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Official Municipal and Mukhtar Election Results Out for Beirut, Zahle, Baalbeck, Rachaya, West Bekaa, and Hermel
This is Beirut 2025-05-20 10:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Municipal Elections Hermel West Bekaa Rachaya Ministry of the Interior
The Ministry of Interior has published partial official results for the municipal and mukhtar elections held on May 18 in the governorates of Beirut, Bekaa, and Hermel. The results for Beirut were announced on Tuesday. The "Beirut Btejma3na" list won 23 seats while one seat was secured by Mahmud Mehyeddine el-Jamal, a candidate ...
Sanctions Lifted on Syria: Damascus Faces Hope and Real Challenges
Liliane Mokbel 2025-05-15 15:32 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Damascus Donald Trump Gulf Syria Sanctions Reconstruction
From Riyadh on Tuesday, US President Donald Trump announced—at the request of the Saudi crown prince—the full lifting, not just suspension, of economic and diplomatic sanctions on Syria. It was a crucial distinction, noted by many observers attending the US-Saudi Investment Forum, where every word of the American president’s remarks was ...
Official Results Released for Municipal and Mukhtar Elections in North and Akkar
This is Beirut 2025-05-15 09:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon Ministry of Interior Municipal Elections Results North Lebanon
Lebanon’s Ministry of Interior has released the official results of the municipal and mukhtar elections held on May 11 in the North and Akkar governorates. The full results were made available on the ministry’s website (@MOIM_Lebanon) by Thursday, May 15. In Tripoli, the municipal results were announced on Wednesday evening, following ...
Qatar Airways Makes Record-Breaking Order for Boeing Planes
This is Beirut 2025-05-14 21:12 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Donald Trump Qatar Qatar Airways Boeing
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday Qatar Airways had placed a "record" order for 160 planes from Boeing as he signed a raft of deals in Doha alongside Qatar's emir. The order, which the White House said was Boeing's largest ever for wide-body jets, deepens ties between the US aerospace giant and the giant Middle East ...
"Bkerzay en Musique" Returns: A Cultural Summer in the Chouf
This is Beirut 2025-05-09 19:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Music Festival Bkerzay en Musique Chouf Artists Culture
The “Bkerzay en Musique” festival is back this summer for its second season of live performances in the lush eco-village of Bkerzay, nestled in the heart of the Chouf mountains. The launch of the second edition was announced Friday morning at a press conference held at the Ministry of Tourism, in the presence of Minister of Tourism Laura ...
Power Returns to Most of Spain, Portugal After Massive Blackout
This is Beirut 2025-04-29 10:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Spain Portugal France Electricity Blackout
Lights flickered back to life in Spain and Portugal Tuesday after a massive blackout hit the Iberian peninsula stranding passengers in trains and hundreds of elevators while millions saw phone and internet coverage die. Electricity had been restored to more than 90 percent of mainland Spain early Tuesday, the REE power operator said. Lights came ...
When Smoke Becomes Symbol: The Subtle Art of Papal Election
This is Beirut 2025-05-07 12:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
When Catholic cardinals vote in the conclave, they then burn their ballots, sending up black smoke to signal no decision or white smoke to show they have chosen a new pope. The centuries-old tradition of using smoke has changed over time -- as has the technology used. Gunshot All conclaves bar one have taken place in Rome since the 15th ...
Trent Alexander-Arnold Announces Liverpool Departure
This is Beirut 2025-05-05 14:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Football Liverpool Premier League Real Madrid
Trent Alexander-Arnold announced Monday he will leave boyhood club Liverpool when his contract expires at the end of the season, saying it was the "hardest decision" of his life. The England defender, who helped Liverpool win the Premier League this season, has been heavily linked with a free transfer to Real Madrid. "After 20 years at Liverpool ...
Mount Lebanon Votes: Early Tallies Hint at New Political Balance
This is Beirut 2025-05-05 12:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Amal Free Patriotic Movement Lebanese Forces Hezbollah Kataëb PSP
The first phase of municipal elections concluded on Sunday evening with the closure of polling stations in Mount Lebanon at 7:00 PM. Voter turnout stood at 45.08%, slightly below the 47.4% recorded in 2016. As ballot counting got underway, early results began revealing key trends across several districts. On Monday morning, Mount Lebanon Governor ...
UAE to Lift Travel Ban on Lebanon Starting May 7
This is Beirut 2025-05-04 14:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
United Arab Emirates Gulf Joseph Aoun Saudi Arabia
The United Arab Emirates will lift its travel ban on Lebanon starting Tuesday, May 7, the Emirati Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Sunday. In a statement posted on its website, the Ministry said, “In line with the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the President of the United Arab Emirates, and as part of ...
Lady Gaga Ignites Copacabana, Rio Overflows with Fans
This is Beirut 2025-05-02 10:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Concert Music Rio de Janeiro Copacabana Lady Gaga Culture
Behind his oversized black studded sunglasses, Victor Faro keeps his eyes fixed on the windows of the hotel where Lady Gaga is staying in Rio de Janeiro. He’s hoping to catch a glimpse of his idol before her massive free concert set for Saturday on Copacabana Beach. Wearing plastic goat horns on his head and a curled Dali-style mustache, the ...
Microsoft Announces a Global Price Increase for Its Xbox Console
This is Beirut 2025-05-01 18:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
USA Microsoft XBOX game console
Microsoft announced Thursday that it will increase Xbox console prices worldwide, citing "market conditions" just days after Sony made a similar move with its PlayStation 5. The tech giant also plans to raise prices for some new games developed by its video game subsidiaries. "We understand that these changes are challenging, and they were made ...
Lebanon Registers Highest Commercial Electricity Tariffs in Arab World
This Is Beirut 2025-05-01 17:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon Kuwait United Arab Emirates Morocco
Lebanon now ranks among the Arab countries with the highest commercial electricity tariffs, according to recent data from the Global Petrol Prices (GPP) website, underscoring the toll of the country’s prolonged energy crisis on its struggling business sector. With a commercial electricity rate of $0.247 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) in 2025, Lebanon ...
Rabih Kayrouz’s Genius Becomes Rooted in History at the Louvre
Marie-Christine Tayah 2025-01-27 14:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon Paris Louvre Museum Art Fashion
Rabih Kayrouz, a prominent figure in Lebanese fashion, achieves a remarkable milestone by securing a place at the Louvre Museum in Paris. The exhibition Louvre Couture: Objects of Art, Objects of Fashion, that opened its doors on January 24, 2025, will showcase the rich history of craftsmanship and artistic excellence through the ages. A Unique ...
Hamas to Free Four Israeli Female Soldiers on Saturday
This is Beirut 2025-01-24 21:14 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Hamas’s military wing, the al-Qassam Brigades, has confirmed plans to release four Israeli female soldiers on Saturday, as part of the ongoing Gaza ceasefire agreement. The announcement came on Friday, with Israel quickly acknowledging the names of the hostages, all of whom are aged 19 to 20. The four women are identified as Karina Ariev, ...
James Webb Telescope Discovers Its First Exoplanet
This is Beirut 2025-06-25 19:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
James Webb Space Telescope Exoplanet
The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered its first exoplanet, astronomers said Wednesday, capturing rare direct images of the relatively small world in the Earth's galactic backyard. The telescope, which can see farther into the universe than anything before it, has turbocharged the search for planets beyond the Solar System since coming ...
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 ...
To Sheikh Naim Qassem: What Success Are We Talking About?!
Nisrine Merheb 2024-10-31 17:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
As soon as Sheikh Naim Qassem took his position as the Secretary General of Hezbollah, he subconsciously sought to embody the persona of the “martyred” former chief, Hassan Nasrallah. Suddenly, Qassem became more eloquent, issuing threats against America and weaving colloquial Lebanese into his rhetoric, mirroring the distinctive style that ...
Tom Hanks: Time Travel in “Here” with AI
This is Beirut 2024-10-30 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Film Cinema United States Artificial Intelligence
The growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) is raising concerns in Hollywood, but it hasn’t dampened Tom Hanks' enthusiasm, as he expressed his amazement at this “amazing” technology. In his latest film, Here: The Best Years of Our Lives, he experienced the effects of AI that allowed him to be “de-aged” in ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
‘An Inner Cataclysm’: The Ordeal of Survivors of Attacks and Wars
David Sahyoun 2024-10-23 18:00 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
Simon Fieschi, former webmaster of the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, was found dead on Thursday, October 17, 2024. The causes of his death remain unknown. He had been critically injured during the attack on January 7, 2015, in Paris. His death brings back into focus the heavy psychological toll paid by survivors of attacks or wars, ...
Imad Amhaz, Kidnapped by Israeli Commando for suspected arms smuggling for Hezbollah
This is Beirut 2024-11-02 14:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam israel commando kidnapping
Imad Fadel Amhaz, who was abducted at dawn on Friday from his chalet in Batroun by an Israeli naval commando, is not believed to be a member of Hezbollah, but has links with the pro-Iranian group, on whose behalf he was transporting weapons by sea from Syria to Lebanon. This information has yet to be confirmed, as the Lebanese army is still ...
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 ...
When the Media Is Accused of Complicity With Israel
Johnny Kortbawi 2024-10-22 17:49 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The attitude of the supporters of the pro-Iranian Moumanaa axis or so-called “axis of resistance” is puzzling. There's no doubt that the shock they are experiencing is overwhelming and hard to process. The ongoing war is undoubtedly pushing them to cast accusations in all directions, in a desperate attempt to restore some dignity or shift ...
'One of the Last': Handmade Bagpipes a Dying Art in Scotland
This is Beirut 2024-10-22 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The Highland bagpipe is an integral part of Scottish culture and history, renowned for its distinctive, powerful sound that even accompanied troops landing in northern France on D-Day. However, this wind instrument is slowly growing silent as demand dwindles, with machine-made bagpipes replacing traditionally crafted ones, limiting their use to ...
Hochstein: Washington Wants to End the Conflict in South Lebanon for Good
This is Beirut 2024-10-21 18:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Ain el-Tineh Amos Hochstein Grand Serail
United States envoy Amos Hochstein pleaded on Monday for a firm and transparent implementation of United Nations Resolution 1701 to put an end to the raging conflict between Hezbollah and Israel, though a ceasefire agreement remains complicated amid the surge in violence. Meeting with Berri After a meeting with Speaker Nabih Berri in Ain ...
Hochstein Pleads for Full and Transparent Application of 1701
This is Beirut 2024-10-21 15:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Ain el-Tineh Amos Hochstein UN Security Council White House
US envoy Amos Hochstein pleaded on Monday for a full and transparent implementation of UN Resolution 1701 to put an end to the raging conflict between Hezbollah and Israel, though a ceasefire agreement remains complicated amid the surge in violence. After a meeting with Speaker Nabih Berri, Hochstein said Washington wants to end the ...