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Germany Cruise, Mbappe on the Mark for France in World Cup Qualifying
This is Beirut 2025-10-11 01:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Four-time winners Germany cruised past 10-man Luxembourg and Kylian Mbappe helped France see off Azerbaijan in World Cup qualifying on Friday. Captain Joshua Kimmich's double inspired Germany to a 4-0 win over Luxembourg and to the top of Group A on goal difference with Slovakia and Northern Ireland, who await them in Belfast on Monday. Germany ...
Syria: A Parliament Without Elections
This is Beirut 2025-10-10 20:10 - Reading : less than a minute
An appointed parliament, not an elected one. Women, minorities, entire regions: absent. On October 5, 2025, Syria appointed its first post-Assad parliament. But this process, carried out without free elections, excludes entire regions and raises serious questions about the representation of women and minorities. One-third of the seats will be ...
Foreign Press Group Urges Immediate Access to Gaza After Ceasefire
This is Beirut 2025-10-10 18:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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An organization representing international media in Israel and the Palestinian territories on Friday urged Israel to grant journalists immediate, independent access to Gaza following the declaration of a ceasefire. Since the Gaza war broke out in October 2023, Israeli authorities have prevented foreign journalists from entering the devastated ...
Beirut and Damascus Reopen Diplomatic Channels as al-Shaibani Visits Lebanon
This is Beirut 2025-10-10 13:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Minister of Foreign Affairs Youssef Raggi described the visit of his Syrian counterpart, Assaad al-Shaibani, to Beirut as the beginning of “a new chapter” in relations between Lebanon and Syria. Al-Shaibani arrived in the Lebanese capital on Friday morning at the head of a high-level delegation for a one-day official visit, signaling ...
Israel Government Approves Gaza Hostage Release Deal
This is Beirut 2025-10-10 09:10 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Palestine Donald Trump Benjamin Netanyahu USA
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Friday that the government had "approved the framework" of a hostage release deal with Hamas, as both sides edged closer to ending more than two years of hostilities in Gaza. Israel previously said "all parties" had signed the first phase of a ceasefire agreement, ...
Exosomes: The Next Cellular Hype
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-10-09 10:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
From aesthetic clinics to Instagram feeds, exosomes are everywhere. Celebrated as the next breakthrough in cellular rejuvenation, these microscopic vesicles derived from stem cells are said to boost skin regeneration, refine texture, and restore firmness, all without surgery. But what exactly are exosomes? They are nanoparticles naturally ...
Hamas Rejects Trump’s Proposed Peace Committee for Gaza
This is Beirut 2025-10-09 20:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan on Thursday told Qatar-based broadcaster Al Araby the Palestinian militant group rejects Donald Trump's proposal for an interim "Board of Peace" to oversee Gaza's administration, headed by the US president himself. Israel and Hamas on Thursday agreed to a ceasefire deal to free hostages held in Gaza in exchange ...
International Community Hails Gaza Ceasefire as a Step Toward Peace
This is Beirut 2025-10-09 19:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
World leaders on Thursday welcomed the announcement of a ceasefire and hostage-release deal between Israel and Hamas, which could help end the two-year war in Gaza. Palestinian Authority Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said he hoped that the deal "would be a prelude to reaching a permanent political solution," leading to the establishment of ...
A Symphony of Style: Lebanese Creativity Captivates the Paris Runways
Marie-Christine Tayah 2025-10-09 18:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lebanon Fashion Paris Designers Culture Fashion Week
This season, Paris once again moved to the rhythm of fashion. From September 27 to October 7, the city dressed in its finest attire to welcome Fashion Week, dedicated to the Women’s Ready-to-Wear Spring–Summer 2026 collections. On the official calendar, Lebanese designers once more carried high the banner of the Land of the Cedars on the ...
Israel Says ‘All Parties’ Signed Phase One of Gaza Deal
This is Beirut 2025-10-09 17:45 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hamas Ceasefire Gaza
Israel said Thursday all parties have signed the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal, adding that Hamas freeing the captives would "bring the end to this war". The agreement in Egypt follows a 20-point peace plan for Gaza announced last month by US President Donald Trump, after more than two years of war sparked by ...
Turkey to Join Task Force Monitoring Gaza Ceasefire
This is Beirut 2025-10-09 17:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan Gaza
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday said Turkey would participate in a "task force" to oversee the implementation of a ceasefire deal reached between Israel and Hamas. "We will hopefully join the task force that will monitor the implementation of the agreement on the ground," Erdogan said. Turkey, which has been closely involved in the ...
What we Know About the New Gaza Deal
This is Beirut 2025-10-09 14:11 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Palestine Donald Trump Benjamin Netanyahu Hamas
Israel and Hamas on Thursday agreed a ceasefire deal to free the living hostages in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails. Here is what we know so far about the agreement that was reached in indirect talks in Egypt: Hostage, prisoner releases Hamas will release 20 living hostages in one go as ...
How Trump’s Plan Tries to Rewire the Middle East’s Deterrence Map
Salam El Zaatari 2025-10-09 11:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hamas Hezbollah Gaza Donald Trump
In a region addicted to repetition, President Donald Trump is once again attempting to rewrite the script. His new “Gaza Peace Plan,” a 20-point proposal for a ceasefire, hostage exchange and technocratic governance under a US-chaired “Board of Peace,” is more than a humanitarian play. It’s a geopolitical lever meant to corner Tehran, ...
Student Protests Reported Across Iranian Campuses
This is Beirut 21/02 15:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Student-led demonstrations were reported Tuesday at several major Iranian universities, with opposition outlet Iran International documenting protests in Tehran and Mashhad as discontent continues to ripple through academic institutions following last month’s deadly nationwide crackdown. According to the outlet, students at Shahid Beheshti ...
American Journalist Abducted in Baghdad as Iraqi Forces Launch Search Operation
This is Beirut 31/03 20:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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An American freelance journalist, Shelley Kittleson, was abducted by unidentified individuals in Baghdad on Tuesday, according to Iraq’s Interior Ministry, prompting an urgent security operation to locate her and apprehend those responsible. The ministry said authorities acted swiftly on what it described as “precise ...
Starlink in Lebanon: Hopes, Fears and the Battle for the Digital Sky
Liliane Mokbel 2025-08-14 21:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
On Wednesday, Telecommunications Minister Charles Hage removed from the Cabinet agenda a draft law aimed at regulating Starlink’s entry into Lebanon. Officially, the move allows for further study. Unofficially, the issue is already fueling political tensions and heated debate: Is it a threat to digital sovereignty or an opportunity to ...
The US and Iran's Dangerous Dance
Salam El Zaatari 2025-04-03 09:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The US and Iran are now locked in a decisive showdown—one that will either lead to a historic breakthrough or ignite a conflict that redraws the map of the Middle East. The Pentagon’s recent deployment of additional warplanes to the Middle East, notably the stationing of up to six B-2 stealth bombers at Diego Garcia, is a stark indicator of ...
Security in Lebanon: When the Streets Call for Order
Soumia Benmerzoug 2025-04-12 17:15 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Lebanon Security Beirut Tripoli
In 2025, Lebanon’s population is estimated at approximately 5.8 million. Beirut, the capital, accounts for nearly 2.4 million residents, while Tripoli, the country’s second-largest city, houses approximately 850,000. These figures underscore the country’s heavy urban concentration—particularly in areas where security tensions are most ...
HTS: Repression Driving the Protests
Marie de La Roche Saint-André 2025-04-10 16:15 - Reading : 8 minute(s)
Starting in February 2024, a wave of protests has swept through the cities of Idlib, Binnish and Sarmada, quickly spreading across much of Syria's northwestern province. The demonstrations are a direct response to the repressive governance of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), compounded by worsening economic conditions and a collapse in basic ...
Zelensky Says Russia Dragging Beijing Into War by Recruiting Chinese Fighters
This is Beirut 2025-04-09 22:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday said Russia was "dragging" China into the war in Ukraine, as he accused Beijing of knowing that dozens of its citizens were being recruited by Moscow's army to fight. Zelensky -- whose war leadership has hit turbulence with Donald Trump in the White House -- also said that Kyiv was ready to buy up to $50 ...
Meta to Launch Teen Accounts on Facebook
This is Beirut 2025-04-08 13:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
INTERNET Meta Facebook Messanger Teenagers
Meta on Tuesday announced that it was extending its teen accounts to its social network Facebook, after recently introducing restrictions on Instagram. The accounts were brought in for 13- to 15-year-old users of the company's popular photo-sharing app last September as part of moves to shield vulnerable underage internet users from online ...
Basketball: Sagesse Fails at the Foot of the 'Lighthouse'
Makram Haddad 2025-04-06 14:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon Riyadi La Sagesse Manara Basket
In a Saeb Salam Arena in fusion, in the heart of Manara–this mythical “lighthouse” of Lebanese basketball–Sagesse almost signed the heist of the century. For three and a half quarters, Jad El Hajj's men laid down the law. Solid, disciplined, transcended by a blazing Zac Lofton (39 points), the Greens dominated an unrecognizable Al Riyadi, ...
US Strategy on Iran: A Call for 'Maximum-Pressure Approach' Amid Rising Tensions
Amal Chmouny 2025-04-04 10:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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As tensions in the Middle East escalate, US officials are increasingly advocating for a robust response to the dual challenges posed by Iran: its pursuit of nuclear weapons and its sophisticated military capabilities. This strategy emphasizes the urgent need for a comprehensive approach to address these complexities and leverage recent setbacks ...
Microsoft Celebrates 50 Years on April 4: Between Successes, Setbacks, and Investments
This is Beirut 2025-03-31 17:10 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Microsoft has been at the heart of computing for half a century, becoming a tech stalwart almost taken for granted as lifestyles embraced the internet. As the company, founded with a vision of putting computers in every home and office, celebrates its 50th anniversary on Friday, it is looking to boost its fortunes by being a leader in the ...
Calisthenics, the Art of the Free Body Gains Ground in Lebanon
Makram Haddad 2025-04-15 10:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Lebanon Dimitrios Yaacoub Calisthenics National champion
No, it is neither a rare disease nor a new fashionable treatment. Behind this slightly barbaric name–which could evoke an antique medicine or a forgotten pathology–calisthenics is indeed a sport. And not just any sport, it is an art of movement, a cult of the free body, a spectacular mix of strength, flexibility and control. Also called ...
Hundreds of Fungi Species Threatened with Extinction
This is Beirut 2025-03-27 15:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Fungi Climate Change The International Union for Conservation of Nature
Deforestation, farming and climate-fuelled fires are driving increasing threats to fungi, the lifeblood of most plants on Earth, warned the International Union for Conservation of Nature on Thursday. At least 411 fungi face extinction out of the 1,300 varieties whose conservation status is well understood, according to the latest update of the ...
Trump Declares 'We Have to Have' Greenland, Ahead of Vance Trip
This is Beirut 2025-03-26 18:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump ramped up his claims to Greenland on Wednesday, saying ahead of a visit by Vice President JD Vance that the United States needed to take control of the Danish island for "international security." Since coming to power in January, Trump has repeatedly insisted that he wants the self-governed territory to be a US ...
Shiite Clans in Lebanon: Alliances, Autonomy, and Current Issues
Kaline Antoun 2025-03-24 18:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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Recent armed clashes on the Lebanese-Syrian border have once again brought attention to the situation of Shiite clans in this region. These events have also highlighted the key role these clans play in the local social and political fabric. Who are they? How do they interact with Hezbollah and the Lebanese state? The Shiite clans of northern ...
The 'Improbable Nation' and the Dysfunctional State
Charles Chartouni 2025-03-24 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The resumption of the reckless bombardment of Israeli territories from South Lebanon is a blatant violation of the internationally mandated truce stipulations and puts at stake the stability of Lebanon and its hypothetical national security. The tedious game of pinpointing the culprits is part of a hackneyed stratagem whose goal is to perpetuate ...
Railway and Public Transport Authority: The Locomotives Stopped Rolling in 1996
Liliane Mokbel 2025-03-23 21:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
With bitter sarcasm, the Lebanese refer to the Railway and Public Transport Authority (OCFTC), now seen as a symbol of public sector waste. The last train from Beirut to Rayak ran in 1975, and the Beirut–Tripoli line was shut down in 1996. Yet the institution has somehow endured. Initially used for freight, the trains later carried ...