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Iran Unleashes 'Wave of Repression' after Israel War
This is Beirut 2025-06-30 22:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Iran Human Rights Iran Human Rights
Iranian authorities have arrested hundreds of people and executed dozens in a wave of repression following the 12-day war with Israel, activists say, accusing the Islamic republic of using fear to compensate for weaknesses revealed by the conflict. Campaigners have been detained on the street or at home, executions expedited, prisoners ...
Iran Diplomat Says Open to Talks if US Rules Out Military Action
This is Beirut 2025-07-03 20:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam USA Middle East Tehran United States
A senior Iranian diplomat said Thursday his country remains open to diplomacy provided the United States offers guarantees it will not resort to military action against the Islamic republic. The remarks came as US news website Axios, citing two unidentified sources, reported that White House Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff was planning to meet ...
Two Dead as Wildfires Rage Near Turkish Resort of Izmir
This is Beirut 2025-07-03 21:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
An elderly man and a forestry worker died on Thursday in wildfires in Turkey, as firefighters battled high winds fanning two blazes in the western province of Izmir, lawmakers said. Turkey, which was spared the recent heatwaves that gripped the rest of Southern Europe, has been battling the effects of a long-term drought brought on by climate ...
Lewandowski to Boycott National Team Under Current Coach
This is Beirut 2025-06-09 18:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski said Sunday he would not play for his national team Poland so long as coach Michal Probierz remained in charge. The 36-year-old has played 158 times for Poland, scoring 85 goals, but earlier in the day was replaced as team captain by Piotr Zielinski. "Taking into account the circumstances and a loss of trust ...
Taylor Swift Buys Back Rights to Her Old Music
This is Beirut 2025-05-30 19:50 - Reading : less than a minute
Nawaf Salam Music Taylor Swift Entertainment
Pop icon Taylor Swift, who has been publicly feuding with record executives since 2019 over the rights to her early music, now owns her entire catalogue, she said on her website Friday. "All of the music I've ever made ... now belongs ... to me," she wrote, after years of dispute over her first six albums, a number of which she has rerecorded to ...
Bayern Stand Before PSG in Battle of Club World Cup Favourites
This is Beirut 2025-07-04 20:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
A glance at the quarter-final line-up for the Club World Cup suggests that whoever comes out on top in the heavyweight last-eight showdown between Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich on Saturday will be the favourites to go on and win FIFA's new competition. Real Madrid can never be ruled out, but the Spanish giants are a work in progress under ...
UAE to Lift Travel Ban on Lebanon Starting May 7
This is Beirut 2025-05-04 14:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
United Arab Emirates Gulf Joseph Aoun Saudi Arabia
The United Arab Emirates will lift its travel ban on Lebanon starting Tuesday, May 7, the Emirati Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Sunday. In a statement posted on its website, the Ministry said, “In line with the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the President of the United Arab Emirates, and as part of ...
Embalming and Make-up: Pope’s Body Prepared for Lying-In-State
This is Beirut 2025-04-23 09:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Ahead of his lying-in-state, Pope Francis's body was made ready to withstand Rome's warm spring weather with a temporary embalming and a touch of make-up, an expert told AFP. The body of the 88-year-old, who died on Monday, will be on display for three days in Saint Peter's Basilica from Wednesday before his funeral on Saturday. With thousands ...
Baby Artist: 'Thumbelina''s First Solo Exhibition in Tokyo
This is Beirut 2025-04-23 15:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Japan Exhibition Painting Toddler artist Thumbelina Culture
Gripping paintbrush and crayon, the artist known as Thumbelina splodges and splats with merry abandon, the one-year-old star of a Tokyo exhibition that goes on way past her bedtime. Abstract paintings by the toddler are on sale for 33,000 yen ($230) at her debut show at hip gallery Decameron, tucked above a bar in the Kabukicho red-light ...
Hundreds of Syrian Druze Clerics Head to Israel on Pilgrimage
This is Beirut 2025-04-25 12:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hundreds of clerics from Syria's Druze minority on Friday are heading to Israel where they will conduct a pilgrimage to a sacred shrine, the second such visit since longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad's ouster. The clerics from the esoteric, monotheistic faith, are to cross the border on foot, according to a Syrian official and a local news ...
Russian General Killed by Car Bomb Near Moscow
This is Beirut 2025-04-25 14:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Ukraine Russia explosion investigation
An explosive device ripped through a parked car near Moscow on Friday killing a senior Russian general, the Investigative Committee, which probes major crimes said, adding it had launched a murder probe. Authorities named General-lieutenant Yaroslav Moskalik, deputy head of the main operational directorate of the military's General Staff, as the ...
Carlo Acutis: Sainthood Deferred, Hope Intact
Ryan Chaba 2025-04-27 11:02 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Pope Francis Carlo Acutis Vatican canonization
The canonization of young Carlo Acutis, initially scheduled for today in Rome, has been suspended following the death of Pope Francis. While the process itself remains unchanged, the event has been postponed sine die. This decision has saddened thousands of faithful, especially young people, for whom “God’s geek” represents a modern figure ...
Iran’s President Visits Site of Port Blast That Killed 40
This is Beirut 2025-04-27 18:58 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Iran's president visited on Sunday the scene of a massive port blast that killed 40 people and injured more than 1,000, as fires still blazed more than 24 hours after the explosion. The blast occurred on Saturday at Shahid Rajaee Port in southern Iran, near the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of world oil output passes. With choking ...
Death toll from Iran port blast rises to 40
This is Beirut 2025-04-27 18:59 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The death toll from a massive explosion at Iran's largest commercial port has risen to 40, according to the Health Commission of the Iranian Parliament. The Red Crescent chief Pirhossein Koolivand said Sunday, in a video published on the Iranian government's official website, updating earlier figures reported by state media ...
Massive Blackout Hits Spain, Portugal, France
This is Beirut 2025-04-28 15:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
France Spain Portugal Blackout
Power went out across all of Spain and Portugal on Monday, cutting cellphone and internet networks, halting trains and trapping people in elevators, officials said. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said after an emergency government meeting on the situation, "we have no conclusive information about the reasons for this outage". He ...
ChatGPT Adds Shopping Help, Intensifying Google Rivalry
This is Beirut 2025-04-29 18:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Internet AI CHATGPT Technology
OpenAI announced Monday that ChatGPT is now helping users find products online, enhancing its challenge to Google amid regulatory pressure on the search giant's market dominance. The new shopping capability further blurs the line between AI chatbots and search engines, signaling OpenAI's ambition to compete with Google in a market the ...
Lebanon Registers Highest Commercial Electricity Tariffs in Arab World
This Is Beirut 2025-05-01 17:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Lebanon now ranks among the Arab countries with the highest commercial electricity tariffs, according to recent data from the Global Petrol Prices (GPP) website, underscoring the toll of the country’s prolonged energy crisis on its struggling business sector. With a commercial electricity rate of $0.247 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) in 2025, Lebanon ...
Microsoft Announces a Global Price Increase for Its Xbox Console
This is Beirut 2025-05-01 18:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Microsoft announced Thursday that it will increase Xbox console prices worldwide, citing "market conditions" just days after Sony made a similar move with its PlayStation 5. The tech giant also plans to raise prices for some new games developed by its video game subsidiaries. "We understand that these changes are challenging, and they were made ...
Mount Lebanon Votes: Early Tallies Hint at New Political Balance
This is Beirut 2025-05-05 12:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Amal Free Patriotic Movement Lebanese Forces Hezbollah Kataëb PSP
The first phase of municipal elections concluded on Sunday evening with the closure of polling stations in Mount Lebanon at 7:00 PM. Voter turnout stood at 45.08%, slightly below the 47.4% recorded in 2016. As ballot counting got underway, early results began revealing key trends across several districts. On Monday morning, Mount Lebanon Governor ...
AI Personal Shoppers Hunt Down Bargain Buys
This is Beirut 2025-05-29 09:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Internet giants are diving deeper into e-commerce with digital aides that know shoppers' likes, let them virtually try clothes on, hunt for deals and even place orders. The rise of virtual personal shoppers springs from generative artificial intelligence (AI) being put to work in "agents" specializing in specific tasks and given ...
Trent Alexander-Arnold Announces Liverpool Departure
This is Beirut 2025-05-05 14:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Football Liverpool Premier League Real Madrid
Trent Alexander-Arnold announced Monday he will leave boyhood club Liverpool when his contract expires at the end of the season, saying it was the "hardest decision" of his life. The England defender, who helped Liverpool win the Premier League this season, has been heavily linked with a free transfer to Real Madrid. "After 20 years at Liverpool ...
When Smoke Becomes Symbol: The Subtle Art of Papal Election
This is Beirut 2025-05-07 12:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
When Catholic cardinals vote in the conclave, they then burn their ballots, sending up black smoke to signal no decision or white smoke to show they have chosen a new pope. The centuries-old tradition of using smoke has changed over time -- as has the technology used. Gunshot All conclaves bar one have taken place in Rome since the 15th ...
"Bkerzay en Musique" Returns: A Cultural Summer in the Chouf
This is Beirut 2025-05-09 19:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Music Festival Bkerzay en Musique Chouf Artists Culture
The “Bkerzay en Musique” festival is back this summer for its second season of live performances in the lush eco-village of Bkerzay, nestled in the heart of the Chouf mountains. The launch of the second edition was announced Friday morning at a press conference held at the Ministry of Tourism, in the presence of Minister of Tourism Laura ...
No Truce in India-Pakistan Disinformation War
This is Beirut 2025-05-13 09:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Palestine Ukraine United Nations USA
India and Pakistan have announced a ceasefire after coming close to all-out conflict, but on social media citizens on both sides are vying to control public perceptions by peddling disinformation. Platforms such as Facebook and X are still awash with misrepresented footage of the attacks that killed at least 60 people and sent thousands fleeing. ...
Qatar Airways Makes Record-Breaking Order for Boeing Planes
This is Beirut 2025-05-14 21:12 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Donald Trump Qatar Qatar Airways Boeing
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday Qatar Airways had placed a "record" order for 160 planes from Boeing as he signed a raft of deals in Doha alongside Qatar's emir. The order, which the White House said was Boeing's largest ever for wide-body jets, deepens ties between the US aerospace giant and the giant Middle East ...
Official Results Released for Municipal and Mukhtar Elections in North and Akkar
This is Beirut 2025-05-15 09:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon Ministry of Interior Municipal Elections Results North Lebanon
Lebanon’s Ministry of Interior has released the official results of the municipal and mukhtar elections held on May 11 in the North and Akkar governorates. The full results were made available on the ministry’s website (@MOIM_Lebanon) by Thursday, May 15. In Tripoli, the municipal results were announced on Wednesday evening, following ...
Sanctions Lifted on Syria: Damascus Faces Hope and Real Challenges
Liliane Mokbel 2025-05-15 15:32 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Damascus Donald Trump Gulf Syria Sanctions Reconstruction
From Riyadh on Tuesday, US President Donald Trump announced—at the request of the Saudi crown prince—the full lifting, not just suspension, of economic and diplomatic sanctions on Syria. It was a crucial distinction, noted by many observers attending the US-Saudi Investment Forum, where every word of the American president’s remarks was ...
Official Municipal and Mukhtar Election Results Out for Beirut, Zahle, Baalbeck, Rachaya, West Bekaa, and Hermel
This is Beirut 2025-05-20 10:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Municipal Elections Hermel West Bekaa Rachaya Ministry of the Interior
The Ministry of Interior has published partial official results for the municipal and mukhtar elections held on May 18 in the governorates of Beirut, Bekaa, and Hermel. The results for Beirut were announced on Tuesday. The "Beirut Btejma3na" list won 23 seats while one seat was secured by Mahmud Mehyeddine el-Jamal, a candidate ...
Ads Pressured to Evolve as AI Changes Google Search
This is Beirut 2025-05-22 10:05 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Google Artificial Intelligence AI
As Google races to lead in artificial intelligence, it faces the challenge of making sure the technology doesn't slow its profit-pumping advertising engine. The internet giant is dabbling with ads in its new AI Mode for online search, a strategic move to fend off competition from ChatGPT while adapting its advertising business for an AI ...
Iran Summons French Diplomat over Minister's Cannes Remarks
This is Beirut 2025-05-25 19:42 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran Cannes Film Festival France
France's envoy in Tehran was summoned Sunday over "insulting" comments by France's foreign minister after an Iranian film won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival, state media reported. In a post on X after dissident filmmaker Jafar Panahi won the Palme d'Or on Saturday, Jean-Noel Barrot called his victory "a ...