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BDL Governor Holds Key Talks with IMF Officials in Washington
This is Beirut 2025-10-16 18:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The Governor of Lebanon’s Central Bank (BDL), Karim Souhaid, held a series of high-level meetings in Washington with officials from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), according to a statement issued by his press office on Thursday. Souhaid was accompanied by Deputy Governors Salim Shahine and Gaby Shnouzian, along with the Chairman of the ...
Trump to Meet Zelensky after Announcing Putin Summit
This is Beirut 2025-10-17 09:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meets Donald Trump at the White House Friday, seeking US-made Tomahawk missiles even as the US president reaches out to Russia's Vladimir Putin for a fresh summit. Zelensky will be making his third trip to Washington since Trump returned to office, following a disastrous televised shouting match in ...
Lebanon 2019: Behind a Programmed Revolution (1/2)
Natasha Metni Torbey 2025-10-17 12:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Six years have passed since the October 2019 uprising, an upheaval whose effects continue to heavily weigh on Lebanon. In just a few days, the country appeared to unite against a political class widely seen as corrupt and incapable of averting the looming economic collapse. This surge of public anger culminated in the resignation of Saad ...
Kabul Accuses Pakistan of Resuming Strikes on Afghan Soil
This is Beirut 2025-10-17 21:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Pakistan launched strikes on Afghan soil late Friday, breaking a ceasefire that had brought two days of calm to the border, a senior Taliban official told AFP, warning that Kabul would "retaliate." The 48-hour truce had paused nearly a week of bloody border clashes that killed dozens of troops and civilians on both sides. "Pakistan has broken ...
Trump Suggests Too soon for Tomahawks in Talks with Zelensky
This is Beirut 2025-10-17 22:51 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump suggested Friday it would be premature to give Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, saying as he hosted Volodymyr Zelensky that he hoped to secure peace with Russia first. "Hopefully they won't need it. Hopefully we'll be able to get the war over with without thinking about Tomahawks," Trump told journalists including an AFP ...
Drone Attacks Target Khartoum Airport for Second Day
This is Beirut 2025-10-22 19:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Paramilitary drone attacks targeted Khartoum International Airport for a second consecutive day on Wednesday, a Sudanese military source told AFP, as authorities attempted to reopen the facility for domestic flights for the first time in over two years. The airport has been closed since April 2023, when fighting broke out between the Sudanese ...
NATO Chief Brushes Off Concerns of Trump-Zelensky Rift
This is Beirut 2025-10-22 21:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on Wednesday downplayed concerns about tensions between Donald Trump and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky, while reiterating his belief that "only" the US president could achieve peace between Moscow and Kyiv. Rutte, visiting Washington just days after Trump hosted Zelensky for tense talks, met with lawmakers on ...
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, ...
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 ...
Rick Owens Turns Palais Galliera into a Temple of Dark Love
Marie-Christine Tayah 2025-10-27 14:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Known as both an avant-gardist and a mystic, Rick Owens reinvents fashion as a sacred ritual. With his exhibition Temple of Love, the Palais Galliera takes on the aura of a pagan cathedral, where darkness and light merge in an act of aesthetic and chaotic faith. Since last June, the Palais Galliera has been hosting Rick Owens: Temple of Love. ...
German FM Urges 'Fair' Rare Earth, Chip Trade with China
This is Beirut 2025-10-27 18:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul on Monday called for "fair" trade with China in chips and rare earth minerals, amid heightened tensions between China and the European Union. Wadephul, who last week was forced to cancel a planned visit to China, said he plans to speak with Chinese representatives by phone "as soon as possible and ...
Diplomatic Flurry in Beirut Amid Rising Israeli Strikes
Rayan Chami 2025-10-27 18:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Lebanon is witnessing a surge of high-level diplomatic visits as Israeli attacks intensify in the South and Bekaa, raising questions about whether this diplomatic activity seeks to calm tensions or apply greater pressure on Hezbollah’s disarmament. Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit and U.S. Special Envoy Morgan Ortagus arrived in ...
Erdogan Hails Eurofighter Deal as 'New Symbol' of Strategic Ties with UK
This is Beirut 2025-10-27 19:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Saudi Hosts World's Business Elite with Eyes on Gigaprojects, AI
This is Beirut 2025-10-28 09:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Saudi Arabia welcomes heads of state and the global business elite at a major investment conference this week as it seeks support for its sprawling "gigaprojects" and sky-high AI ambitions. Chinese Vice President Han Zheng, joined by several ministers and more than 150 business leaders, and Syria's interim president are among the guests at the ...
Beef, Defence Deals and Rare Earths: How Japan's New Leader Wooed Trump
This is Beirut 2025-10-28 09:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Japan pulled out all stops for this week's visit by US President Donald Trump -- his first with new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. The US president's visit was a major diplomatic test for Takaichi, who has only been in office for a week. From pledges that Tokyo will spend much more on its defense to supporting Trump's Nobel Peace Prize bid, ...
Spurs, Thunder, Bulls and Sixers Remain NBA's Unbeatens
This is Beirut 2025-10-28 12:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Reigning champion Oklahoma City, the Philadelphia 76ers, the San Antonio Spurs, and the Chicago Bulls remained undefeated with impressive NBA triumphs on Monday. The league's last four unbeaten clubs topped a busy 11-game slate. Philadelphia guard Tyrese Maxey scored 43 points, and Bahamian rookie guard VJ Edgecombe added 26 to lead the 76ers ...
Atletico Win at Betis to Bounce Back from Arsenal Drubbing
This is Beirut 2025-10-28 12:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Atletico Madrid earned a solid 2-0 win at Real Betis on Monday to move fourth in La Liga and bounce back from their Champions League thrashing by Arsenal. Diego Simeone's side lost 4-0 last week in north London but put that defeat behind them with a strong display at La Cartuja stadium, where Betis are playing on a temporary basis. They were ...
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 ...
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 ...
Asia Stocks Surge on US-China Trade Deal Breakthrough
This is Beirut 2025-10-27 11:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Asian equities surged Monday as investors cheered a breakthrough in US-China trade talks that set the stage for leaders Donald Trump and Xi Jinping to finalize a deal, averting an escalation in the world's biggest trade dispute. Markets rallied after US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the threat of the US president imposing an additional ...
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)
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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 ...