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WASL: Gorgan Advances Again, Sagesse Falls Short
Makram Haddad 2025-11-06 14:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Basketball WASL Sagesse Riyadi Gorgan
The script had everything to ignite Ghazir. Trailing 75–68 at the start of the fourth quarter, “the Greens” clawed back and even took the lead 84–81 with 3:36 left, fueled by Paris Bass’ activity, Tony Carr’s playmaking, and Youssef “Yoyo” Khayat’s shooting. But Gorgan didn’t panic: Mobin Sheikhi drilled a deep dagger that put ...
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 ...
The IMF and Lebanon: Debts? Which Debts?
Marc Saikali 2025-11-06 08:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon International Monetary Fund Banks
When it comes to the IMF, one thing stands out above all: a consistent pattern of bad advice. Governments change, wars erupt, and yet this venerable institution remains glued to its Excel spreadsheets, always heeded by Lebanese ministers, especially the finance minister. The International Monetary Fund, the self-proclaimed savior of struggling ...
Iran: “Hostage Diplomacy,” an Intractable Dilemma for the West
This is Beirut 2025-11-05 21:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Iran France Cécile Kohler Jacques Paris
For researchers, aid workers, and even tourists, Iran’s use of detention to extract concessions has become a serious dilemma for Western governments, which so far have failed to stop the practice. This so-called “hostage diplomacy,” consistently denied by Tehran, re-emerged just after the release on Tuesday of French nationals ...
Turkey and Muslim Allies Say Palestinian Self-Rule Key to Gaza Future
This is Beirut 2025-11-03 18:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Gaza's future must be Palestinian-led and avoid any new system of tutelage, Turkey and six of its top Muslim allies said Monday after talks in Istanbul. Turkey, which played a central role in forging the now shaky three-week-old ceasefire, is pushing for Muslim nations to bring their influence to bear on the reconstruction of the embattled ...
Western Sahara: The Diplomatic Battle Rages On
This is Beirut 2025-11-07 19:25 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Donald Trump Emmanuel Macron International Court of Justice UN Security Council United Nations
The resolution extends the mandate without resolving the dispute. On October 31, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 2797, extending MINURSO’s mandate—the United Nations Mission for the Organization of a Referendum in Western Sahara established in 1991—for one year. The resolution passed with eleven votes in favor, none against, and ...
OpenAI Signs $38 Billion Infrastructure Deal with Cloud Giant AWS
This is Beirut 2025-11-03 17:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
OpenAI Amazon AWS Artificial Intelligence
ChatGPT-maker OpenAI signed a $38 billion deal Monday with Amazon's AWS cloud computing arm, as the artificial intelligence company continues on a major partnership spree that has also included Oracle, Broadcom, AMD, and chip-making juggernaut Nvidia. Under the seven-year agreement, OpenAI, which is partly owned by AWS's archrival Microsoft, will ...
NYC Voters Decide Between Experience and Idealism
Michael al-Andary 2025-11-03 13:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
New York Donald Trump Republicans United States
New Yorkers head to the polls Tuesday in a mayoral contest that has become one of the city’s most unpredictable in decades. Voters are weighing three very different candidates: a youthful leftist with national attention, a scandal-tainted former governor, and a Republican outsider. The outcome will determine leadership for a metropolis of 8.5 ...
Football – West Asia U17: Lebanon into the Final, Syria Knocked out on Penalties
Makram Haddad 2025-11-03 12:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Mission accomplished. In the heat of Aqaba, the Lebanon U17 national team kept their nerves to clinch their ticket to the final of the 12th West Asian Football Federation (WAFF) edition. A cup-tie script: early opener from Youssef Badran (12'), Syrian equalizer, then a knife-edge shootout where the young Cedars kept a steady hand (4–3). ...
Iran Banking on Iraq Vote to Retain Regional Influence
This is Beirut 2025-11-03 09:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Iraq will hold parliamentary elections on November 11, with analysts saying Iran will be watching closely as it hopes to retain influence over its neighbor after losing regional leverage during the Gaza war. The past two years have seen Iran-backed groups including Palestinian militants Hamas, Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Huthis in Yemen suffer ...
Time Is Running Out for Lebanon to Avoid the Price of Hollow Politics
Charles Chartouni 2025-11-03 09:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Hezbollah United States
While Washington’s latest diplomatic efforts sought to convey a sense of urgency to Lebanon and forestall Israel from launching a new war, the country’s leaders have shown themselves to be ineffective and unwilling to break from the past. Just listening to President Joseph Aoun’s hollow pronouncements is enough to lose hope that Lebanon will ...
The “Open-Top” Bag: Your Accessory Revealing All
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-11-02 19:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Bags Fashion Culture Fashion Week Designers Open-Top
Just a few seasons ago, no one would have predicted the resurgence of open-top bags. For years, luxury equated elegance with security. Clasps, flaps, discreet zippers, and golden locks were the reassuring hallmarks of high-end handbags. Yet from Paris to Milan and even Copenhagen, a bold new proposition has taken over the runways: the open-top ...
Hezbollah and the Endless Bloodshed
Bassam Abou Zeid 2025-11-07 13:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Amal Hezbollah Destruction Litani
Hezbollah does not want the Lebanese state to negotiate with Israel, yet it has offered no alternative for liberating occupied areas, releasing prisoners, or resolving the disputed points along the Blue Line. It wants neither negotiation nor fighting against Israel. It aims to maintain the status quo, thereby blocking solutions that would secure ...
Amman Drift: Nael Madi Puts Lebanon on the Podium
Makram Haddad 2025-11-09 11:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon Jordan Drift Nael Madi
Car park drift takes place on a closed parking lot, with a track drawn to the millimetre, zones to brush and trajectories to respect. We are not talking about a stopwatch but about scoring. The judges evaluate the line, the angle, the perceived speed and the cleanliness of the transitions. A good run reads in one go: committed entry, sustained ...
Israel and Hezbollah Reject Egypt’s Initiative
Bassam Abou Zeid 2025-11-01 15:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Hezbollah Lebanese Army Egypt
Lebanon remains caught in Israel’s escalation zone as disagreements persist with both Israel and the United States, and Hezbollah still resists disarmament. Official Lebanese sources say Israel’s main demand centers on direct negotiations with Lebanon, even suggesting a possible meeting between President Joseph Aoun and Israeli Prime Minister ...
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)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Donald Trump Emmanuel Macron Hezbollah Syria
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 ...
UNIFIL Begins Withdrawal as Europe Weighs Replacement Force
Bassam Abou Zeid 2025-11-18 10:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Europe Lebanon Hezbollah Israel Palestine UNIFIL
No one can predict what southern Lebanon will look like after UNIFIL withdraws at the end of 2026. Will Lebanon have succeeded in disarming Hezbollah? Will it be able to fully control the south, particularly the area south of the Litani River? And what role will the international presence play in the region? UNIFIL has already begun reducing its ...
Nigeria Discussing Security with US after Trump Threats
This is Beirut 2025-11-17 22:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nigeria United States Donald Trump Yusuf Tuggar
Nigeria is in talks with the United States following President Donald Trump's threats of military intervention over the killing of Christians by jihadists in the country, Nigeria's foreign minister told AFP on Monday. Trump said late last month he was naming Nigeria a Country of Particular Concern (CPC), a State Department designation for ...
Lady Dior: The Legendary Bag Inspired by Lady Di
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-11-16 19:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lady Dior Bag Lady Diana Fashion Iconic Culture
In September 1995, the destiny of an accessory was forever transformed during an official visit by Princess Diana to Paris. Invited to the Cézanne exhibition at the Grand Palais, the princess received a Dior bag from Bernadette Chirac, then France’s first lady. This understated object, still unnamed, was soon destined for legend, born from the ...
US Museums Reopen as Tourists Celebrate Washington’s Cultural Revival
This is Beirut 2025-11-15 14:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Museum Culture Art US Washington
Nick Adams couldn't help but smile as he showed his son the planes hanging in Washington's Air and Space Museum, which reopened Friday after a month closed due to the US government shutdown. "We had been planning this trip for a little while and were nervous with everything shut down, but were excited to see everything open up again," said the ...
I Sing to The God of Israel
This is Beirut 2025-11-14 13:25 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Like many Lebanese of her generation, Carine Bassili was traumatized by civil war, loss, and a patriarchal culture, hardships that forged her personality and shaped her journey from Lebanon to the U.S., where she would come to form a religious bond with Israel. Bassili’s journey—a spiritual one based on her faith and reading of the Bible—led ...
Ten Years After Paris Attacks, Jihadist Threat Has Evolved
This is Beirut 2025-11-13 09:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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A decade on from deadly attacks in Paris, the world's two most notorious jihadist groups Islamic State (IS) and Al-Qaeda have significantly evolved and their branches still pose a global security threat, especially from Africa, analysts say. With strong central leadership, the groups were once able to train and then send commandos into Europe ...
Guterres: “Weapons Must Be Exclusively in the Hands of the Lebanese State”
This is Beirut 2025-11-12 18:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on “all parties to protect civilians and create the conditions for a dialogue leading to a lasting ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel.” He added that “the presence of Israeli forces north of the Blue Line, as well as their airstrikes on Lebanese territory, constitute a violation of Lebanon’s ...
Ukraine Scrambles for Energy with Power Generation at 'Zero'
This is Beirut 2025-11-09 12:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Ukraine was scrambling to turn lights and heating back on Sunday after Russian attacks targeting energy infrastructure, with the state's power provider saying its generating capacity was reduced to "zero." Moscow, which has escalated attacks on Ukraine's infrastructure in recent months, launched hundreds of drones at energy facilities across the ...
Turkey and Qatar: Key Supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood?
Marie de La Roche Saint-André 2025-11-12 10:55 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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The outbreak of the Arab Spring in many Middle Eastern countries gave the Muslim Brotherhood a major opportunity to assert itself within newly emerging governments, most notably in Egypt and Tunisia. Behind this rise, Qatar and Turkey were accused by critics of actively supporting and promoting the movement through financial backing, diplomatic ...
Israel Negotiator Dermer Resigns from Ministerial Post
This is Beirut 2025-11-12 09:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israel's strategic affairs minister, Ron Dermer, who also led negotiations for the Gaza ceasefire, has announced his resignation from his ministerial post following the return of hostages held in the Palestinian territory. Dermer, a close aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, spearheaded months of intense negotiations that resulted in the ...
Syria and Israel in Direct Talks, Sharaa Says Damascus Ready for ‘New Chapter’ With U.S.
This is Beirut 2025-11-12 09:00 - Reading : 8 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Donald Trump Gulf United States US Congress
Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa confirmed that Syria and Israel have begun direct negotiations for the first time in half a century, signaling a major diplomatic shift in the Middle East as Damascus also seeks to rebuild relations with the United States after decades of hostility. In an interview with The Washington Post after his meeting with ...
Hannibal Kadhafi Released After Decade in Prison
This is Beirut 2025-11-10 22:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon Hannibal Kadhafi Moussa Sadr
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 ...
US Envoy Kushner and Netanyahu Discuss Phase Two of Gaza Truce
This is Beirut 2025-11-10 20:02 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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US mediator Jared Kushner and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held talks Monday on the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire, as Washington intensified its efforts to ensure the fragile truce endures. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, meanwhile, said Israel would enforce the ceasefire in Gaza as well as one in Lebanon with an "iron ...
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 ...