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Saydet al-Jabal Urges Lebanon to Negotiate with Israel and Reclaim Control of Weapons
This is Beirut 2025-11-03 14:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The Saydet al-Jabal Gathering called for direct negotiations between Lebanon and Israel, urging President Joseph Aoun to personally lead talks to address outstanding issues, including Israel’s withdrawal from five disputed points and the return of prisoners. The group said such a step could move Lebanon from war toward peace and allow it to ...
Trump to Host his First Summit with Central Asian Leaders
This is Beirut 2025-11-06 09:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump will host all five Central Asian leaders in Washington on Thursday for the first time, a few months after they held separate summits with Russia's Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping. The West has upped its interest in the resource-rich region, where Moscow's traditional influence has been questioned since the ...
Through Parr’s Lens: Satire, Consumption, and the Modern World
This is Beirut 2025-11-03 15:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Photography Martin Parr AI Satire Britain Culture
British documentary photographer Martin Parr says the world has never been more in need of satire like that in his images because many people are too wealthy and their lifestyle is unsustainable. "The state we're all in is appalling," said the 73-year-old, known for his humorous snapshots of bronzed beachgoers and selfie-snapping ...
Microsoft Unveils $15.2 Billion AI Investments in UAE
This is Beirut 2025-11-03 21:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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US tech giant Microsoft on Monday announced $15.2 billion in investments in artificial intelligence and cloud computing in the United Arab Emirates. Microsoft's vice chairman and president Brad Smith said Microsoft had invested $7.3 billion in the Gulf country since 2023 and would spend $7.9 billion more by the end of 2029. The deal sent US ...
A Peacemaker Visits a Land of Perpetual War
Alberto M. Fernandez 2025-11-04 09:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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Pope Leo XIV’s expected visit to Lebanon later this month comes at a moment of peril for the country. Lebanon’s most recent war, launched by Hezbollah on October 8, 2023, has barely ended, with Israel threatening to renew the conflict at any moment should Hezbollah not disarm. The Lebanese government has pledged to assert state power and ...
PKK Leader Ocalan Urges Progress in Turkish Peace Process
This is Beirut 2025-11-04 12:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Imprisoned Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Öcalan called in a message published on Tuesday for all parties to the peace process in Turkey to make genuine efforts to ensure it succeeds. Öcalan, the founder of the Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK), is spearheading efforts to move from a four-decade armed Kurdish rebellion against the Turkish state ...
Aoun’s Push for Talks with Israel Must Overcome Hezbollah’s Ploys
Hussain Abdul-Hussain 2025-11-04 18:30 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
President Joseph Aoun said Lebanon has no choice but to enter into talks with Israel to break the cycle of war, a step that media reports suggest he had agreed on with Hezbollah’s ally, Speaker Nabih Berri. Aoun’s position is commendable, but Hezbollah will use such talks as cover to rearm and prepare for another round of fighting, rather than ...
French Pair Released after 3-year Iran Jail Ordeal
This is Beirut 2025-11-04 21:22 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Iran has released from prison a French pair held for more than three years and sentenced to lengthy jail sentences on espionage charges their families always rejected, French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Tuesday. Cecile Kohler, 41, and Jacques Paris, 72, both retired teachers, were both on a tourist visit to Iran when they were arrested ...
King Tut’s Collection Displayed for First Time at Egypt’s Grand Museum
This is Beirut 2025-11-05 11:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Thousands of visitors streamed through the Grand Egyptian Museum on Tuesday as almost the entire collection of King Tutankhamun's treasures, over 4,500 artifacts, was displayed together for the first time since the young pharaoh's tomb was discovered in 1922. Curated and conserved over nearly two decades, the collection was unveiled to the ...
Juan Carlos Breaks His Silence in Reconciliation, the Memoirs of a Fallen King
This is Beirut 2025-11-05 19:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Royals Juan Carlos Memoirs History Spain Culture
Mixing historic anecdotes and regret over his own scandals, Spain's exiled king Juan Carlos I seeks to reconcile himself with his family and nation in newly published memoirs that offer dramatic reminiscences from one of the last surviving players of 20th-century history. From holding Franco's hand on the dictator's deathbed to helping defuse a ...
Fears of a New Conflict Between Eritrea and Ethiopia
This is Beirut 2025-11-06 09:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Ethiopia accuses Eritrea of "preparing to wage war", Eritrea retorts that its neighbor's words were fuelling "dangerous conflicts", and analysts fear another war is brewing in the volatile Horn of Africa. What does Ethiopia want? For months, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been demanding access to the sea for his landlocked country ...
Kazakhstan Joins the Abraham Accords: A Symbolic Move with Strategic Implications
Mario Chartouni 2025-11-07 14:55 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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U.S. President Donald Trump announced Thursday that Kazakhstan will join the Abraham Accords, a diplomatic framework launched in 2020 to normalize relations between Israel and several Arab and Muslim states. The announcement came after a phone call between Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart ...
The Atelier des Lumières Lands on the Moon: An Immersive Odyssey by Tom Hanks
Marie-Christine Tayah 2025-11-06 11:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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In the heart of Paris, the Atelier des Lumières once again welcomes visitors in search of an extraordinary immersive art experience. This time, it’s not a single artist or a specific work on display — it’s a voyage into the cosmos: Destination Moon. At the Atelier des Lumières, an exploration of lunar conquest co-written by Tom Hanks ...
Louvre Heist a 'Deafening Wake-up Call' for Museum Security
This is Beirut 2025-11-06 12:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Last month's spectacular Louvre heist, in which robbers made off with some of France's crown jewels, was a "deafening wake-up call" for museum security, the head of France's highest audit institution said Thursday. Upgrades to security at the world-renowned museum have been moving at a "woefully inadequate pace", Pierre Moscovici told a press ...
Pope Leo Receives Palestinian President Abbas at Vatican
This is Beirut 2025-11-06 13:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Pope Leo XIV held his first meeting with Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas on Thursday, where the Vatican said they discussed the "urgent need" to help the civilian population in Gaza. The visit comes almost a month into a fragile ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, following two years of war triggered by the Palestinian group's October 7, 2023, ...
Lebanon Faces ‘Environmental Disaster’ From Syrian Refugee Camps
Hala Abdallah 2025-11-06 14:20 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Lebanon launched the eighth wave of voluntary returns of displaced Syrians on Thursday morning, with 448 refugees departing from the Rachid Karami International Fair in Tripoli toward the Al-Abbudieh border crossing in Akkar. The returnees were transported in five groups aboard 14 buses and 14 trucks, as part of an organized repatriation program ...
The U.S. Urges the UN to Lift Sanctions on Syria’s President
Paul Guillot 2025-11-06 16:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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According to a draft obtained by The Associated Press, the U.S. is asking the Security Council to remove a set of sanctions imposed on Ahmad al-Sharaa and his Interior Minister Anas Hasan Khattab. The resolution could be put to a vote as early as Thursday. To pass, it must secure at least nine votes and avoid a veto from any of the five permanent ...
Closed Again: Jeita Grotto, a Victim of a Failing State
Natasha Metni Torbey 2025-11-06 16:50 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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Jeita Grotto is temporarily closed. This was confirmed Thursday morning by Tourism Minister Laura Lahoud. Lebanon’s iconic karstic wonder is shutting its doors for the second time in less than a year. The first closure came after the death of Mapas-Lebanon CEO Nabil Haddad in November 2024, leaving the site without an official manager for eight ...
UN Lifts Sanctions on Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa Ahead of Historic White House Visit
This is Beirut 2025-11-06 22:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The United Nations Security Council voted in favor of a US resolution on Thursday to lift sanctions on Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa ahead of his White House visit next week. "(The Council) decides that Ahmed al-Sharaa...and (Interior Minister) Anas Hasan Khattab are delisted from the ISIL and Al-Qaida Sanctions List," said the ...
Hungary's Orban to Meet Trump in Face of Russia Oil Sanctions
This is Beirut 2025-11-07 11:31 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Hungary's nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban is due to meet Donald Trump in Washington on Friday for the first time since his ally was re-elected US president, as he seeks a waiver on American sanctions on Russian oil. The United States hit Russia's two biggest oil producers with sanctions last month, the first such measures ...
Former Jihadist Syrian Leader Makes Unprecedented White House Visit
This is Beirut 2025-11-07 14:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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President Ahmed al-Sharaa will become Syria's first leader to pay an official visit to the White House on Monday, a crowning achievement for the ex-jihadist who, since taking power, has ended his country's isolation. Sharaa, whose rebel forces ousted longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad late last year, will meet President Donald Trump during the ...
Will Hezbollah Turn to Political Assassinations Again?
Iftah Burman 10/02 13:00 - Reading : 10 minute(s)
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As Hezbollah faces mounting pressure, the risk is growing that the group could once again turn to assassinations to preserve its fragile military, political, and financial positions. In December 2025, fresh revelations about the activities of Hezbollah’s assassination squad, Unit 121, brought the group’s use of political violence back ...
Iran Guards Seize Two Foreign-Crewed Tankers in Gulf: News Agency
This is Beirut 05/02 13:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iran's Revolutionary Guards have seized two oil tankers with their foreign crews in Gulf waters for "smuggling fuel," the Tasnim news agency reported Thursday. It was not immediately clear what flags the tankers were carrying nor the nationalities of the crew. The seizures took place amid heightened tension after Washington dispatched a naval ...
Leo XIV in Lebanon: A Rich and Symbolic Program
Michael al-Andary 2025-11-30 11:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon welcomes Pope Leo XIV for his first apostolic visit since his election. Described by the Vatican as “a message of peace and resilience,” this visit comes at a time when the country continues to face severe economic, political, and social challenges. Over the course of three days, November 30 to December 2, the program ...
Poland Calls Emergency UN Meeting Over Drone Raid Blamed on Russia
This is Beirut 2025-09-11 15:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Poland said Thursday it had called an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to discuss violations of its airspace, a day after it accused Russia of carrying out a drone raid on its territory. Poland said the incident was not accidental and branded it an "unprecedented" attack on Poland, NATO and the European Union, but Moscow denied ...
UK Police Arrest Hundreds in Latest Palestine Action Demo
This is Beirut 2025-09-07 04:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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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 ...
Trump Issues ‘Last Warning’ to Hamas Over Hostages
This is Beirut 2025-09-08 05:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump said Sunday he was issuing a "last warning" to Hamas, saying the Palestinian militant group must accept a deal to release hostages in Gaza. "The Israelis have accepted my terms. It is time for Hamas to accept as well. I have warned Hamas about the consequences of not accepting. This is my last ...
Alcaraz Outshines Rival Sinner to Win Second US Open
This is Beirut 2025-09-08 10:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Carlos Alcaraz beat Jannik Sinner in four sets on Sunday to win the US Open and reassert his dominance of an era-defining rivalry in a final delayed by the visit of President Donald Trump. The 22-year-old Alcaraz won 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 to capture his second US Open crown and sixth Grand Slam title, avenging his lone defeat in a major final by ...
Vienna State Opera Celebrates Season with Free Gala Concert
This is Beirut 2025-09-08 12:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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No dress code, no stiff atmosphere, and no entry fees: Thousands flocked to a Viennese park Sunday as the Vienna State Opera opened its 2025-26 season with a star-studded open-air gala concert for the first time. The free, open-air concert was the state opera's latest effort to «open the house to all – especially new listeners», it said in a ...
Will Lebanon Disarm Hezbollah, or Not?
Hussain Abdul-Hussain 2025-09-09 09:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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The Lebanese cabinet heard, on Friday, a presentation from Army Chief Rodolphe Haykal on a confidential plan to monopolize arms, as tasked by the government on August 5. The cabinet then issued a statement, and Information Minister Paul Morcos held a press conference. The vague responses left observers divided, with each side interpreting the ...