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Hamas Delegation Expected in Cairo to Discuss Gaza Truce Efforts
This is Beirut 2025-08-12 17:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hamas Egypt Gaza truce negotiations
A senior Hamas delegation was due in Cairo for talks with Egyptian officials on efforts by mediators to secure an elusive ceasefire in Gaza, two Palestinian sources told AFP on Tuesday. Together with Qatar and the United States, Egypt has been involved in mediation between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas that has failed to secure ...
Commercial Leases: Latest Amendments to Law No. 11
Liliane Mokbel 2025-08-13 13:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Law No. 11 was adopted in December 2023 and has already been challenged twice before the Constitutional Council: first by the President of the Republic, General Joseph Aoun, and then by thirteen MPs. Parliament passed its latest amendments on Thursday, July 31, 2025, hoping this version would be definitive and escape further ...
For Trump, Putin Summit Presents the Ultimate Test of Dealmaking
This is Beirut 2025-08-13 16:36 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Donald Trump Volodymyr Zelensky European Union Vladimir Putin
Among the constants in Donald Trump's turbulent career has been a belief in his dealmaking powers. In inviting Vladimir Putin, Trump will put these powers to the ultimate test. Trump will speak to his Russian counterpart about the Ukraine war on Friday in Alaska, the two presidents' first standalone summit since a 2018 meeting in ...
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 ...
Plastic Pollution Treaty Talks in Disarray
This is Beirut 2025-08-14 05:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
International Plastic Pollution Climate
Attempts to secure a landmark treaty combating plastic pollution descended into disarray on the penultimate day of talks Wednesday as dozens of countries rejected the latest draft text, leaving the talks in limbo. With time running out to seal a deal among the 184 countries gathered at the United Nations in Geneva, several countries slammed a ...
Trump Orders Space Regulations Eased in Win For Musk
This is Beirut 2025-08-14 09:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Donald Trump USA White House Space
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday easing regulations for the private space industry, including eliminating some environmental reviews, in a move likely to please his erstwhile advisor Elon Musk. The executive order, which said it aimed to "substantially" increase the number of space launches in the United States, was ...
Russia, Ukraine Exchange 84 Prisoners Each
This is Beirut 2025-08-14 15:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky Russia prisoners
Russia and Ukraine exchanged 84 prisoners each on Thursday, both sides said, the latest in a series of swaps that has seen hundreds of POWs released so far this year. This latest one came on the eve of a high-level summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US counterpart Donald Trump in Alaska on Friday. The Russian defense ministry ...
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 ...
Ukrainian Strike Kills One, Wounds 10 in Russia: Governor
This is Beirut 2025-08-15 05:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A Ukrainian drone strike on an apartment block killed one person and wounded 10 others in southwestern Russia, the region's acting governor said early Friday. Governor Alexander Khinshtein said he went to the apartment building damaged in the strike in Kursk. "Unfortunately, a 45-year-old woman died on the spot," he said on ...
Israel Approves Major West Bank Settlement Project
This is Beirut 2025-08-21 09:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam West Bank Hamas Palestine
Israel approved a major settlement project on Wednesday in an area of the West Bank that the international community has warned threatens the viability of a future Palestinian state. Israel has long had ambitions to build on the roughly 12-square-kilometre (five-square-mile) parcel known as E1 just east of Jerusalem, but the plan had been ...
Larijani and the Original Sin
Johnny Kortbawi 2025-08-15 09:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Iran Hezbollah
Ali Larijani, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, is among the closest officials to the Supreme Leader Khamenei and a successor to figures like Qassem Suleimani, who shaped Iran’s regional security and political influence. Larijani’s latest visit to Lebanon, coming after recent Lebanese government decisions and ...
Tainted Fentanyl Death Toll Surpasses 100 in Argentina
This is Beirut 2025-08-15 09:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Argentina Drugs Hospital Fentanyl
The death toll from contaminated fentanyl administered in Argentina's hospitals grew to over 100 on Thursday, the government said, blaming a local pharma lab as outrage grew over the slow response to the crisis. Since May, the country has been trying to determine how many deaths were linked to bacteria-infected supplies of the drug used in ...
Dozens of Opposition Arrested in Turkey: Media Reports
This is Beirut 2025-08-15 11:30 - Reading : less than a minute
Turkish police arrested 40 people Friday in the opposition stronghold of Istanbul, including the mayor of the central district of Beyoglu and several of his close advisers, Turkish media reported. The latest wave of arrests over "corruption" allegations is part of a months-long crackdown targeting the main opposition Republican People's Party ...
Falsehoods Swirl Around Trump-Putin Summit
This is Beirut 2025-08-15 21:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Ukraine Alaska Russia Summit Donald Trump Vladimir Putin
From false claims of a Ukrainian assassin shot dead in Alaska to baseless reports of Russia declaring the sale of the territory to the United States illegal, misinformation has swirled around the summit between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump. The online falsehoods spreading across tech platforms were muddying the waters around Friday's closely ...
Geagea: Naim Qassem’s Speech Is Unacceptable
This is Beirut 2025-08-16 12:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea responded to Hezbollah’s leader and Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem’s latest speech, describing it as “unacceptable by all standards” and warning that it represents a direct threat to Lebanon’s government, parliament, and constitutional institutions. In a statement released on ...
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 ...
Gaza Civil Defense Says Israeli Fire Kills 39
This is Beirut 2025-08-16 19:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli attacks killed at least 39 people on Saturday, as the Israeli military hinted at an approaching call to push civilians from Gaza City ahead of a new offensive. The latest toll comes more than a week after Israel's security cabinet approved plans to capture the Palestinian territory's largest ...
Israel Strikes Houthi-Held Power Plant in Sanaa Amid Ongoing Gaza War Fallout
This is Beirut 2025-08-17 12:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israel's military said Sunday it struck an "energy infrastructure site" in Yemen used by the Houthis, the latest action against the Iran-backed group, which has launched attacks at Israel throughout the Gaza war. A military statement said Israeli forces "struck... deep inside Yemen, targeting an energy infrastructure site that served the Houthi ...
Hezbollah’s Threats: A Misreading of Lebanon’s Real Fabric
Michel Touma 2025-08-18 10:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Hezbollah Joseph Aoun Tehran United States Karbala
In a country that truly upholds the rule of law, Hezbollah’s secretary-general, Sheikh Naim Qassem, would have faced prosecution for undermining national security, inciting sedition, and threatening civil peace. As the figurehead of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ outpost in Lebanon, he has reached new heights of recklessness, veering into ...
Mediators Await Israeli Response to New Truce Offer
This is Beirut 2025-08-19 12:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Benjamin Netanyahu Hamas Palestine United Nations
Mediators were awaiting an Israeli response Tuesday to a fresh Gaza ceasefire plan, a day after Hamas accepted the proposal and signalled its readiness for a new round of talks aimed at ending nearly two years of war. The foes have held on-and-off indirect negotiations throughout the war resulting in two short truces and the releases of Israeli ...
Beirut Traders Index Points to Fragile Economic Rebound
This is Beirut 2025-08-19 16:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon Banks Central Bank of Lebanon Gulf economy
The latest index of the Beirut Traders Association-Fransabank (Q2 2025) shows the first signs of a recovery in local markets, a welcome development as the World Bank forecasts 4.7% GDP growth for Lebanon in 2025 and a sharp drop in inflation. The retail trade index rose to 33.13 points in Q2 2025, up from 30.01 the previous quarter (base 100 = Q4 ...
Israel Demands Release of all Hostages After Hamas Backs New Truce Offer
This is Beirut 2025-08-20 08:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
A senior Israeli official on Tuesday said the government stood firm on its call for the release of all hostages in any future Gaza ceasefire deal, after Hamas accepted a new truce proposal. Mediators are awaiting an official Israeli response to the plan, a day after Hamas signalled its readiness for a fresh round of talks ...
Top Officers Hold Ukraine Talks After Trump Rules Out US Troops
This is Beirut 2025-08-20 09:03 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Ukraine United States Donald Trump Volodymyr Zelensky Russia
Top US and European military officers met in Washington Tuesday to discuss the mechanics of a possible Ukraine peace deal, after President Donald Trump ruled out sending American troops to back an agreement but suggested air support instead. In a flurry of diplomacy aimed at ending the war, Trump brought Ukrainian President ...
US Targets More ICC Judges Including over Israel
This is Beirut 2025-08-20 19:23 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
International Criminal Court Sanctions United States
The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on four more International Criminal Court judges or prosecutors, including from allies France and Canada, in a new effort to hobble the tribunal particularly over actions against Israel. "The Court is a national security threat that has been an instrument for lawfare against the United States ...
Barrack-Ortagus Mission: Advancing Lebanese Sovereignty
This is Beirut 2025-08-26 20:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hezbollah Joseph Aoun Lebanese Army Tehran
On Tuesday, the US delegation led by envoys Thomas Barrack and Morgan Ortagus highlighted growing alignment between Washington and Lebanese authorities, working with international support toward restoring Lebanese sovereignty. The collaboration was evident during a marathon day of meetings. Barrack and Ortagus, joined by Senators Jeanne Shaheen ...
Jazz à la Villette Opens With a Bold Tribute to Ornette Coleman
This is Beirut 2025-08-27 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Music Festival Jazz à la Villette Tribute Ornette Coleman Culture
The reinterpretation this Saturday at the Philharmonie of The Shape of Jazz to Come, a cult album by multi-instrumentalist Ornette Coleman released in 1959, will be a highlight of the Jazz à La Villette festival in Paris, which kicks off on Thursday. This album, extremely avant-garde at the time, caused a stir upon its release. Ornette Coleman, ...
Macron: Recognition of Palestinian State Key to Isolating Hamas
This is Beirut 2025-09-19 00:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
French President Emmanuel Macron insisted Thursday that recognizing a Palestinian state would isolate the militant group Hamas and reiterated his condemnation of Israel's devastating offensive in Gaza. "Recognising a Palestinian state is just deciding to say: 'The legitimate perspective of Palestinian people and what they suffer today has nothing ...
Palestinians Flee Gaza City Under Israeli Bombardment
This is Beirut 2025-09-14 14:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Palestinian families streamed out of Gaza City on Sunday, some crammed into pickup trucks, others on foot, as Israeli forces pressed their assault on the territory's main urban center. Parents carried their children while the elderly hobbled along, an AFP journalist reported. A man in a wheelchair and another on crutches were among the long line ...
Yemeni Authorities Arrest Lebanese and Syrians Over Houthi-Linked Captagon Factory
This is Beirut 2025-09-06 14:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Yemen’s Interior Ministry announced on Saturday that it had arrested a group of Lebanese and Syrian nationals in Aden who were preparing to move into Houthi-controlled areas to oversee the establishment of a new factory for producing narcotic pills. In a statement, the ministry said security forces in the temporary capital, Aden, apprehended ...
UK Police Arrest Hundreds in Latest Palestine Action Demo
This is Beirut 2025-09-07 04:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam United Kingdom Palestine Israël
More than 400 people were arrested in London on Saturday during a tense protest in support of the Palestine Action group, which has been banned under terror laws, police said. Several hundred people demonstrated in front of the UK parliament, with some holding placards that read: "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action." The ...