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Prosecutor Files 142 Charges Against Istanbul Mayor, a Top Erdogan Critic
This is Beirut 2025-11-11 15:12 - Reading : less than a minute
Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday charged Istanbul's jailed mayor Ekrem Imamoglu with 142 offences that could carry a penalty of hundreds of year in prison, court documents showed. The nearly 4,000-page indictment charges the popular opposition mayor, who was arrested on March 19, with offences including running a criminal organisation, ...
ATCL Aquathlon: Ouzalay Leads, Arabghian Right on Target
Makram Haddad 2025-11-10 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Setting and Organization Under the supervision of the Lebanese Triathlon Federation and in cooperation with the municipalities of Jounieh, Ghazir, and Tabarja, ATCL delivered clean, well-coordinated logistics, secured by law enforcement, Civil Defense, and the Lebanese Red Cross. The event featured a ceremonial send-off at the club, clear swim ...
France's Sarkozy says Prison a 'Nightmare' as Prosecutors Seek his Release
This is Beirut 2025-11-10 12:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
France Sarkozy Jail Court Ruling Appeal
Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday called his imprisonment a "nightmare" as prosecutors requested the former French president be released from jail pending an appeals trial over Libyan funding. A lower court in September found the right-winger -- who was head of state from 2007 to 2012 -- guilty of seeking to acquire funding from Moammar ...
Booker Prize 2025: Six Authors Compete for One of Literature’s Top Honors
This is Beirut 2025-11-10 14:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Literature Booker Prize Award Front Runners Britain Culture
The winner of the Booker Prize will be announced on Monday, with six novels competing for the prestigious English-language literary award and two veterans favored by bookmakers. British author Andrew Miller, who has previously been shortlisted, and Indian author Kiran Desai, the 2006 Booker winner, were predicted to scoop the award at the London ...
French Court Frees Ex-President Sarkozy From Jail Pending Appeal
This is Beirut 2025-11-10 16:37 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday was freed from prison, a 20-day experience the former president called a "nightmare," as a judge ordered his release pending an appeal decision over Libyan funding. Sarkozy was freed from La Santé prison in Paris shortly before 3 pm (1400 GMT) on Monday, a source familiar with the case told AFP. The ...
Sebastian Gorka’s Visit and Lebanon’s Financial Crossroads
This is Beirut 2025-11-10 19:35 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
The Senior Director for Counterterrorism Sebastian Gorka’s visit to Lebanon over the past two days has added an unexpected but timely dimension to the country’s search for economic and political stability. His meetings with local officials and policy advisors reportedly centered on policies to cut off ...
Hannibal Kadhafi Released After Decade in Prison
This is Beirut 2025-11-10 22:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Lebanon released Hannibal Kadhafi, the son of deposed Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, on bail on Monday after nearly a decade in prison, his lawyer told AFP. "We left; he is free," Laurent Bayon said, hours after Kadhafi's bail of $900,000 was paid. The younger Kadhafi, 49, was accused of withholding information about the 1978 ...
Syria Joins Alliance Against Islamic State After White House Talks
This is Beirut 2025-11-11 08:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Syria is joining the global coalition against the Islamic State group, a US official said Monday, hours after President Donald Trump welcomed his Syrian counterpart Ahmed al-Sharaa for historic White House talks. Sharaa, whose rebel forces ousted longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad late last year, was the first Syrian leader to visit the White House ...
US to Remove Warnings from Menopause Hormone Therapy
This is Beirut 2025-11-11 09:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The United States will remove strong safety warnings on many hormone therapies used to alleviate menopausal symptoms, saying the risks have been exaggerated, authorities announced Monday. Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) replaces estrogen that the female body stops producing during menopause with the aim of alleviating symptoms including hot ...
ISG: Lebanon Moves Forward, Lynn el-Hajj Takes Bronze in the 200m
Makram Haddad 2025-11-11 12:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Lynn el-Hajj kept her momentum going in Riyadh. Twenty-four hours after earning Lebanon its first medal at the Islamic Solidarity Games (a bronze in the 100m breaststroke, with a 1:10.90 final after a 1:10.66 heat), the swimmer returned to the pool for the 200m breaststroke and claimed a second bronze. In the final, she touched in 2:33.93, showing ...
Iraqis Vote in General Election at a Crucial Regional Moment
This is Beirut 2025-11-11 12:40 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Iraqis began voting for a new parliament on Tuesday at a pivotal time for the country and the wider region, in an election that both Iran and the United States will be closely watching. Iraq, which has long been a fertile land for proxy wars, has only recently regained a sense of stability, as it tries to move past decades of war since the US-led ...
Demon Slayer Surge Powers Sony’s Strong Profit Outlook
This is Beirut 2025-11-11 13:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Shares in Japanese giant Sony jumped more than five percent Tuesday after it hiked full-year profit forecasts thanks to the latest Demon Slayer anime blockbuster. The company also attributed the improved forecasts to higher expected sales of its PlayStation console and a smaller-than-anticipated impact from US tariffs. For the 2025-26 financial ...
Civil Defense Contains Widespread Fires Across Lebanon Within 24 Hours
Élie-Joe Kamel 2025-11-11 18:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Since Monday, widespread fires have been sweeping through several regions of Lebanon, driven by dry winds, lingering high temperatures, and Israeli strikes in the southern part of the country. On Tuesday, the General Directorate of Civil Defense reported that firefighting operations were ongoing across multiple areas. According to the statement, ...
Bombardments Continue in the South
This is Beirut 2025-11-12 20:20 - Reading : less than a minute
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The National News Agency in Marjeyoun reported that Israeli shelling continued on the outskirts of Mays al-Jabal on Monday evening, where more than five artillery shells hit the western outskirts of the city. The agency also noted that Israeli artillery targeted the Wadi al-Jamal area, located between the towns of Houla and Mays al-Jabal, as well ...
Qassem: “We Will Not Surrender our Arms”
This is Beirut 2025-11-11 18:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Hezbollah’s deputy secretary-general, Naim Qassem, on Tuesday affirmed the group’s support for the Lebanese Army, saying it “is part of our people, our families, and our nation” and that Hezbollah “supports anyone who wants to defend this country.” Speaking on the occasion of Hezbollah’s Martyrs’ Day, Qassem said the movement ...
Tehran Fights for Its Political Survival in Iraq
Paul Guillot 2025-11-11 19:11 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Officially, the elections are hailed as a step forward for a country still scarred by two decades of war and instability. In reality, the vote unfolds under the persistent shadow of Iran, determined to preserve a political system it has largely shaped since Saddam Hussein’s fall in 2003. Outgoing Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani owes his ...
For Many Syrians, Ahmad al-Sharaa's US Visit Marks New Beginning
This is Beirut 2025-11-11 20:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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On the streets of Damascus on Tuesday, Syrians viewed their leader's visit to Washington as a shift towards the West that could pave the way to reviving the country's war-battered economy. On Monday, Donald Trump received Ahmad al-Sharaa, a first for a Syrian head of state since independence in 1946 and a crowning achievement for the ...
The Flood that Sunk the Palestinian State
Hussain Abdul-Hussain 2025-11-11 21:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The Palestinian state is now history, owing to Hamas’s 2023 Al-Aqsa Flood attacks on Israel that dealt a fatal blow to Palestinian nationhood, a project that began in 1968 and peaked with the 1993 Oslo Accords. Hamas’s folly has prompted the UN Security Council to consider ending its longtime orthodoxy in support of a Palestinian state and ...
France and Algeria: Signs of Calm, but No Real Reconciliation
This is Beirut 2025-11-11 22:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
In recent weeks, France appears to be cautiously reopening a door long left ajar. In early November, the new Interior Minister, Laurent Nuñez, said he had received an invitation from his Algerian counterpart, a gesture that has yet to be officially confirmed. In Paris, it is regarded as a quiet sign of goodwill. Meanwhile, Foreign Minister ...
Iraqi Voters Turn Out in Numbers as Region Watches On
This is Beirut 2025-11-11 22:54 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Iraq Elections Iraq Parliament
Iraqis voted for a new parliament Tuesday, with an unexpectedly high turnout of more than 55 percent, at a pivotal time for the country and the wider region. Iraq, which has long been vulnerable to proxy wars and is closely watched by Iran and the United States, has recently regained a sense of stability. But, even as it tries to move past two ...
Arrival of US Aircraft Carrier Fuels Venezuelan Fears of Attack
This is Beirut 2025-11-12 09:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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A US aircraft carrier strike group arrived in Latin America Tuesday, escalating a military buildup Venezuela has warned could trigger a full-blown conflict, as it announced its own "massive" deployment. The USS Gerald R. Ford, the world's largest aircraft carrier, entered an area under control of the US Naval Forces Southern Command, which ...
Rise of an AI Country Star Shakes the Music Charts
This is Beirut 2025-11-12 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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An artist suspected of being virtual, with a voice generated by Artificial Intelligence, has reached the top of one of the most popular country-music download charts in the United States, marking a first. Walk My Walk, by Breaking Rust, an act with no known identity, is now the most downloaded country track, according to the data published on ...
Sharaa in Washington: A Turning Point for Syria
Seth J. Frantzman 2025-11-12 16:00 - Reading : 8 minute(s)
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Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa visited the White House on Monday for a historic meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump that capped a year in which Damascus has rapidly come in from the cold and reintegrated into the international community. Sharaa has helped steer Syria through this complex path, beginning with pushing the Assad regime out of ...
The World Tired of Lebanon’s Stalling: A Possible Return to Syrian Influence?
Bassam Abou Zeid 2025-11-12 19:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The Lebanese file no longer provides meaningful political leverage for the countries involved. Neither U.S. President Donald Trump nor French President Emmanuel Macron has been able to exert decisive influence. A Western diplomatic source described the situation as exhausting and frustrating, noting that Lebanese officials often tell foreign ...
Behind the Charts: The Real Cost of Brexit and AI for UK Artists
This is Beirut 2025-11-12 19:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Music AI Growth Britain Culture
Britain's music industry contributed £8 billion ($10.5 billion) to the UK economy in 2024, but the effects of Brexit and AI have clouded the sector's outlook, an industry report showed Wednesday. UK tours by Taylor Swift and Take That helped lift the industry's contribution to the UK economy last year, according to the annual report from UK ...
Farah: The State Bears Full Responsibility for the Misuse of Public Funds
This is Beirut 2025-11-12 20:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanese economist and columnist Antoine Farah told Huna Lubnan that the Lebanese state bears full responsibility for the misuse of public funds both before and after the financial crisis, noting that what was once unclear prior to the 2019 collapse has now become indisputable. Farah argued that the state, working hand-in-hand with the ...
Iran Design Week Sparks Controversy After Viral Videos Surface
This is Beirut 2025-11-17 13:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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A cultural event in Iran dedicated to design has stirred controversy after viral videos—denounced as “vulgar”—showed women without headscarves, leading to a partial shutdown, a local media outlet reported Sunday. Tehran Design Week, held across roughly sixty venues, promotes itself as a must-see gathering for brands, artists, and design ...
The Symptoms of the Systemic Crisis
Liliane Mokbel 2025-11-17 15:30 - Reading : less than a minute
Byblos Bank chief economist Nassib Ghobril answers This is Beirut’s questions about the consequences of the systemic crisis.
Syrians Protest After Violence Against Alawite Minority
This is Beirut 2025-11-25 14:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Syria Conflict Alawite Protest
Several hundred people protested on Tuesday in Syria's coastal city of Latakia in the country's Alawite heartland against recent attacks targeting the minority community, AFP correspondents said. Protesters in Latakia shouted slogans including "The Syrian people are one" and "To the whole world, listen to us, the Alawites ...
Gunmen Seize 315 in Latest Nigerian Mass School Kidnapping
This is Beirut 2025-11-23 12:22 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nigeria Christians Christian Association of Nigeria
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 ...