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Football - Lebanon: Al-Ahed in the Lead, Nejmeh Lying in Wait
Makram Haddad 2025-10-20 09:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lebanon Football Nejmeh Al-Ahed
The fourth matchday was intense and full of strong signals: Al-Ahed has won all four games and remains in the lead; Nejmeh stays in touch; Ansar wins on a controversial penalty; Joya trounces Racing (7-0); and La Sagesse takes home three precious points against Sahel. Meanwhile, the bottom of the table remains mired in trouble. The Lebanese ...
One Year After Nasrallah’s Death, Hezbollah Struggles to Rebuild
This is Beirut 2025-10-20 13:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Hassan Nasrallah Hezbollah Hamas Hashem Safieddine Iran
A year after the assassination of its leader Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli strike on Beirut on September 27, 2024, Hezbollah is quietly attempting to rebuild its shattered leadership and reassert its influence. According to a detailed report by Le Figaro correspondent Georges Malbrunot, the Shia militia now operates in a state of ...
Mbappe Sends Real Madrid Top as Getafe Self-Destruct
This is Beirut 2025-10-20 13:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Kylian Mbappe Football FC Barcelona Liga
Kylian Mbappe extended his goal-scoring streak to 11 consecutive games to help Real Madrid reclaim top spot in La Liga with a 1-0 victory at nine-man Getafe on Sunday. After rivals Barcelona briefly displaced Los Blancos with a narrow win over Girona on Saturday, Xabi Alonso's side restored their two-point advantage before next weekend's ...
Louvre Closes for Second Day as France Hunts Jewel Thieves
This is Beirut 2025-10-20 13:39 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Emmanuel Macron France Louvre Heist Jewelry
The Louvre was closed for a second day Monday as police hunted for thieves who broke in and stole priceless jewels in a spectacular daylight robbery. Officials said a team of 60 investigators was working on the theory that an organised crime group was behind the theft Sunday of nine pieces of jewellery, one of which -- a crown covered in ...
Prince Andrew: The Monarchy’s Lasting Burden
Ali A. Hamadé 2025-10-20 16:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
United Kingdom Prince Andrew London Prince William King Charles III
On Friday evening, Prince Andrew, long embroiled in scandal, announced he would relinquish all his royal titles and honors under pressure from his brother, King Charles III, and heir apparent Prince William. Accused of sexual abuse dating back to 2001, involving a 17-year-old and linked to his controversial friendship with billionaire Jeffrey ...
From Excitement to Frustration: Louvre Visitors Caught Off Guard by Closure
This is Beirut 2025-10-20 16:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Louvre Tourists State of mind Theft France Culture
Visitors pressed against the Louvre's iron gates on Monday, peering through bars locked after thieves pulled off a daylight jewel heist inside the world-famous museum the day before. Would-be museum-goers queued outside the famed tourist attraction for the scheduled 0900 (0700 GMT) opening, a day after robbers stole precious jewelry and fled on ...
US Envoys Meet Israel's Netanyahu after Gaza Violence
This is Beirut 2025-10-20 18:24 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Palestine Benjamin Netanyahu Hamas United States
Two of the United States' top envoys to the Middle East met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday after weekend violence threatened to wreck a fragile US-brokered ceasefire in Gaza. The sit-down came as Israel reopened the Kerem Shalom border crossing into Gaza for aid shipments, a security official and a humanitarian source ...
Pope Leo XIV’s Visit: Bookings Soar, Hotels Remain on Standby
Christiane Tager 2025-10-20 20:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Middle East Pope Francis Pope Leo XIV
With the historic visit of Pope Leo XIV, scheduled from November 30 to December 2, 2025, drawing near, Lebanon is experiencing a surge in travel bookings. Airlines report a strong rise in demand, while the hotel sector is still waiting to see tangible gains. The announcement of Pope Leo XIV’s first trip to the region has generated widespread ...
France's Former President Sarkozy Jailed, Proclaiming his Innocence
This is Beirut 2025-10-21 12:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Emmanuel Macron European Union Nicolas Sarkozy France
France's former president Nicolas Sarkozy became the first former head of an EU state to be jailed Tuesday, proclaiming his innocence as he entered a Paris prison. France's right-wing leader from 2007 to 2012 was found guilty last month of seeking to acquire funding from Moammar Kadhafi's Libya for the campaign that saw him elected. AFP ...
JD Vance in Israel: Washington Reasserts Control over the Ceasefire
This is Beirut 2025-10-21 18:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Washington Ceasefire Benjamin Netanyahu Donald Trump
Vance’s trip is part of a broader American diplomatic push. Since Monday, special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have been holding a series of meetings with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Together, they are working to secure an agreement designed not only to end hostilities, but also to lay the groundwork for a new regional security ...
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 ...
Saudi de Facto Ruler to Meet Trump in Washington Next Month
This is Beirut 2025-10-21 18:54 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Mohammed bin Salman Saudi Arabia United States Donald Trump
Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler will meet US President Donald Trump during a three-day visit to Washington next month, a source close to the government told AFP on Tuesday. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will arrive on November 17 and discuss political, economic, and security files with Trump the following day, the source said on condition of ...
Prince Andrew Faces New Pressure Following Virginia Giuffre’s Memoirs
This is Beirut 2025-10-21 20:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Virginia Giuffre Prince Andrew Jeffrey Epstein
The posthumous memoirs of American Virginia Giuffre, the main accuser of Prince Andrew in the Epstein case, went on sale Tuesday, increasing pressure on the disgraced brother of King Charles. In Nobody’s Girl, Virginia Giuffre, who died by suicide in April, recounts in detail being exploited as a sex slave by the late financier and sex offender ...
UK Removes Syria's HTS from 'Terrorist' Organizations List
This is Beirut 2025-10-21 22:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
United Kingdom Syria Hayat Tahrir al-Sham
The UK on Tuesday removed Syria's Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) from its list of banned "terrorist" organizations after the group ousted Bashar al-Assad last December and took control of the government. The move comes after the United States announced in July it would revoke HTS's "terrorist" designation. HTS was proscribed by the UK in 2017 over ...
JD Vance Voices ‘Great Optimism' for Gaza Truce on Israel Visit
This is Beirut 2025-10-22 08:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam United States JD Vance Gaza Hamas
US Vice President JD Vance expressed "great optimism" that the Gaza truce would hold, ahead of a meeting Wednesday in Jerusalem with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Vance is in Israel to shore up support for the US-brokered ceasefire and post-war reconstruction plans. Despite concerns in Israel that Hamas has seized on the pause to ...
Paramilitary Drones Target Khartoum Airport
This is Beirut 2025-10-22 10:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Paramilitary drones targeted Khartoum International Airport on Wednesday for a second consecutive day, a Sudanese military source told AFP. The source, who spoke anonymously because he was not authorized to brief the media, said, "Drones targeted Khartoum airport once again at dawn" on Wednesday. He added that army air defenses intercepted the ...
PSG Hit Seven, Barcelona, Arsenal Run Riot As Champions League Rains Goals
This is Beirut 2025-10-22 11:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Champions League PSG Barcelona
Paris Saint-Germain scored seven and both Barcelona and PSV Eindhoven hit six in big victories while Arsenal crushed Atletico Madrid 4-0 on a prolific night of Champions League action on Tuesday. Erling Haaland was among the scorers in Manchester City's 2-0 win at Villarreal as a total of 43 goals rained down across nine games. However, it was ...
Zelensky in Oslo For Talks With Norwegian PM
This is Beirut 2025-10-22 12:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Volodymyr Zelensky Ukraine Norway Jonas Gahr Store
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Oslo on Wednesday for talks with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store, Norway's government said. The two leaders met in the military part of Oslo's international airport, television images showed. Zelensky is scheduled to visit Sweden later Wednesday, where Kyiv and Stockholm are to make a ...
UK King to Be First to Pray With Pope in Five Centuries
This is Beirut 2025-10-22 12:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Pope Francis United Kingdom King Charles III Vatican History
King Charles III leaves for a state visit to the Vatican Wednesday, where he will meet Pope Leo XIV and make history as the first head of the Church of England to pray publicly with the pontiff since the schism between the churches 500 years ago. The visit comes at a delicate time for the British king following new revelations about his brother, ...
U.S. Pushes Plan to Disarm Hamas and Rebuild Gaza
This is Beirut 2025-10-22 13:50 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
USA Hamas Donald Trump Benjamin Netanyahu JD Vance
US Vice President JD Vance warned Wednesday of the tough task ahead in disarming Hamas and building a peaceful future for Gaza, as Washington sought to reassure its ally Israel over the next steps in its ambitious ceasefire deal. Vance met Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the second day of a trip to Israel, part of a diplomatic blitz in ...
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 ...
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 ...
Pakistan to Hold Talks with Afghanistan in Qatar after Latest Strikes
This is Beirut 2025-10-18 19:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Pakistani and Afghan officials were due to meet in Qatar on Saturday, a day after Islamabad launched air strikes that killed at least 10 people in Afghanistan and broke a ceasefire that had brought two days of calm to the border. The strikes targeted what Pakistani security sources said was a militant group linked to the Pakistani Taliban in the ...
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 ...
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 ...
Hamas Hands Over Surviving Israeli Hostages
This is Beirut 2025-10-13 11:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hamas Donald Trump Middle East Hostage
Hamas handed over the 20 surviving Israeli hostages on Monday under a ceasefire agreement, as US President Donald Trump and other world leaders geared up for a summit on Gaza. In Tel Aviv, a huge crowd which gathered to support hostage families erupted in joy, tears and song as news broke of the first releases, though the pain for the loss of ...
Trump in Israel: 'The Historic Dawn of a New Middle East'
This is Beirut 2025-10-13 17:20 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Donald Trump Middle East Benjamin Netanyahu Gaza Knesset
“The historic dawn of a new Middle East and the end of the era of terrorism.” These words could summarize the speech delivered on Monday afternoon by US President Donald Trump at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament. Described by observers as “historic,” this address provided an opportunity for the US president to call on Israel and the ...
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.”