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Putin, North Korea’s Kim in Phone Call Ahead of Alaska Summit
This is Beirut 2025-08-13 05:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un have vowed to strengthen cooperation, days ahead of Putin's summit in Alaska with Donald Trump, Pyongyang's state media reported Wednesday. Putin and Kim spoke by phone in a "warm comradely atmosphere" on Tuesday and confirmed "their will to ...
Iraq Electricity Gradually Back after Nationwide Outage
This is Beirut 2025-08-12 16:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iraq Electricity Heatwave Climate Change
Electricity supply returned to all of Iraq's provinces on Tuesday, a government official told AFP, expecting the grid's full recovery within a day after a nationwide power outage. Electricity shortages are a frequent complaint in Iraq, which suffers from endemic corruption and dilapidated public infrastructure. Most households rely on private ...
Fire Contained Near Dubai's U.S. Consulate After Drone Attack
This is Beirut 03/03 22:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A drone attack caused a fire near the US consulate in Dubai on Tuesday, a government statement said, after the US embassy in Riyadh was hit by an Iranian strike. Nearby residents told AFP they heard a loud bang, and one person said she then saw a fire at the consulate. Dubai and other Gulf cities have been under bombardment since ...
Iran Army Says Targeted U.S. Bases in Iraq, Gulf
This is Beirut 01/03 10:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Bahrain Gulf Kuwait Middle East Saudi Arabia
Fresh blasts were heard across Dubai, Doha and Manama on Sunday morning as Iran carried out strikes in retaliation for US and Israeli attacks that killed the supreme leader and other top officials. AFP reporters heard blasts in Dubai, Bahrain's capital Manama and Qatar -- where AFP correspondents saw thick black smoke rising on the clear ...
IDF Releases List of Senior Iranian Officials Killed in Joint U.S.-Israeli Strikes
This is Beirut 28/02 23:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The IDF published a list of Iranian officials killed in Saturday’s joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran. “Hundreds of Israeli Air Force fighter jets, directed by precise IDF intelligence, struck hundreds of military targets belonging to the Iranian terror regime across Iran,” the release stated. The army listed the following ...
Student Protests Enter Third Day at Tehran Universities
This is Beirut 23/02 15:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Student demonstrations continued for a third consecutive day across several universities in Iran’s capital on Monday, coinciding with the start of the new academic semester on February 21, according to local media reports. In parallel, Iran warned the United States on Monday that any attack would be met "ferociously" in response ...
Iran Executes Man on Charges of Spying for Israel: Judiciary
This is Beirut 28/01 10:15 - Reading : less than a minute
Iran on Wednesday executed a man arrested in April 2025 on charges of spying for Israel's espionage agency Mossad, the judiciary said. Hamidreza Sabet Esmailpour, who had been convicted of passing information to a Mossad agent, was hanged at dawn, the judiciary's Mizan news agency said. Rights groups have previously said 12 people have been ...
Power Outage Hits BIA, Civil Aviation Clarifies
This is Beirut 2025-08-13 10:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon Beirut International Airport EDL Iraq Power Outage
Beirut International Airport (BIA) suffered a power outage this week that disrupted air-conditioning during one of the busiest periods of the year, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said Wednesday. According to the statement, the incident occurred amid a severe heatwave and record passenger traffic, with daily departures reaching ...
Iran Protest Movement Subsides In Face Of "Brutal" Crackdown
This is Beirut 16/01 14:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The protest movement in Iran has subsided after a crackdown that has killed thousands under an internet blackout, monitors said Friday, one week after the start of the biggest protests in years challenging the Islamic republic's theocratic system. The threat of new military action by the United States against Iran has also appeared to have ...
French Indie Title 'Clair Obscur' Dominates Game Awards
This is Beirut 2025-12-12 09:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Los Angeles USA Clair Obscur Game Awards
French indie title "Clair Obscur: Expedition 33" dominated the annual Game Awards in Los Angeles, winning a record of nine categories, including best video game of the year. "What a weird timeline for us," Guillaume Broche of video game studio Sandfall Interactive quipped, thanking his team as he accepted the top award. "And also I want to ...
Zeitz MOCAA: Africa Tells Its Story in a Silo Cathedral
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-11-22 19:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Zeitz MOCAA Africa Museum Culture Cape Town
The offshore winds of Cape Town still carry the memory of the port, the muted echoes of colonial trade, and the vertical dream of a continent gazing toward the horizon. At the far end of the Waterfront in the Silo District, a silent concrete giant, abandoned for decades, has come to life as the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa. Entering ...
Nigeria’s Bronze Masters Preserve Ancient Craft Amid Modern Pressures
This is Beirut 2025-11-21 14:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nigeria Africa Craftsmanship Culture Art Heritage
Using long iron tongs, Victor Uinmwen Aduwe and Matthew Mathias pick a blazing pot from a fire and pour a thick golden liquid into a partly buried mold, using a centuries-old technique that still flourishes in Nigeria's south. After a short cooling period, the mold is dug up and opened, revealing three small bronze heads fashioned after an ancient ...
Alcohol at School: The Untouchable Taboo in Anglo-Saxon Countries
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-11-14 18:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Some contrasts say everything about a nation. While France long poured wine into schoolchildren’s glasses, Anglo-Saxon societies have always firmly and unequivocally banned any form of alcohol at school. This difference is not merely legal: it reflects distinct national histories, collective beliefs, and radically different views of childhood ...
Muslim Brotherhood, Salafists, and Jihadists: Shared Influences, Divergent Trajectories
Marie de La Roche Saint-André 2025-11-12 10:55 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
In Western media and public discourse, the terms Muslim Brotherhood, Salafists, and Jihadists are often conflated—blurred together in a way that obscures their distinct origins, ideologies, and modes of action. While these movements share certain historical roots, they represent fundamentally different trajectories. To better understand their ...
Passwords Under Threat as Tech Giants Seek Tougher Security
This is Beirut 2025-08-13 09:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Fingerprints, access keys and facial recognition are putting a new squeeze on passwords as the traditional computer security method -- but also running into public hesitancy. "The password era is ending," two senior figures at Microsoft wrote in a July blog post. The tech giant has been building "more secure" alternatives to log in for years -- ...
Russia Imposes Curbs on WhatsApp, Telegram Calls
This is Beirut 2025-08-13 17:24 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Russia announced curbs on calls on the WhatsApp and Telegram messenger apps on Wednesday, saying that this was necessary to fight criminality, state media reported. "In order to combat criminals, measures are being taken to partially restrict calls on these foreign messaging apps (WhatsApp and Telegram)," communications watchdog ...
Switzerland Has Crossed the Mountains
Marc Saikali 2025-11-09 09:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Sometimes symbolism says it all. On Monday, Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa will walk through the doors of the White House, a sight that would have seemed unthinkable a year ago. The world, it seems, has a soft spot for spectacular reinventions. Yesterday’s pariah has become today’s partner. Al-Sharaa, once a wanted man with a price on his ...
Water Shortages Plague Beirut as Low Rainfall Compounds Woes
This is Beirut 2025-08-14 18:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Lebanon Water Climate Shortage
People are buying water by the truckload in Beirut as the state supply faces its worst shortages in years, with the leaky public sector struggling after record-low rainfall and local wells running dry. "State water used to come every other day, now it's every three days," said Rima al-Sabaa, 50, rinsing dishes carefully in Burj al-Baranjeh, in ...
Air Canada Flight Attendants Strike Over Pay, Shutting Down Service
This is Beirut 2025-08-16 12:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Air Canada's flight attendants went on strike Saturday, as the airline announced a complete shutdown of operations, creating summer travel chaos for its 130,000 daily passengers. "We are now officially on strike," the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), which represents Air Canada's 10,000 flight attendants, said in a statement. Air ...
Brother Jean-Louis Mainguy Takes His Final Bow
Marilyne Jallad 2025-08-15 18:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lebanon culture Jean-Louis Mainguy
The Franco-Lebanese interior architect, born in Beirut on October 11, 1953, has never ceased to surprise and inspire those around him, skillfully balancing multiple professional and human roles. A scenographer and the Honorary President of the Union of French Abroad (UFE), an association he devoted himself to as president from 2004 to 2015 to ...
PSP Calls for International Probe into Sweida's Violence
This is Beirut 2025-08-15 17:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Syria Sweida Aid Druze PSP Walid Jumblatt
The Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) called on Friday for an international investigation into the recent violence in Sweida, the Druze heartland of southern Syria, where hundreds were killed. Rejecting what it described as “rumors and claims” about its stance, the PSP reiterated its demands for justice, urgent relief for the embattled city ...
Naim Qassem: “No Life in Lebanon if Government Confronts Resistance”
This is Beirut 2025-08-15 10:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Hezbollah’s secretary-general, Naim Qassem, once again made a show of defiance on Friday, intensifying threats against the Lebanese state and its people. In a speech more aggressive than his previous ones, Qassem bluntly tied Lebanon’s fate to his group’s weapons. “Lebanon can only be built with all its components. If it ...
Starlink in Lebanon: Hopes, Fears and the Battle for the Digital Sky
Liliane Mokbel 2025-08-14 21:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
On Wednesday, Telecommunications Minister Charles Hage removed from the Cabinet agenda a draft law aimed at regulating Starlink’s entry into Lebanon. Officially, the move allows for further study. Unofficially, the issue is already fueling political tensions and heated debate: Is it a threat to digital sovereignty or an opportunity to ...
Private Generators in Lebanon: The Toll of a Profitable, Highly Polluting Industry
Sana Richa Choucair 2025-08-14 20:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
On Wednesday, the Lebanese government announced a crackdown on one of the most visible symbols of the country’s failed public electricity sector: private generators. During a ministerial meeting chaired by Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, operators were given a maximum of 45 days to comply with legal and environmental standards. After that ...
Turkey Reports Mass Return by Syrians
This is Beirut 2025-08-14 18:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Turkey United Nations Syria Refugees
More than 410,00 Syrians who fled to Turkey during the rule of Bashar al-Assad have returned home since he was overthrown in December, the government announced Thursday. Turkey's interior ministry said 411,649 Syrians had so far returned, the rate picking up in recent weeks, with the immigration service recording 140,000 returns since ...
Massive Fire Burns on Mountain Near Western Canada City
This is Beirut 2025-08-13 18:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nearly 20,000 residents of a community in western Canada were on standby Wednesday as a wildfire engulfed a mountain overlooking the city of Port Alberni, the latest area threatened in the country's second-worst fire season on record. "I've lived in Port Alberni since 1956 and this is one of the biggest fires we've ever ...
Expo 2025 Visitors Endure Sweltering Night After Osaka Train Shutdown
This is Beirut 2025-08-14 13:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Expo 2025 Osaka Art Visitors Japan Culture
A sudden suspension of the sole train to Japan's Expo 2025 stranded more than 30,000 visitors, with some forced to spend a sweltering night near the station and more than 30 people sent to hospitals by Thursday morning. A power outage abruptly shut the metro line in Osaka on Wednesday night while a crowd was packed into the Expo site's ...
EDL: Years of Neglect Behind Lebanon’s Power Cuts
This is Beirut 2025-08-14 12:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon Beirut Port EDL Beirut
In a statement released Thursday, Electricité du Liban (EDL) said Lebanon’s electricity network continues to struggle after years of neglect and chronic underinvestment, with key infrastructure destroyed in the 2020 Beirut Port explosion still unreplaced. EDL identified three main causes for the recurring power cuts: production capacity at ...
Defending Champions Sinner, Sabalenka Reach Cincinnati Quarters
This is Beirut 2025-08-14 11:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Defending champions Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka led the way into the Cincinnati Open quarter-finals on Wednesday with Carlos Alcaraz hot on their heels with a straight-sets victory of his own. Sinner shrugged off a mid-match weather delay lasting nearly three hours as he advanced 6-4, 7-6 (7/4) over Adrian Mannarino. Sabalenka, taken to ...
Trump Warns of Make-or-Break Chance with Putin as Pressure Mounts
This is Beirut 2025-08-14 09:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Pressure mounted ahead of a landmark summit in Alaska between the United States and Russia, as Donald Trump warned that Vladimir Putin had only one chance but Moscow pressed ahead with major battlefield gains in Ukraine. Putin and Trump will meet Friday at an air base in the far-northern US state, the first time the Russian leader has been ...