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Women's Basketball (U18): Lebanon Crushes Maldives and Qualifies for the Quarterfinals
This Is Beirut 2024-06-26 17:04 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Lebanon U18 women's basketball team crushed their counterparts from the Maldives (102-21) on Wednesday during the third and final day of the first round of the U18 Asian Championship, which is being held in Shenzhen (China) until June 30. The quarter scores were as follows: (17-5), (41-11), (76-13), and (102-21). Lebanon dominated their ...
Gaza War Puts Shabbat Rules to the Test
This Is Beirut 2024-06-27 12:21 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
When Israeli forces rescued four hostages held by Hamas in Gaza this month, it dominated the news that Saturday, but Jerusalem resident Eliana Gurfinkiel, an observant Jew, didn't find out until nightfall. The French-Israeli was following the rules of Shabbat and not using her phone. Hearing the news after everyone else "made no difference", she ...
Italy Faces Swiss Test After Stumbling Into Euros Last 16
2024-06-28 14:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Champions Italy take on Switzerland in the Euro 2024 last 16 on Saturday after making it through the group phase by the skin of their teeth. The Azzurri needed a 98th minute equalizer from Mattia Zaccagni against Croatia to secure the second spot in Group B, five points behind tournament standard-setters Spain. Coach Luciano Spalletti said his ...
Issa and LaHood Fight for LAF's US Assistance
This Is Beirut 2024-06-28 17:23 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The US House of Representatives voted on Thursday, 308 to 103, against a bill to prevent future funding for the Lebanese Armed Forces. The military assistance program had been under fire for a while because of some US representatives who reportedly perceived a “conciliatory relationship” between the LAF and Hezbollah. During remarks on the ...
Myriam Shuman: 'Let’s Enjoy Culture During Beirut Art Days'
2024-06-28 17:53 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
L’Agenda Culturel and the Beirut Art Days committee are partnering to launch the very first edition of Beirut Art Days, a national cultural and artistic festival to be held from July 3 to 6, 2024, in Lebanon. This free event, open to everyone, will bring together a plethora of Lebanese artists and intellectuals for around 130 events covering all ...
Jordan Advises Citizens Against Traveling to Lebanon
This Is Beirut 2024-06-28 18:43 - Reading : less than a minute
“In light of the ongoing developments in the region and in the interest of ensuring the safety of Jordanian citizens abroad,” the Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates urged Jordanian citizens to avoid traveling to Lebanon at this time. The ministry's spokesperson, Ambassador Sufian Qudah, emphasized that this recommendation ...
Third Day of Intense Fighting in Northern Gaza
This Is Beirut 2024-06-29 23:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Explosions, air strikes and gunfire rattled northern Gaza on Saturday, the third day of an Israeli military operation that has uprooted tens of thousands of Palestinians and compounded what the United Nations called "unbearable" living conditions in the territory. An AFP correspondent reported explosions from the Shujaiya area near Gaza City, and ...
Olympic Games 2024 – Tennis: Lebanese Duo Eliminated From Men's Doubles
This Is Beirut 2024-07-29 11:06 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanese players Hady Habib and Benjamin Hassan were eliminated from the men's doubles tournament at the Olympics after losing 7-6, 6-2 to Australians Matthew Ebden and John Peers. Despite a strong performance from the Lebanese team, who achieved 75% on their first serves, they were overpowered by the Australians' service game, with 32 service ...
Daesh Leader's Wife Sentenced to Death in Iraq
This Is Beirut 2024-07-10 14:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
An Iraqi court has sentenced to death a wife of slain Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on charges of detaining Yazidi women, the judiciary said on Wednesday. The wife of the polygamous Baghdadi was brought back to Iraq after being detained in Turkey, judicial sources told AFP under cover of anonymity because they were not ...
Armenia and Azerbaijan to Hold US-Mediated Peace Talks
This Is Beirut 2024-07-10 19:17 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan will meet Wednesday in Washington for a fresh round of US-mediated talks, Yerevan and Washington announced, as the arch-foe neighbors negotiate a peace agreement. The Caucasus rivals fought two wars -- in the 1990s and in 2020 -- over control of Azerbaijan's breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region, which had ...
Iranian Court Orders the US to Pay Damages for Patients
This Is Beirut 2024-07-12 14:26 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
An Iranian court has ordered the United States to pay almost $6.8 billion in damages for the effect of sanctions on patients with a rare skin disease, the judiciary said. The International Court in Tehran ordered its foe the United States to pay $6.785 billion to patients with epidermolysis bullosa, a disorder that causes the skin to blister ...
Oakenfest and REEF Biodiversity: Lebanon at the Hour of Commitment
Béatrice Moreau 2024-07-13 18:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
This summer, Lebanon will be the stage for two major events that will blur the lines between art, engagement, and ecology: the eighth edition of the Oakenfest Festival and the sixth REEF Encounters. These two events invite us to rethink our relationship with creation, the environment, and living together. From July 19 to 21, head to the oak grove ...
Five Ways Turkey Is Building Its Influence in Africa
This Is Beirut 2024-07-21 13:16 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Turkey is pushing for diplomatic and economic influence on the world stage – not least in Africa, where it announced plans this week to search for oil and gas off Somalia. Over President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's two decades in power, Ankara has consolidated its foothold on the continent, quadrupling its number of embassies there. Here are five ...
Biden Backs Harris, Biggest Day for Top Democrat Fundraiser
This Is Beirut 2024-07-22 10:19 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Democratic fundraising group ActBlue said on Sunday evening that it had seen its biggest single-day haul of the 2024 election after US President Joe Biden dropped out and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris. "As of 9pm ET, grassroots supporters have raised $46.7 million through ActBlue following Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign launch. ...
A Timed Military Escalation Ahead of Netanyahu’s US Visit?
2024-07-23 08:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Following a Houthi drone attack on Tel Aviv on Saturday, Israeli fighter jets launched an assault from the Nevatim Airbase (Negev) on oil and electricity facilities in the Yemeni city of Hodeidah. On Sunday, a Houthi official stated, "Israel made a serious mistake. We will retaliate in a strong and appropriate manner." Meanwhile, the American news ...
Lebanon’s Reserves Over $10.2B: Will Dollar Withdrawal Limits Rise?
Maurice Matta 2024-07-23 11:46 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Since August 1, 2023, Lebanon’s Central Bank (BDL) liquid foreign currency reserves have steadily increased from $8.573 billion to $9.9 billion by June 2024, marking an average monthly growth of $120 million under the new leadership. This development occurs under Lebanon's Central Bank policy of not financing the government with currencies, ...
Nepal Plane Crashes With 18 Dead, Pilot Sole Survivor
This Is Beirut 2024-07-24 11:01 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A passenger plane crashed on takeoff in Kathmandu on Wednesday, with the pilot rescued from the flaming wreckage, but all 18 others aboard killed, police in the Nepali capital told AFP. Nepal has a woeful track record on aviation safety, and the Himalayan republic has seen a spate of deadly light plane and helicopter crashes over the ...
The Great IT Blackout: How a CrowdStrike Update Paralyzed the World
Khalil Sehnaoui 2024-07-25 12:05 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Last Friday morning, the world was hit by one of the most significant IT blackouts in history. Thousands of Windows machines failed to boot up or reboot, disrupting banks, airlines, TV broadcasters, healthcare companies, major retailers, and numerous other businesses globally. While the cause of the outage is known and efforts to restore ...
French Airport Evacuated for Security Reasons
This Is Beirut 2024-07-26 14:32 - Reading : less than a minute
A Franco-Swiss airport was temporarily evacuated for security reasons on Friday, hours after arson attacks disrupted the French rail network ahead of the Olympics opening ceremony. EuroAirport, located on the French side of the border near Basel, said on its website that it had reopened and flight operations were gradually restarting. Earlier, ...
MEA Announces Delays in Flights to and from Beirut
This Is Beirut 2024-07-28 18:33 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Middle East Airlines (MEA) announced on Sunday delays in the return of some flights to and from Beirut from the evening of July 28, 2024, to the morning of July 29, 2024, due to technical reasons related to the distribution of insurance risks for aircraft between Lebanon and other destinations. The updated schedule, with all departure times local ...
The Blue Line: A Withdrawal Line, Not a Border
2024-08-28 21:00 - Reading : 8 minute(s)
Since the outbreak of armed conflict in South Lebanon on October 8 between Hezbollah and Israel, the Blue Line has been a topic of constant discussion. There is a common misconception that this line represents the border between Lebanon and Israel. What exactly is the Blue Line? On October 8, 2023, Hezbollah established a “support front” in ...
Countries Where the X Social Network Is Banned
This Is Beirut 2024-08-31 19:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
With its ban of X, which went into effect on Saturday, Brazil joins a small club of countries to have taken similar measures against the social network, most of them run by authoritarian regimes. Beyond permanent bans, some nations have temporarily restricted access to X, formerly Twitter, which has often been used by political dissidents to ...
Free Mobile Internet for Public Sector Students and Teachers
This is Beirut 2024-11-21 18:00 - Reading : less than a minute
Teachers and students in public institutions can now take advantage of a free 20 GB package from mobile providers Alfa and Touch. Alfa and Touch have started offering a free 20 GB package to teachers and students whose names are on the Ministry of Education’s lists, according to a press statement released by the Ministry of Telecommunications ...
Israeli commandos jammed UNIFIL radar in abduction operation
This is Beirut 2024-11-05 19:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A preliminary probe found that Israeli commandos used a speedboat equipped with radar-jamming devices to abduct a Lebanese man accused of being a Hezbollah operative, a Lebanese judicial official told AFP Tuesday. The initial findings suggest that "the Israeli army used a high-speed vessel equipped with advanced devices capable of jamming radars" ...
Hochstein's Proposal: A Beacon of Hope or a Harbinger of Diplomatic Failure?
2024-10-23 11:40 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Amos Hochstein Joseph Aoun Middle East Palestine UN Security Council United Nations
On Monday, the US special envoy visited Beirut as part of yet another diplomatic initiative aimed at reinforcing stability in Lebanon amid heightened tensions on the southern border with Israel. American demands—ranging from the full implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701 to separating Lebanon's situation from the war in ...
IRGC Chief Warns Israel of ‘Bitter Consequences’ After Attack
This is Beirut 2024-10-28 09:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The top commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) has warned Israel it would face "bitter consequences" after its attack on Iranian military sites, local media said on Monday. Guards chief Hossein Salami, quoted by Tasnim news agency, said Israel had "failed to achieve its ominous goals" with its air raids on ...
Baalbeck and Its Roman Ruins Deserted by Locals and Tourists
This is Beirut 2024-10-28 10:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Lebanon Baalbeck Heritage Tourism
For over a month, the iconic Palmyra Hotel has not hosted a single tourist coming to explore Baalbeck’s Roman ruins, near which Israeli bombs are falling. Yet Rabih Salika refuses to leave the establishment where he has worked for 24 years. The war between Israel and the pro-Iranian Hezbollah movement, deeply rooted in Baalbeck (east), has not ...
Iran Executes German-Iranian Jamshid Sharmahd
This is Beirut 2024-10-28 19:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
United Arab Emirates US Supreme Court
Iranian authorities on Monday executed German-Iranian Jamshid Sharmahd, who had been detained since 2020, the judiciary's Mizan website said. "After going through the judicial process and the final approval of the court decision by the Supreme Court, the death sentence of Jamshid Sharmahd... was carried out this morning," the website said, ...
Berlin, EU Vow Response After Tehran Executes German-Iranian
This is Beirut 2024-10-29 14:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
European Union Josep Borrell Tehran
Germany and the European Union on Tuesday strongly condemned Iran's execution of a 69-year-old German-Iranian dissident after years behind bars and warned they were considering retaliatory measures. Chancellor Olaf Scholz called Jamshid Sharmahd's execution on Monday a "scandal" and Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock warned ...
Land Registry: New Payment Orders and Title Deeds Issued
This is Beirut 2024-10-29 15:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The General directorate of the Land registry office announced on Tuesday that “the cadastral secretariats of Aley and Chouf will hand over ready payment orders and ready property titles to those who wish to have them, or their representatives, on Thursday, October 31, 2024.” It said that a reception mechanism has been determined for ...