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BBC Expected to Apologize Over Trump Row After Chief Resignation
This is Beirut 2025-11-10 13:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The BBC was on Monday expected to apologize for editing a speech that suggested Donald Trump had directly instigated an attack on the US Capitol, resulting in the dramatic resignations of the broadcaster's top brass. Director general Tim Davie and the BBC News CEO Deborah Turness stepped down on Sunday after accusations that a documentary by ...
Lebanon Faces Donor Backlash After Decision Extending Disability Benefits to Hezbollah Fighters
Tylia El Helou 2025-11-18 20:30 - Reading : 8 minute(s)
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Lebanon is facing mounting diplomatic backlash after the Ministry of Social Affairs (MoSA) extended state and donor-funded disability benefits to the thousands of Hezbollah fighters wounded in Israel’s September 2024 operation targeting Hezbollah’s communication devices. What the ministry described as a humanitarian exemption is now being ...
Romania Scrambles Jets Over Fresh Drone Incursion
This is Beirut 2025-11-19 16:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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NATO member Romania, bordering Ukraine, scrambled fighter jets early on Wednesday after a fresh drone incursion, the defense ministry said, while neighboring Moldova also reported that its airspace was breached. Romania and Moldova have repeatedly seen violations of their airspaces, including drone fragments falling onto their soil, following ...
Iran: The Swan Song!
Marc Saikali 2025-11-20 08:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Some regimes govern with ideas; others thrive on chaos. Iran is clearly in the latter camp, lighting fires across the Middle East while hoping the smoke will hide its failures. Since 1982, Tehran has treated Lebanon—and its political-military proxy, Hezbollah—like a live grenade waved during negotiations: always a threat, never a plan. For ...
New Strikes on Gaza Kill Five
This is Beirut 2025-11-20 22:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Gaza health authorities said fresh Israeli air strikes killed five people on Thursday, as ceasefire mediator Qatar warned the renewed attacks threatened to undermine the fragile weeks-long truce between Israel and Hamas. The new strikes came the morning after one of the deadliest days in the Gaza Strip since the truce began on October 10. Qatar, ...
No Fossil Fuels Plan in Latest Draft Deal from COP30 Presidency
This is Beirut 2025-11-21 13:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
COP30 host Brazil unveiled a draft agreement on Friday that does not include a roadmap for phasing out fossil fuels, a key demand by many countries at the climate summit. There is no mention of "fossil fuels" in the latest slimmed-down text proposal, released on the final day of the major UN climate conference in the rainforest city of ...
New Israeli Strike on South Kills One
This is Beirut 2025-11-22 12:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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An Israeli strike on southern Lebanon killed one person on Saturday, the Lebanese health ministry said, in the latest attack on the area despite a nearly year-long ceasefire. In a statement, the ministry said that the Israeli strike on a vehicle in Zawtar al-Sharqiyah, south Lebanon, killed one person. The ministry also said that a grenade ...
Rome Exposes Sexist Paradigms with a 'Patriarchy' Exhibition
This is Beirut 2025-11-22 15:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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A temporary exhibition on patriarchy in Rome showcases sexist paradigms in Italy’s male-dominated and macho society, where gender equality “is a distant prospect.” It is the year 2148 and women and men are equal: Rome’s temporary “Museum of the Patriarchy” looks back from the future to highlight the gender gap. Pink and blue payslips ...
Ornella Vanoni, a Timeless Voice who Shaped Six Decades of Italian Music
This is Beirut 2025-11-23 11:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Before becoming a singer, Vanoni was an actress. Trained at Milan’s Piccolo Teatro, she made her debut in 1960 under the direction of Giorgio Strehler, her mentor and companion, performing in Brecht’s plays. It was there she developed her mastery of text, nuance and emotional presence, foundations of her future musical identity. Her early ...
Gunmen Seize 315 in Latest Nigerian Mass School Kidnapping
This is Beirut 2025-11-23 12:22 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Gunmen have kidnapped more than 300 students and teachers in one of the largest mass kidnappings in Nigeria, a Christian group said Saturday, as security fears mounted in Africa's most populous nation. The early Friday raid on St. Mary's co-education school in Niger State in western Nigeria came after gunmen on Monday stormed a secondary ...
Sudan Army Chief Slams Quad Truce Proposal as 'Worst Yet'
This is Beirut 2025-11-24 09:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said Sunday the latest truce proposal sent by US envoy Massad Boulos on behalf of a group of mediators was the "worst yet" and unacceptable to his government. In a video address released by his office, he said the Quad, which in addition to the United States includes Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and the United ...
'Wicked' Sequel Dominates Box Office With Record-Breaking Debut
This is Beirut 2025-11-24 13:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Universal's musical sequel Wicked: For Good stole the box office spotlight in its North America debut this weekend, with a record-setting haul to the tune of $150 million, industry estimates showed Sunday. Variety said the film's debut was the highest ever for a Broadway musical adaptation, while analyst David A. Gross of Franchise Entertainment ...
Israeli Military Sacks Several Generals Over October 7 Attack
This is Beirut 2025-11-24 13:24 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Israel's military announced the dismissal of three generals and disciplinary actions against several other senior officers over their failure to prevent the October 2023 assault by Hamas, the deadliest attack in the country's history. The move comes two weeks after Israeli military chief Eyal Zamir called for a "systemic ...
Pianist Behind Paris ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Flash Mob Aims Higher
This is Beirut 2025-11-25 18:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The man behind a recent viral video featuring musicians playing Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody to stunned bystanders in a Paris square has revealed to AFP the meticulous work that went into his latest, even bigger production. The "flash mob" Queen video has been viewed roughly 600 million times since being posted online in early ...
Israel Army Says Red Cross Received Body of Gaza Hostage
This is Beirut 2025-11-25 21:47 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Israel said the Red Cross had on Tuesday handed over the coffin of a hostage held in Gaza, adding that the remains would soon be taken for forensic identification. Prior to this latest handover, the remains of three deceased hostages were still being held in the Gaza Strip, two Israelis and one Thai national. Hamas and its allies have been ...
The Association of Banks in Lebanon Warn of “Systemic Crisis”
This is Beirut 2025-11-10 14:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The economic collapse is systemic and cannot be resolved without the state assuming its share of responsibility, the Association of Banks in Lebanon (ABL) warned in its latest monthly report for October 2025. The statement directly challenges the government’s draft “financial gap” law, which omits any reference to a systemic crisis, a move ...
Amazon Poised to Host Toughest Climate Talks in Years
This is Beirut 2025-11-10 09:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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An odor of oil hung over last year's UN climate conference in Baku, the capital of fossil fuel-rich Azerbaijan. Starting Monday, the 50,000 participants of COP30 will instead feel the heavy, humid air of the Amazon rainforest in Belem, Brazil, where they face the daunting task of keeping global climate cooperation from collapsing. Unfazed, ...
Disney’s 'Zootopia 2' Leaps to the Top of the North American Thanksgiving Charts
This is Beirut 2025-12-01 12:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Disney's feel-good animated sequel Zootopia 2 ruled the Thanksgiving box office in North America, taking in $156 million over the five-day holiday weekend, industry estimates showed Sunday. Zootopia 2, the buddy cop comedy featuring a menagerie of talking animals battling stereotypes, is the much-anticipated follow-up to the 2016 hit, which won ...
Time Is Running Out for Lebanon to Avoid the Price of Hollow Politics
Charles Chartouni 2025-11-03 09:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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While Washington’s latest diplomatic efforts sought to convey a sense of urgency to Lebanon and forestall Israel from launching a new war, the country’s leaders have shown themselves to be ineffective and unwilling to break from the past. Just listening to President Joseph Aoun’s hollow pronouncements is enough to lose hope that Lebanon will ...
Ten People Go on Trial Over Online Harassment of French First Lady
This is Beirut 2025-10-27 15:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Ten people went on trial in Paris Monday charged with sexist online harassment of Brigitte Macron, in the latest case linked to unsubstantiated gender claims thrown at the French first lady in France and beyond. The trial comes after she and President Emmanuel Macron filed a defamation lawsuit in the United States at the end of July, in ...
Serbian Theater Festival in Turmoil over Censorship Claims
This is Beirut 2025-10-27 19:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Allegations of censorship threw a major theater festival in Serbia into turmoil on Monday, as the government faces increasing complaints it is stifling dissent while trying to face down long-running protests. Artists claim the Belgrade International Theater Festival (BITEF), long regarded as an outlet for free expression, is now under political ...
Israel Accuses Hamas of Truce Breach After Partial Hostage Remains Returned
This is Beirut 2025-10-28 15:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Hamas on Tuesday faced accusations of breaching the Gaza ceasefire after returning partial remains of a previously recovered hostage instead of the body of another deceased captive, as demanded by Israel. Hamas handed over late on Monday what it said was the 16th of 28 hostage bodies it had agreed to return under the US-brokered ceasefire deal, ...
Israel Launches Air Strikes on Gaza, Says Troops Attacked
This is Beirut 2025-10-28 23:31 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Gaza's civil defense agency said Israel carried out air strikes Tuesday despite an ongoing ceasefire after accusing Hamas of attacking its troops and violating the US-brokered truce. At least 11 people were killed when one strike hit a house in Gaza City, the agency, which operates as a rescue force under Hamas, said. Prime Minister Benjamin ...
Hurricane Melissa Makes Landfall in Cuba After Roaring Across Jamaica
This is Beirut 2025-10-29 10:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Hurricane Melissa picked up strength as it bore down on Cuba, where it made landfall Wednesday after ripping a path of destruction through Jamaica as one of the most powerful hurricanes on record there, lashing the island nation with brutal winds and torrential rain. The monster storm was still 110 miles (175 kilometers) away from Guantanamo late ...
US Says It Is Not Withdrawing from Europe after Troops Cut
This is Beirut 2025-10-29 18:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The United States said Wednesday it will pull out some troops from NATO's eastern flank but denied the move amounted to an American withdrawal from Europe, as analysts warned it could embolden Russia. Officials were quick to downplay the reduction in personnel, which comes amid a review of US military deployments worldwide that has worried ...
No-State Zones in Lebanon: Palestinian Camps and Unresolved Sovereignty (1/3)
Natasha Metni Torbey 2025-10-30 15:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The killing of Elio Abou Hanna, a 24-year-old Lebanese man shot overnight Saturday to Sunday in Shatila by members of a Palestinian faction, has reignited a debate Lebanon has never truly resolved: a chronic issue of areas where the state no longer holds authority. Elio was shot while sitting behind the wheel of his car. A camp official described ...
UN Security Council Condemns Sudanese Paramilitary 'Assault' on El-Fasher
This is Beirut 2025-10-30 20:06 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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The UN Security Council condemned on Thursday paramilitaries' reported "atrocities" in El-Fasher in western Sudan, where an aid group and activists have described a dire situation since the city's fall. The Rapid Support Forces' capture on Sunday of El-Fasher, the last army holdout in the vast region of Darfur, came after ...
Trump Returns to U.S. After Ordering Nuclear Tests
This is Beirut 2025-10-30 21:34 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump landed back in Washington Thursday after a surprise directive to begin nuclear weapons testing that raised the specter of renewed superpower tensions. The announcement on social media was issued just before Trump, who boasts frequently about being a peace president, went into a summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in ...
Trump Stirs Tensions with Surprise Nuclear Test Order
This is Beirut 2025-10-31 08:52 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump landed back in Washington on Thursday after a surprise directive to begin nuclear weapons testing that raised the specter of renewed superpower tensions. The announcement on social media was issued just before Trump -- who boasts frequently about being a peace president -- went into a summit with Chinese ...
US Strike on Alleged Drug Vessel in Caribbean Kills Three
This is Beirut 2025-11-02 12:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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A US strike on an alleged drug-trafficking vessel in the Caribbean killed three people on Saturday, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said, the latest such attack in international waters. The United States has deployed Navy ships to the Caribbean and sent F-35 stealth warplanes to Puerto Rico, part of a massive military force that Washington insists is ...