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Russia Holds Scheduled Nuclear Drills, Week After NATO
This is Beirut 2025-10-22 16:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Russia held planned strategic nuclear drills on Wednesday, a week after NATO began similar annual exercises, as tensions in Europe over the Ukraine war run high. "Today we are conducting planned, I would like to emphasise, planned, nuclear forces training," Russian President Vladimir Putin told generals in a televised meeting. NATO began similar ...
Israeli Lawmakers Approve Advancement of West Bank Annexation Bills
This is Beirut 2025-10-22 17:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Palestinians Conflict WestBank Settlement
Israeli lawmakers on Wednesday voted in favour of advancing two bills on annexing the occupied West Bank, an ambition openly promoted by far-right ministers in recent months. The vote came with US Vice President JD Vance visiting Israel to shore up a Gaza ceasefire brokered by President Donald Trump, who has made clear he would not back ...
Asian Youth Games: Lebanon Begins Its Campaign, Lea Khachfe Reaches the Quarter-Finals
Makram Haddad 2025-10-22 18:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lebanon Lea Khachfe Asian Youth Games
The 3rd edition of the Asian Youth Games opened for Lebanon in Manama with the rising sport of the moment: teqball. Competing in singles and doubles, Anthony Sabbagh, Rady Shebbo and Lea Khachfe delivered a focused first performance, highlighted by a quarter-final for Khachfe in singles and a notable victory in mixed doubles. Against already ...
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 ...
Honoring a Historic Visit: Lebanon Commemorates Pope Leo XIV with a Stamp
Christiane Tager 2025-10-22 21:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon Pope Francis Pope Leo XIV
Ahead of Pope Leo XIV’s visit to Lebanon, scheduled for November 30 to December 2, 2025, the Ministry of Telecommunications has confirmed to This is Beirut that the country will issue a special stamp commemorating the pontifical visit. According to Ministry sources, this official release has been entrusted to LibanPost, which will oversee its ...
Power Tool-Wielding Robbers Flee Louvre with 'Priceless' Jewels
This is Beirut 2025-10-19 14:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Robbers wielding power tools broke into the Louvre on Sunday and made off with priceless jewels from the world-renowned museum, taking just seven minutes for the broad-daylight heist, sources and officials said. Police were hunting the culprits on Sunday afternoon, but a 19th-century crown covered in diamonds and emeralds was found damaged near ...
Araujo Strikes Late as Barca Snatch Win Over Girona
This is Beirut 2025-10-18 19:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Ronald Araujo struck at the death to snatch Barcelona a 2-1 win over Girona on Saturday and lift the champions top of La Liga. The defender, sent on as an emergency forward, netted in the 93rd minute to give Barca a one-point lead on Real Madrid, who visit Getafe on Sunday. Following two consecutive defeats Barca were only just able to edge ...
Rubio Says Israel Annexation Moves in West Bank ‘Threatening’ Peace Deal
This is Beirut 2025-10-23 05:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Palestine Gaza United States
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday warned Israel against annexing the West Bank, saying steps taken by parliament and settler violence threatened a Gaza peace deal. Israeli lawmakers voted Wednesday to advance two bills on annexing the occupied West Bank, barely a week after President Donald Trump pushed through a deal aimed at ending ...
Sioufi Park Reopens!
This is Beirut 2025-10-15 15:10 - Reading : less than a minute
Syoufi Park Ashrafiyeh Beirut garden
Sioufi Park is officially open again! Visitors are welcome for peaceful walks, playtime and a breath of fresh air in the city. Have you visited yet?
Trump at the Knesset Ahead of the Peace Summit
This is Beirut 2025-10-13 17:55 - Reading : less than a minute
Nawaf Salam Donald Trump Hamas Middle East USA
US President Donald Trump delivers a speech at the Knesset in Jerusalem on October 13, 2025, as part of the recently concluded peace plan between Israel and Hamas. This visit marks a major step in the regional stabilization process, which Washington presents as the foundation for a “new Middle East.”
Trump Hails 'Tremendous Day for Middle East' as Leaders Sign Gaza Declaration
This is Beirut 2025-10-13 21:27 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump hailed a "tremendous day for the Middle East" as he and regional leaders signed a declaration Monday meant to cement a ceasefire in Gaza, hours after Israel and Hamas exchanged hostages and prisoners. Trump made a lightning visit to Israel, where he lauded Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an address to ...
Zelensky To Visit Trump in Washington This Week
This is Beirut 2025-10-14 05:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
United States Ukraine Donald Trump Volodymyr Zelensky
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday he will go to Washington this week to see US President Donald Trump, to discuss air defences and how to put more pressure on Russia. Zelensky said he would join a Ukrainian delegation there holding talks with US politicians and companies, and he hoped to have his meeting with Trump on ...
Lebanon on the Sidelines: Restoring State Authority Is Critical
Bassam Abou Zeid 2025-10-14 08:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Donald Trump Hamas Hezbollah Joseph Aoun
Events are unfolding across the region, while Lebanon remains on the sidelines, lacking a meaningful political presence in the reshaped Middle East. Lebanese officials have been following, via the media, US President Donald Trump’s visit to Israel, the developments in Gaza, his Knesset address and the Sharm al-Sheikh summit. Official sources ...
Lebanon Still Charms, but Tourism Numbers Fall
Christiane Tager 2025-10-14 12:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Tourism Economy
In the 2010s, Lebanon ranked among the world’s top tourist destinations, celebrated for its festivals, crowded beaches, boutique hotels and award-winning cuisine. Tourism then accounted for nearly a fifth of GDP and was at the very heart of the economy. Today, that postcard-perfect image has faded. Two years after a brief recovery, the sector ...
De Bruyne's Penalty Double Fires Belgium to Vital Win Over Wales
This is Beirut 2025-10-14 17:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Belgium World Cup Qualifiers De Bruyne Wales Football
Kevin De Bruyne scored a pair of penalties as Belgium boosted their bid to qualify for the World Cup with a crucial 4-2 win against Wales on Monday. Rudi Garcia's side trailed to Joe Rodon's early opener at the Cardiff City Stadium. But De Bruyne leveled from the penalty spot, and Thomas Meunier fired Belgium ahead before halftime. De Bruyne ...
Global Leaders Welcome Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Agreement
Kaline Antoun 2025-10-14 20:05 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hamas Ceasefire Donald Trump Emmanuel Macron
Leaders around the world have welcomed the ceasefire agreement reached between Israel and Hamas, formalized at a summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on October 13, 2025. The initiative was driven by US President Donald Trump and signed jointly by mediators from Egypt, Qatar and Turkey. The agreement calls for a halt to hostilities, the release of ...
Trump Says 'We Will Disarm' Hamas, Urges Return of Gaza Bodies
This is Beirut 2025-10-14 22:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam United States Donald Trump Hamas Gaza Israeli Hostages
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that "we will disarm" Hamas if the Palestinian militants refuse to do it themselves, as he called for the group to release the bodies of hostages in Gaza. Trump's comments came the day after he swung through the Middle East to celebrate the Gaza ceasefire deal, with questions swirling about the ...
Trump Honors Charlie Kirk at Posthumous Medal Ceremony
This is Beirut 2025-10-15 05:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
United States Donald Trump Charlie Kirk
US President Donald Trump hailed assassinated ally Charlie Kirk as a "martyr for truth and freedom" Tuesday as he posthumously awarded the right-wing activist America's highest civilian honor. Handing the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Kirk's tearful widow, Trump compared the 31-year-old conservative to Socrates, Saint Peter, Abraham Lincoln ...
Hamas Launches Gaza Crackdown as Trump Vows to Disarm Group
This is Beirut 2025-10-15 09:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Donald Trump Hamas Palestine Benjamin Netanyahu
Hamas tightened its grip on Gaza's ruined cities Tuesday, launching a crackdown and executing alleged collaborators, even as US President Donald Trump vowed to disarm the group. The Israeli military said the remains of four more hostages held in Gaza had been brought into Israel, a day after Hamas handed over the bodies of four other captives and ...
Tested by Russia, NATO Looks to Strengthen its Defenses
This is Beirut 2025-10-15 09:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Volodymyr Zelensky Europe Kyiv Nato
NATO defense ministers will look Wednesday at shoring up the alliance's ability to counter Russian air incursions, as fears grow that Moscow is testing the West in a grey zone between war and peace. Focus will also be on bolstering support for Ukraine as US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth joins his 31 NATO counterparts with his boss, President ...
Extradition Treaties and the Assad Case
Mario Chartouni 2025-10-15 14:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Syria Russia Ahmad al-Sharaa Vladimir Putin Bachar el-Assad extradition
This Wednesday, Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa is visiting Moscow to meet Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin. According to Reuters, he may request the extradition of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who has been taking refuge in Russia since fleeing Damascus in December 2024. Behind this politically charged episode lies a longstanding and ...
Patriarch Rai Says Pope Leo XIV Brings Peace
This is Beirut 2025-10-15 18:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon Pope Vatican Peace Hope Bechara Rai
Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Bechara Boutros Rai announced that Pope Leo XIV will visit Lebanon at the end of November, describing the upcoming trip as a “visit of peace and hope” for a country weary from decades of unrest. Speaking to Agence France-Presse in Bkerke, Rai stated that “the Pope has taken peace upon himself; his program is ...
US Envoy Witkoff Felt 'Betrayed' by Israeli Attack on Hamas in Qatar
This is Beirut 2025-10-18 19:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam United States Qatar Steve Witkoff
US envoy Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump's chief negotiator on the Middle East, has said that he felt "betrayed" when Israel launched a strike targeting Hamas negotiators in Qatar last month. In a CBS interview alongside Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law who worked with Witkoff on the brokering of a Gaza ceasefire deal between Israel and ...
UN Humanitarian Chief Says Israel Should Immediately Open Gaza Crossings to Aid
This is Beirut 2025-10-15 21:01 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam United Nations Tom Fletcher Gaza
UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher urged Israel on Wednesday to immediately open all crossings into Gaza for humanitarian aid, as called for in a US-backed ceasefire plan. "It should happen now. We want it to happen immediately as part of this agreement," Fletcher told AFP in an interview in Cairo, ahead of a planned trip to the Gaza ...
South Lebanon: Security, Diplomacy, and Reconstruction
This is Beirut 2025-10-16 12:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam UNIFIL Hezbollah Ras Naqoura Ceasefire Joseph Aoun
While touring southern Lebanon on Thursday, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam announced that an international conference in support of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and security services – in preparation for several months – is expected to be held "soon." The event aims to address the urgent needs of the army, particularly in ...
New UK-Supported Border Checkpoint Opens in Eastern Lebanon
This is Beirut 2025-10-16 13:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon Border Control Edward Ahlgren United Kingdom UNIFIL
A new border checkpoint has been inaugurated along Lebanon’s eastern frontier, as part of a project funded by the UK’s Integrated Security Fund. This facility is part of a broader program aimed at strengthening the operational capacity of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) to combat smuggling and cross-border illegal activities. The site visit ...
Don’t Let the Party Stop: Berlin’s Fight Against ‘Club Death'
This is Beirut 2025-10-16 14:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Nightlife Clubs Legacy Berlin Germany Culture
Berlin, long hailed as one of the world's great party cities, is fighting to keep its famed techno clubs alive in the face of soaring prices, shifting tastes and a tightening property market. For now, the mood is exuberant at Renate, a labyrinthine club with multiple DJs housed in a dimly-lit complex near the Spree river, a Berlin institution ...
Trump and Putin Hold Phone Call Ahead of Zelensky's Visit to Washington
This is Beirut 2025-10-16 18:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Volodymyr Zelensky Donald Trump Vladimir Putin Russia
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin began a «long» phone conversation Thursday, according to the U.S. president. «I am currently in conversation with President Putin. The conversation is ongoing, it is long, and I will report on it, just like President Putin, at the end,» Trump wrote on his Truth Social network. The call ...
BDL Governor Holds Key Talks with IMF Officials in Washington
This is Beirut 2025-10-16 18:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon International Monetary Fund Central Bank of Lebanon Washington Middle East Karim Souhaid
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)
Volodymyr Zelensky Donald Trump Middle East Palestine Ukraine
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 ...