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Three-Quarters of UN Members Support Palestinian Statehood
This is Beirut 2025-08-11 09:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
United Nations European Union Palestine Australia
Three-quarters of UN members have already or soon plan to recognize Palestinian statehood, with Australia on Monday becoming the latest to promise it will at the UN General Assembly in September. The Israel-Hamas war, raging in Gaza since the Palestinian militant group's attack on October 7, 2023, has revived a global push for Palestinians to be ...
Larijani Starts Iraq and Lebanon Tour Amid High Tensions over Hezbollah's Disarmament
This is Beirut 2025-08-11 20:22 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hezbollah Tehran Ali Larijani
Ali Larijani, the head of Iran's top security body, met with senior officials in Iraq on Monday, ahead of a visit to Lebanon, where the government plans to disarm Tehran-backed group Hezbollah. Tehran has suffered a series of blows in its long-running rivalry with Israel, including during 12 days of open war between the two countries in ...
Trump Signs Order Extending China Tariff Truce by 90 Days
This is Beirut 2025-08-11 22:49 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
China United States Trade Tariffs Donald Trump
US President Donald Trump reportedly signed an order delaying the reimposition of higher tariffs on Chinese goods on Monday, hours before a trade truce between Washington and Beijing was due to expire. The halt on steeper tariffs will be in place for another 90 days, the Wall Street Journal and CNBC reported, citing Trump administration ...
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 ...
Ukraine War: Main Developments Since Trump's Inauguration
This is Beirut 2025-08-13 16:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Ukraine United States Russia Donald Trump
US President Donald Trump's summit on Friday with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin is the latest in a series of diplomatic efforts to end the war in Ukraine since his return to the White House: 'Make a Deal' While campaigning, Trump had promised to end the Ukraine war in "24 hours." On January 20, newly inaugurated, ...
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 ...
What Options for Hezbollah After Lebanon's Decision to Disarm It?
This is Beirut 2025-08-07 09:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hezbollah Joseph Aoun Tehran Government
Lebanon's government has decided to task the army with setting a plan to disarm Hezbollah, a thorny issue decades after the last time the country had made factions give up their weapons. AFP looks at how the government's decision may be implemented, and whether the Iran-backed militant group can still block it. Why is the move ...
Liverpool Set To Cut Losses With Nunez Move To Saudi
This is Beirut 2025-08-06 19:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Darwin Nunez Liverpool England
Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez is reportedly closing in on a move to Saudi club Al Hilal, which could allow the Premier League champions to make a fresh bid for Newcastle's Alexander Isak. Nunez joined the Reds for an initial 75 million euros ($87 million, £65 million) from Benfica three years ago but has failed to live up to that price ...
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 ...
US To Refuse Visas to Palestinian Authority Officials
This is Beirut 2025-07-31 17:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
USA Benjamin Netanyahu Palestine Visa Donald Trump
The United States said Thursday it would deny visas to Palestinian Authority officials, accusing the body, which governs parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, of seeking to "internationalize" the situation. The organization is "taking actions to internationalize its conflict with Israel, such as through the International Criminal Court (ICC) ...
Thomas Barrack: When Diplomacy Moves in Circles and Lebanon Follows
Natasha Metni Torbey 2025-07-29 09:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Hezbollah Joseph Aoun Saudi Arabia Tom Barrack
Listening to Thomas Barrack, one might think Lebanon is close to redemption or on the edge of a cliff, perhaps both at once. For months now, the American special envoy has issued statements that are sometimes hopeful, sometimes threatening, often confusing, and always repetitive. With every tweet and announcement, the same message comes through: ...
‘Boundless Ties’: A Solo Exhibition by Nayla Kilzi
This is Beirut 2025-07-29 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Exhibition Beirut Culture Art Painting Artist
In Boundless Ties, an exhibition curated by Dr. Tony Karam and on view from July 29 to September 9 at the Smallville Hotel’s main lobby, Lebanese-Canadian artist Nayla Kilzi invites art lovers into a vivid exploration of identity, memory, and human connection. Through her striking Connection series, Kilzi weaves a visual narrative that spans ...
Same Mistakes, Different Times
Johnny Kortbawi 2025-07-29 11:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lebanese history is marked by a long string of repeated missteps, errors that quietly pile up as the country resists any course correction. They’re the product of a persistent pattern of poor decisions, while entrenched political forces keep trying, in vain, to turn the tide in their favor. Today, Lebanon is repeating a familiar mistake, one ...
Iran Denies Trump Claim it Gave Hamas 'Orders' in Gaza Talks
This is Beirut 2025-07-29 11:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran said Tuesday it had not interfered in negotiations aimed at securing a ceasefire in Gaza, after US President Donald Trump claimed Tehran had issued "orders" to Palestinian group Hamas. Trump, speaking to reporters on Monday during a visit to Scotland, said the Iranians had "interjected themselves in this last negotiation" between Israel and ...
'Demon Slayer' Movie Smashes Box Office Records in Japan
This is Beirut 2025-07-29 13:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Japan Series Manga Culture Art
The latest movie adaptation of hit manga and anime series Demon Slayers breaking records in Japan, becoming the fastest film to gross 10 billion yen ($67 million), an industry body said. The film was released on July 18 and reached the 10-billion-yen mark after eight days. The previous record-holder was the last installment of the series, which ...
The UN: Gaza Disaster Reminiscent of Ethiopia, Biafra Famines
This is Beirut 2025-07-29 14:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Gaza Ethiopia Biafra UN
The UN's World Food Program warned Tuesday that the disaster unfolding in Gaza was reminiscent of last century's famines seen in Ethiopia and Biafra in Nigeria. "This is unlike anything we have seen in this century," WFP emergency director Ross Smith told reporters in Geneva. "It reminds us of previous disasters in Ethiopia or Biafra in the past ...
Germany, France, Britain Considering Sending FMs to Israel
This is Beirut 2025-07-29 16:17 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Gaza France Berlin Germany
Germany, France and Britain are considering sending their foreign ministers to Israel next week, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Tuesday, as international pressure mounts over Gaza's dire humanitarian crisis. "We will probably ask the three foreign ministers of France, the United Kingdom and Germany to travel to Israel together ...
France to Airdrop 40 Tons of Aid to Gaza from Friday
This is Beirut 2025-07-29 21:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
France will airdrop 40 tons of aid into Gaza from Friday, Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Tuesday, as UN-backed experts warned the Israeli-blockaded Palestinian territory was slipping into famine. Concern has escalated in the past week about hunger in the Gaza Strip after more than 21 months of war that started after Palestinian ...
Sudan Peace Bid Falters as Foreign Players Bicker Over Generals' Role
This is Beirut 2025-07-31 09:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The latest US attempt to chart a way out of the devastating conflict in Sudan broke down this week amid deadlock over what role its warring generals should play in any peace process. Sudan's regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have been at war since April 2023 in a conflict that has killed tens of thousands of people and driven ...
Trump's Envoy in Israel as Gaza Criticism Mounts
This is Beirut 2025-07-31 14:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Palestine Steve Witkoff
US President Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff held talks in Israel on Thursday on ways to end the crisis in Gaza, where nearly 22 months of grinding war and dire shortages of food have drawn mounting international criticism. Witkoff, who has been involved in months of stalled negotiations for a ceasefire and hostage release deal, met Prime ...
Banking Reform, Judiciary, Leases, Education: Parliament Approves Four Key Bills
This is Beirut 2025-07-31 16:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lebanon Adel Nassar Nawaf Salam Parliament Georges Adwan
The Lebanese Parliament held two separate sessions on Thursday – one in the morning and one in the evening – to debate and vote on a series of legal, administrative, and economic bills. Among the approved texts was the long-anticipated law on the organization of the judiciary, widely regarded as a significant step forward in ...
Trump Orders Tariffs on Dozens of Countries in Push To Reshape Global Trade
This is Beirut 2025-08-01 05:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Donald Trump United States Tariffs
President Donald Trump unveiled new tariffs Thursday on nearly 70 countries -- including a blistering 35 percent on neighbor Canada -- as he seeks to reshape global trade to benefit the US economy. However, in a minor reprieve that opens the door to further negotiations, the White House said the measures will take effect in a week for most ...
Armenia to Meet with Azerbaijan, US in New Peace Bid
This is Beirut 2025-08-06 10:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The leaders of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and the United States will meet for a peace summit in Washington on August 7-8, the Armenian government's press office said Wednesday. Baku and Yerevan, sworn enemies for decades, went to war twice over the disputed Karabakh region, which Azerbaijan recaptured from Armenian forces in a lightning 2023 offensive, ...
What are All These Microplastics Doing to Our Brains?
This is Beirut 2025-08-01 09:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Tiny shards of plastic called microplastics have been detected accumulating in human brains, but there is not yet enough evidence to say whether this is doing us harm, experts have said. These mostly invisible pieces of plastic have been found everywhere, from the top of mountains to the bottom of oceans, in the air we breathe and the food we ...