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French Envoy, Le Drian, Urges Lebanon to Elect President
This is Beirut 2024-11-29 12:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Emmanuel Macron Hezbollah Jean-Yves Le Drian
France's special envoy on Friday said it was urgent for Lebanon to elect a president, after a parliamentary vote to end a two-year period without a head of state was announced for January. Jean-Yves Le Drian's visit to Lebanon follows a fragile ceasefire to end the war between Israel and Hezbollah. "I came to Lebanon immediately after the ...
Charles Chartouni Victim of Intimidation Attempt
This is Beirut 2024-11-19 23:25 - Reading : less than a minute
Our contributor at This is Beirut and Ici Beyrouth, Dr. Charles Chartouni, was the victim of an intimidation attempt by state security services at his home on Tuesday evening. They intended to summon him for remarks he allegedly made against the “axis of resistance” during his latest media appearances. Chartouni told This is Beirut that these ...
Day 3: A Fragile and Breached Ceasefire
This is Beirut 2024-11-29 09:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Ceasefire Hezbollah Lebanese Army Benjamin Netanyahu
The long-awaited ceasefire seems precarious following several violations as displaced people from the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah continue to return to their homes in south Lebanon, the Bekaa and the southern suburbs of Beirut. Breaches of the Ceasefire Recent events show that the situation remains tense. The Israeli army bombed a ...
Trump Discusses Migration With Mexico
This is Beirut 2024-11-28 05:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
United States Mexico Migration
President-elect Donald Trump said Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum had agreed Wednesday to "stop" US-bound migration, a claim she was quick to publicly downplay. Both sides described the call positively, despite it following a threat by Trump on Monday to slap a 25 percent tariff on Mexico, prompting warnings by the Mexican ...
Pragmatism Is Not a Sign of Weakness
Michel Touma 2024-11-25 12:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Fatah Hezbollah Lebanese Forces Palestine Tehran
In late August 1982, Beirut bore witness to the aftermath of the Israeli Army's "Operation Peace for Galilee," initiated on June 6, 1982. Following the prolonged siege of the Lebanese capital, approximately 12,000 Palestinian fighters, including Yasser Arafat, the leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), alongside senior officials ...
Scholz's Party to Name Him as Top Candidate for Snap Polls
This is Beirut 2024-11-25 11:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Olaf Scholz Germany Election SPD
Olaf Scholz will on Monday be officially named to lead his centre-left Social Democrats into Germany's snap elections in February, but the embattled chancellor faces a tough fight to win a second term. The way has been cleared for Scholz to become the SPD's chancellor candidate after his popular defense minister, Boris Pistorius, ruled himself ...
Basel Secures Eurovision 2025 Despite Controversy and Costs
This is Beirut 2024-11-25 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Basel Eurovision Switzerland Music
Basel voters on Sunday overwhelmingly approved the city putting up nearly $40 million towards hosting next year's Eurovision Song Contest, meaning the continental TV extravaganza will go ahead with its customary full-on razzmatazz. Intermediate results showed 66.4 percent of voters in the Swiss city backed putting taxpayers' cash into staging ...
The Day Lebanon Stops Making Headlines…
Marc Saikali 2024-11-24 09:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lebanon Hezbollah Donald Trump Iran Resolution 1701
And therein lies the issue: global attention quickly wanes when conflicts drag on and defy familiar reference points. This is happening again. The current war in Lebanon is no longer front-page news. A journalist friend at a major Paris newsroom told me that his editors were reluctant to send him on assignment to Beirut because the situation was ...
Football: High-Flying Chelsea See Off Leicester
This Is Beirut 2024-11-23 17:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Football Premier League Chelsea
Chelsea survived a late Leicester rally to win 2-1 on Enzo Maresca's return to the King Power Stadium on Saturday, moving just a point behind second-placed Manchester City in the Premier League. The visitors, finding their groove after the international break, hogged the ball from the kick-off and Nicolas Jackson gave them a deserved early ...
Larijani: "Hezbollah Has Not Yet Used Its Important Weapons"
This is Beirut 2024-11-22 22:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hassan Nasrallah Hezbollah
Ali Larijani, senior advisor to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, declared on Friday, that Hezbollah “has not yet used its important weapons” in its war against Israel. In parallel, he emphasized that “if they did, the equation would change radically on the ground and in the region.” In a conversation with the Iranian news ...
Coqlico Calls on Artists to Celebrate Independence Through Art
This is Beirut 2024-11-21 14:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
On the occasion of Lebanon’s Independence Day, the Lebanese brand Coqlico unveils a bold national initiative elegantly merging art and humanitarian commitment. This innovative endeavor invites Lebanese artists to unleash their creativity by transforming the brand’s iconic finjan into unique works of art. These creations will be sold, with a ...
Iran Says Western Resolution Will ‘Weaken’ Interaction With IAEA
This is Beirut 2024-11-21 12:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Donald Trump Tehran United Nations United States IAEA
A resolution tabled by Western countries to censure Iran's nuclear program at the International Atomic Energy Agency "will weaken and disrupt" interactions between the UN body and Tehran, it warned ahead of the vote on Thursday. Paris, Berlin, London and Washington have formally submitted a text condemning Iran for alleged lack of cooperation ...
World Still Split Over Money as Clock Ticks on COP29
This is Beirut 2024-11-21 09:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
European Union United Nations United States Climate
A fresh draft of a climate pact unveiled Thursday at COP29 failed to break an impasse over money, with time running out for nations to reach a long-sought trillion-dollar finance agreement. The UN climate summit in Azerbaijan is supposed to conclude on Friday but the latest draft only underlines divisions as nations return to the negotiating ...
Michel Polnareff: A Striking Comeback with New Album and Tour
This is Beirut 2024-11-20 14:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
At 80 years old, Michel Polnareff, the iconoclast of French chanson, is making a much-anticipated comeback with a new single, an unreleased album, and a tour across France and London. The French-American artist revealed on his Instagram account that his "final tour," titled Ma derrière tournée, will take him across France in 2025, with a major ...
'Gladiator III' Already in Progress, Director Ridley Scott Confirms
This is Beirut 2024-11-20 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Ridley Scott's highly anticipated Gladiator sequel has yet to debut in US theaters, but the veteran director is already deep into planning a third installment. Gladiator II, set to hit North American cinemas this Friday, stars Irish actor Paul Mescal (Normal People) as Lucius, the son of Russell Crowe's Maximus from the multiple Oscar-winning ...
Argentina Beat Peru as Uruguay Hold Brazil
This is Beirut 2024-11-20 09:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
A magnificent volley from Lautaro Martinez was enough to give world champions Argentina a 1-0 win over Peru, while Brazil were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Uruguay in South American World Cup qualifying on Tuesday. Argentina remain on top of the CONMEBOL standings, with their qualification for the 2026 tournament surely just a matter of ...
Man Utd Ease Pressure on Ten Hag, Spurs Run Riot
This is Beirut 2024-10-19 20:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Football Premier League Manchester United
Manchester United eased the pressure on beleaguered boss Erik ten Hag as they fought back to beat Brentford 2-1, while Tottenham got back on track with a 4-1 rout of West Ham on Saturday. Ten Hag had defiantly slammed "fairy tales and lies" about his United future on Friday as the Dutchman insisted he was not in danger of the sack. But ...
The WhatsApp War: How Hezbollah Manufactures Reality
Salam El Zaatari 01/04 11:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
In Lebanon today, the battlefield is no longer confined to the south; it has also moved to WhatsApp, where closed, encrypted groups spread information without scrutiny, and most importantly, without accountability. This is where Hezbollah has quietly built one of its most effective influence machines—not on television, where narratives can be ...
Taliban Impose Communications Blackout Across Afghanistan
This is Beirut 2025-09-30 09:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Afghanistan faced a second day without internet and mobile phone service on Tuesday, after Taliban authorities cut the fiber optic network. Taliban authorities began shutting down high speed internet connections to some provinces earlier in the month to prevent "vice". On Monday night, mobile phone signal and internet service gradually ...
3,500 Gas Stations for 10,452 km²
Liliane Mokbel 2025-10-18 14:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon is overwhelmed with gas stations. The country has 3,500 gas stations spread over 10,452 km². This amounts to one station for every 1,428 people, a ratio unique in the region and in Europe. For comparison: In France, one station serves 6,235 people. In Germany, one station serves 5,975 people. When considering land area, ...
Russia's New Nuclear-Powered Missiles Not a Threat for Now
This is Beirut 2025-10-28 12:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Russia Military Nuclear Missile
Russia's President Vladimir Putin this weekend reported the successful final test of a new nuclear-powered cruise missile, the Burevestnik, amid Moscow's ongoing war in Ukraine. Experts say the very-long-range weapon aims to skirt Western air defenses with its terrain-hugging and low-flying capabilities, but its strategic impact is likely ...
Hamas to Return Hostage Body as Families Urge Pause to Gaza Truce
This is Beirut 2025-10-27 23:07 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Hamas handed over the remains of a deceased hostage on Monday as the Palestinian group came under increasing pressure to return its remaining deceased captives as promised under the Gaza ceasefire. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said Israeli forces had received a coffin containing what Hamas said was the sixteenth of 28 ...
Norris Claims 'Beautiful' Mexico Win, Replaces Piastri As Championship Leader
This is Beirut 2025-10-27 11:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lando Norris regained the lead in the drivers' world championship for the first time in six months on Sunday when he steered his McLaren to a commanding victory in a breathless Mexico Grand Prix. Driving with great authority, the 25-year-old Briton came home 30.324 seconds ahead of Ferrari's Charles Leclerc, with four-time champion Max Verstappen ...
Netanyahu Asserts Israeli Control Over Gaza Security as Egypt Joins Hostage Recovery Effort
This is Beirut 2025-10-26 17:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Benjamin Netanyahu Hamas Gaza
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted on Sunday that Israel would decide for itself when to strike its foes and which countries could join an international security force in Gaza, as Egyptian recovery crews arrived. The Egyptian convoy, captured on camera by AFP reporters in Khan Younes in the south of the Gaza Strip, included heavy ...
US and Malaysia Sign Deal to Secure Access to Rare Earths
This is Beirut 2025-10-26 15:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Donald Trump Malaysia United States Rare earths
US President Donald Trump and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim signed a trade agreement Sunday, boosting US access to critical minerals as China tightens controls on rare earths. Beijing this month announced sweeping restrictions on the rare earths industry, prompting Trump to threaten 100 percent tariffs on imports from China in ...
Drones, Glide Bombs and Patriots: Weapons in Ukraine War
This is Beirut 2025-10-24 15:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky Donald Trump Kyiv Washington
Ukraine's allies are gathering in London on Friday, with President Volodymyr Zelensky and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer pushing for more long-range missiles to be delivered to Kyiv. They are just one part of a rapidly developing arsenal being deployed on both sides of the front line, as the three-and-a-half year war has reshaped the ...
Trump says all Canada Trade Talks 'Terminated' Over 'Fake' Ad
This is Beirut 2025-10-24 15:23 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Donald Trump United States USA Canada
US President Donald Trump on Friday doubled down on his decision to end trade talks with Canada over an anti-tariff advertising campaign, a sudden about-face soon after a cordial White House meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney. On his Truth Social network Thursday, Trump vented fury at what he called a "fake" ad ...
Malaria in Lebanon: Discreet Comeback or Simple Alert?
Makram Haddad 2025-10-24 09:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The aim is to include malaria in the differential diagnosis even without recent travel, to perform blood smear and thick smear, to use a rapid test if needed to save time, to notify cases to the Malaria Control Bureau and to apply therapeutic protocols strictly. This nudge serves as a reminder within a shifting regional context and heightened ...
Chicago Marathon: Nassib Haddad’s Stride of Solidarity
Makram Haddad 2025-10-24 09:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon Nassib Haddad Chicago Marathon
Last weekend, on the legendary asphalt of the Windy City, Nassib Haddad completed a race and sent a powerful message. The Lebanese runner crossed the finish line of the Chicago Marathon (42.195 km) in 3h44’22’’, turning his personal challenge into a relay of solidarity for Oum el Nour. From Rackets to Running Shoes A former tennis champion ...
Russia Downplays Swift Meeting to Prepare for Trump-Putin Summit
This is Beirut 2025-10-21 11:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Donald Trump Volodymyr Zelensky Kyiv Ukraine USA Vladimir Putin
Moscow on Tuesday doused hopes of a swift meeting of the Russian and US foreign ministers to prepare for a speedy summit between their leaders over the Ukraine war. Following a phone call last week, the Russian and US leaders Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump announced they would meet in Budapest for talks on resolving the war in Ukraine, which ...