Lebanese government seems to be taking its cue from an old maxim: “When in trouble, raise the taxes.” In a decision that hit like a bombshell, authorities announced a sharp hike in fuel prices – despite a global drop in oil costs. The official rationale? To fund social aid. The logic? Ease the burden on the poor by adding to the strain ...
The UN at 80: Navigating Crisis and Hope in a Divided World
Ryan Chaba 07/06 12:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
United Nations European Union G7 Palestine Ukraine
On June 26, 1945, just months after World War II ended, 51 nations gathered in San Francisco to sign the UN Charter. By October 24, the organization officially came into force, born from a simple but profound purpose: to prevent another global catastrophe. Envisioned as the cornerstone of a new world order grounded in peace, justice and ...
Russia Says Pushing Offensive into Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk Region
This is Beirut 08/06 16:22 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Russia said Sunday it was pushing into Ukraine's eastern industrial Dnipropetrovsk region for the first time in its three-year offensive -- a significant territorial escalation amid stalled peace talks. Moscow, which has the initiative on the battlefield, has repeatedly refused calls by Ukraine, Europe and US President Donald Trump for a full ...