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The UN: Paralyzed and Powerless
Marc Saikali 2025-09-25 08:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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This week, heads of state are taking the stage at the United Nations General Assembly. The routine is familiar: solemn speeches, pledges for peace, calls for multilateralism. Yet behind the diplomatic pomp and cameras focused on New York, everyone knows the real negotiations are happening elsewhere – in hushed corridors and behind closed ...
Zelensky Says NATO Membership Not Automatic Protection, Praises Trump after Shift
This is Beirut 2025-09-24 18:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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President Volodymyr Zelensky cast doubt Wednesday on NATO's ability to guarantee Ukraine's security but praised Donald Trump after the US president unexpectedly flip-flopped to say he thinks Russia can be defeated. Addressing the United Nations, Zelensky suggested that even NATO membership, which Trump has ruled out for Ukraine, might not be ...
The Art of Losing: Hezbollah’s Stubborn Path
Marc Saikali 2025-09-24 12:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Hezbollah has lost. Yes, lost. The military campaign? Lost. The battle for public opinion? Lost. The fight for legitimacy in Lebanon? Lost. And yet the Shia militia keeps haunting the country, convinced that a LED projection on a rock will somehow rewrite history. Illuminating the “Pigeon Rock” with portraits of dead leaders is Hezbollah’s ...
IAEA Chief Warns of Challenges in Iran Nuclear Talks, Sees Hope for Diplomacy
This is Beirut 2025-09-22 21:33 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Discussions with Iran over its nuclear program are at a “difficult juncture,” the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, acknowledged Monday, while leaving open the possibility of a diplomatic breakthrough by the end of the week. “Clearly, this is a rather difficult moment,” Grossi said in an ...
Hajjar: Lebanon Seizes Millions of Captagon Pills
This is Beirut 2025-09-15 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Interior Minister Ahmad Hajjar announced Monday that Lebanese authorities had thwarted a large-scale drug smuggling attempt involving 6.5 million Captagon pills and 700 kilograms of hashish, destined for Saudi Arabia via Beirut Port. Speaking during a visit to the Internal Security Forces’ (ISF) Information Branch headquarters in Sahet al-Abed, ...
New Round of US-China Trade Talks Kicks Off in Madrid
This is Beirut 2025-09-14 17:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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China and the United States kicked off the latest round of trade talks on Sunday in Madrid, where they are set to thrash out their TikTok dispute and President Donald Trump's promised hefty tariffs. The Chinese delegation is in the Spanish capital until Wednesday and senior officials, including Vice Premier He Lifeng, will meet with the US ...
Trump Moves to Limit US Stays of Students, Journalists
This is Beirut 2025-08-28 11:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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President Donald Trump's administration moved Thursday to impose stricter limits on how long foreign students and journalists can stay in the United States, the latest bid to tighten legal immigration in the country. Under a proposed change, foreigners would not be allowed to stay for more than four years on student visas in the United ...
'Fortress' on Wheels: Kim Jong Un's Bulletproof Train
This is Beirut 2025-09-02 11:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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An olive-green North Korean train, emblazoned with a gold stripe, carried leader Kim Jong Un into China on Tuesday for a grand military parade that President Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin will also attend. Since taking power in 2011, Kim has now made nine international trips and crossed the border into South Korea twice, using his ...
Israel Builds Up Forces ahead of Gaza City Offensive
This is Beirut 2025-09-02 21:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Israeli reservists began responding to call-up orders on Tuesday, swelling the military's ranks ahead of a planned offensive to capture Gaza City after nearly two years of devastating war. Despite mounting pressure at home and abroad to end its campaign, Israel has recently been stepping up operations as it lays the groundwork for seizing the ...
Russia, China Move Closer to Building New Gas Pipeline
This is Beirut 2025-09-02 19:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Russia said Tuesday it had signed a legally binding agreement with China to build a new cross-border gas pipeline, the latest in a series of moves by the allies to bolster ties. The memorandum of understanding, aimed to build the Power of Siberia 2 pipeline, was signed during a visit to China by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Although the ...
Traces of Uranium Detected at Syrian Site Hit by Israel in 2007
This is Beirut 2025-09-02 19:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog detected uranium particles at a remote site in Syria that was bombed by Israel in 2007, reviving questions about whether the destroyed facility once housed a secret nuclear reactor. According to a confidential report shared with member states, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) found a ...
Kathryn Bigelow Ignites Venice with Explosive White House Thriller
This is Beirut 2025-09-02 16:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The first woman to win the Academy Award for best director, Kathryn Bigelow, is back at the Venice Film Festival Tuesday with a new White House thriller that Netflix hopes will find Oscar glory. The highly anticipated A House of Dynamite from the American director is one of 21 films competing for the top Golden Lion prize for best film on Saturday ...
Trump Vows to End Crime in 'Most Dangerous City' Chicago
This is Beirut 2025-09-02 15:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
US President Donald Trump vowed Tuesday to quickly resolve what he called "the crime problem" in Chicago, hinting at sending troops into what he branded the "most dangerous city in the world." "I will solve the crime problem fast, just like I did in DC," Trump posted on his Truth Social platform, referring to his deployment of National Guard ...
The Rock Stuns Venice With Heartfelt Turn In 'The Smashing Machine'
This is Beirut 2025-09-02 13:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson said Monday he had turned his heavily muscled back on action movie roles to be able to express himself as an actor in his latest film The Smashing Machine, which premiered in Venice. The 53-year-old was the day's star attraction at the Venice Film Festival — his first appearance at a European festival — where he mixed ...
Cooling La Niña May Return in Coming Months
This is Beirut 2025-09-02 09:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The cooling La Niña weather phenomenon may return between September and November, but even if it does, temperatures are nonetheless expected to be above average, the United Nations said Tuesday. La Niña is a naturally occurring climate phenomenon that cools surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean. It brings ...
Toronto International Film Festival Celebrates 50 Years With Star-Studded Lineup
This is Beirut 2025-09-04 13:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Hollywood stars arrived in Toronto Thursday for a celebratory 50th edition of North America's biggest film festival, with new movies from Daniel Craig, Sydney Sweeney and Matthew McConaughey among a packed lineup. The Toronto International Film Festival dwarfs more famous rivals like Venice and Cannes for sheer scale, if not glitz and glamour, ...
Star Power and Legacy Shine at Venice: "The Rock" and Kim Novak Share Spotlight
This is Beirut 2025-09-01 14:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson was set to thunder into the Venice Film Festival on Monday, with the wrestler-actor appearing in a tailor-made role in Benny Safdie's latest movie The Smashing Machine. The 53-year-old will be the star attraction at one of Europe's most prestigious film festivals, which promotes independent arthouse movies alongside a ...
Alcaraz, Djokovic Stroll Into US Open Quarter-Finals as Sabalenka Cruises
This is Beirut 2025-09-01 13:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic motored into the quarter-finals of the US Open on Sunday as reigning women's champion Aryna Sabalenka kept her title defense firmly on track. Spanish second seed Alcaraz and tennis icon Djokovic—who are on course to meet in the semi-finals—both recorded straight-sets wins on the Arthur Ashe Stadium main ...
Argentine Cinema Shines at Venice Amidst Budget Cuts and Uncertainty
This is Beirut 2025-09-01 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Although Argentina has been underrepresented at recent international festivals due to government cuts to the sector, five Argentine films are on show at the Venice Film Festival, including Lucrecia Martel's documentary Nuestra Tierra (Our Land). Since President Javier Milei came to power in December 2023, his austerity measures have had a major ...
Guillermo del Toro Unleashes Epic Frankenstein at Venice
This is Beirut 2025-08-31 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Mexican director Guillermo del Toro gave birth to another monster Saturday, his big-budget Frankenstein movie, joking that the effort had left him worn out as his creation got its world premiere in Venice. The last creature he delivered here, the aquatic being in The Shape of Water, swam off with the festival's top prize in 2017 before going on ...
Park Chan-Wook’s ‘No Other Choice’ Unveiled at Venice: A Dark Look at Capitalism”
This is Beirut 2025-08-29 20:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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It took 20 years for South Korean director Park Chan-wook to return to the Venice Film Festival and the same length of time for the veteran cineaste to make his latest film. The director of Old Boy, which thrust him into the international spotlight in 2004 after winning the Grand Prix at Cannes, will premiere his latest feature, No Other Choice ...
Hope and Hate: How Migrant Influx has Changed Germany
This is Beirut 2025-08-29 13:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Men sit outside shisha bars and women in hijabs push strollers past Middle Eastern restaurants and pastry shops in Berlin's Sonnenallee, a wide avenue which has become a symbol of how much Germany has changed in the last decade. Many came during the huge migrant influx of 2015, when a million people arrived in a matter of months -- mostly from ...
Arsenal Seek Statement Win At Liverpool, Amorim Faces Burnley Must-Win
This is Beirut 2025-08-29 11:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Liverpool and Arsenal aim to strike first blood in the Premier League title race as last season's top two face off at Anfield after a summer of heavy spending. Manchester United's investment in a new forward line is yet to reap any reward, heaping the pressure on Ruben Amorim to deliver when Burnley visit Old Trafford. However, it is West Ham's ...
Macron: Israeli 'Annexation' Cannot Halt Push for Palestinian State Recognition
This is Beirut 2025-09-02 23:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday said Israel cannot stop a push towards the recognition of a Palestinian state through its expanded offensive in Gaza or by annexing more Palestinian territory. France is one of several countries planning to recognize the State of Palestine at the upcoming UN General Assembly in New York, with Belgium ...
Trump Rebrands Department of Defense as 'Department of War'
This is Beirut 2025-09-05 09:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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President Donald Trump is changing the name of the Department of Defense to the Department of War, the White House announced Thursday, insisting the rebrand will project a more powerful image. While the department's official name is set in law, Trump in an executive order is authorizing use of the new label as a "secondary title" by his ...
Ukrainian Source Claims Attacks on Russian Railways
This is Beirut 2025-09-14 17:24 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A source in Ukraine's military intelligence agency on Sunday claimed responsibility for two attacks on Russia's railway system over the weekend that derailed a train and killed three Russian officers. The source told AFP that Ukraine's GUR military agency had targeted "important logistical links in supplying the occupying forces ...
Poland Calls Emergency UN Meeting Over Drone Raid Blamed on Russia
This is Beirut 2025-09-11 15:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Poland said Thursday it had called an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to discuss violations of its airspace, a day after it accused Russia of carrying out a drone raid on its territory. Poland said the incident was not accidental and branded it an "unprecedented" attack on Poland, NATO and the European Union, but Moscow denied ...
Palestinians Flee Gaza City Under Israeli Bombardment
This is Beirut 2025-09-14 14:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Palestinian families streamed out of Gaza City on Sunday, some crammed into pickup trucks, others on foot, as Israeli forces pressed their assault on the territory's main urban center. Parents carried their children while the elderly hobbled along, an AFP journalist reported. A man in a wheelchair and another on crutches were among the long line ...
Australia To Spend US$8 Billion on Nuclear Sub Shipyard Facility
This is Beirut 2025-09-14 05:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Australia will spend an initial Aus$12 billion (US$8 billion) to upgrade shipyard facilities for a future fleet of nuclear-powered submarines, the government said Sunday. The "very significant" investment is to be spent over a decade to transform a shipbuilding and maintenance precinct in Perth, Western Australia, Defence Minister ...
110,000 Turn Out for Far-Right Rally in London
This is Beirut 2025-09-13 18:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
More than 100,000 people massed Saturday in central London for a march and rally organized by far-right activist Tommy Robinson, as anti-racism campaigners held a smaller counter-protest. Huge crowds, many draped in English and British flags, gathered through the morning just south of Westminster for what Robinson, a veteran of UK far-right ...