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Iran Obtained 'Sensitive' Israeli Intelligence
This is Beirut 2025-06-07 16:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iranian state television reported on Saturday that Tehran had obtained a trove of "strategic and sensitive" Israeli intelligence, including files related to Israel's nuclear facilities and defense plans. "Iran's intelligence apparatus has obtained a vast quantity of strategic and sensitive information and documents ...
The Enrichment Gamble: Iran, Israel, and the Brinkmanship of 2025
Salam El Zaatari 2025-06-05 10:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Iran United States Nuclear
Let me tell you something that every Israeli general, Iranian ayatollah, and American diplomat knows — but hopes you don’t: The next big war in the Middle East won’t start with a ground invasion. It will begin with a whisper in the desert and end with fire in the sky — and the trigger might be buried deep in the Natanz nuclear ...
Immersive Matrix Experience Aims To Bring Audiences Back
This is Beirut 2025-06-01 13:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Quasi-hypnotic lighting, surround sound, a dome-shaped screen: a new immersive experience in the United States is trying to lure audiences out of their living rooms and back into movie theaters, which have been struggling against the rise of streaming platforms. Cosm Theater in Los Angeles is one of the driving forces behind this trend and is ...
Pentagon Chief Warns China is 'Preparing' to Use Military Force in Asia
This is Beirut 2025-05-31 16:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Saturday warned that China was "credibly preparing" to use military force to upend the balance of power in Asia -- remarks that earned a sharp rebuke from Beijing. The Pentagon chief was speaking at an annual security forum in Singapore, as the administration of US President Donald Trump spars ...
Pentagon Chief Warns China 'Preparing' to Use Military Force in Asia
This is Beirut 2025-05-31 11:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth warned Saturday that China was "credibly preparing" to use military force to upend the balance of power in Asia, vowing the United States was "here to stay" in the Indo-Pacific region. The Pentagon chief made the remarks at an annual security forum in Singapore as the administration of US ...
Musk's Most Memorable Moments as Trump's Advisor
This is Beirut 2025-05-29 14:35 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Billionaire Elon Musk has said he is leaving his role in the US government, in which he was tasked with reducing federal spending, shortly after his first major break with Donald Trump over the president's signature spending bill. While classified as a "special government employee" and "senior advisor to the president," the South African-born ...
No Truce in India-Pakistan Disinformation War
This is Beirut 2025-05-13 09:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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India and Pakistan have announced a ceasefire after coming close to all-out conflict, but on social media citizens on both sides are vying to control public perceptions by peddling disinformation. Platforms such as Facebook and X are still awash with misrepresented footage of the attacks that killed at least 60 people and sent thousands fleeing. ...
OpenAI Wins $200 mn Contract with US Military
This is Beirut 2025-06-17 12:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The US Department of Defense on Monday awarded OpenAI a $200 million contract to put generative artificial intelligence (AI) to work for the military. San Francisco-based OpenAI will "develop prototype frontier AI capabilities to address critical national security challenges in both warfighting and enterprise domains," according to the ...
Egyptian Drama shatters Egypt’s silence on child abuse
This is Beirut 2025-05-03 11:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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In living rooms across Egypt, a television drama has shattered the silence around child sexual abuse, forcing a national reckoning with a subject long buried in taboo. The show, Lam Shamseya, follows school administrator Nelly, portrayed by leading actor Amina Khalil, as she confronts an unthinkable reality: her stepson has been abused by a ...
France Accuses Russia of Being Behind Series of Cyberattacks Against It
This is Beirut 2025-04-29 17:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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France on Tuesday accused Russian military intelligence of being behind a series of cyberattacks against the country over the last decade, including against an organization involved in the 2024 Paris Olympics and Emmanuel Macron's first presidential campaign in 2017. Since 2021, a branch of Russian military intelligence (GRU) dedicated to ...
Power Returns to Most of Spain, Portugal After Massive Blackout
This is Beirut 2025-04-29 10:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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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 ...
Power Progressively Comes Back in Spain and Portugal After Massive Outage
This is Beirut 2025-04-28 23:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Lights flickered back to life in Spain and Portugal early 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. More than 60 percent of Spain's national electricity supply had been restored by the end of Monday, the REE power ...
Interior Minister Blames 'Negligence' for Iran Port Blast That Killed 70
This is Beirut 2025-04-28 16:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Iran's minister of interior on Monday blamed "negligence" for a massive explosion at the country's largest commercial port, with firefighters still battling a blaze at the facility two days later. The latest death toll is 70. The blast took place on Saturday at the Shahid Rajaee Port in Iran's south near the strategic Strait ...
Massive Blackout Hits Spain, Portugal, France
This is Beirut 2025-04-28 15:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Power went out across all of Spain and Portugal on Monday, cutting cellphone and internet networks, halting trains and trapping people in elevators, officials said. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said after an emergency government meeting on the situation, "we have no conclusive information about the reasons for this outage". He ...
Fires Rage 2 Days After Iran Port Blast Killed 46
This is Beirut 2025-04-28 12:02 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Firefighters in Iran battled raging fires on Monday at the country's largest commercial port, two days after a massive explosion killed at least 46 people, state TV reported. The blast took place on Saturday at Shahid Rajaee Port in Iran's south near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, a waterway through which one-fifth of global oil output ...
Conflicts spur 'unprecedented' rise in military spending
This is Beirut 2025-04-28 08:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Worldwide military expenditure saw its steepest rise in 2024 since the end of the Cold War, reaching $2.7 trillion as wars and rising tensions drove up spending, researchers said Monday. Military spending rose worldwide with particularly large increases in Europe and the Middle East, according to a new report by the Stockholm International Peace ...
Strikes, Drones, and Retaliation: Iran's Mullahs Now Fight for Survival, Not Victory
Marc Saikali 2025-06-14 10:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Once again, the Middle East has awoken to the metallic taste of war. But this time, it wasn’t merely a warning shot but rather a slap in the face. Israel launched its “Operation Rising Lion” against Iran, targeting nuclear sites, ballistic missile bases, military airports, and even high-ranking figures deep within the regime’s security ...
Cyberattack Hits State-Owned Bank in Iran
This is Beirut 2025-06-17 12:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Tehran Iran Bank Sepah Nuclear Hacking
One of Iran’s major banks, Bank Sepah, was targeted by a cyberattack on Tuesday amid escalating military tensions between Iran and Israel, according to the Fars news agency, as reported by the Times of Israel. “An hour ago, a cyberattack targeted the infrastructure of Bank Sepah, causing disruptions to the bank’s online services,” Fars ...
UK Intelligence Warns of Significant Rise in Iran-Linked Assassination Plots
This is Beirut 2025-07-10 15:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
A UK parliamentary committee on Thursday blamed Iran for at least 15 attempts to kill or kidnap British-based individuals since 2022, saying the threat from Iran had "significantly increased". London's response has been too focused on "crisis management", said parliament's intelligence and security committee, with ...
Trump Rattles NATO Allies as He Descends on Summit
This is Beirut 2025-06-24 22:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump swept into NATO's Hague summit Tuesday, with allies hoping a pledge to ramp up defence spending will keep the mercurial leader of the military superpower committed to protecting them. Trump joined leaders from NATO's 31 other members to kick off the two-day gathering with a dinner hosted by Dutch King Willem-Alexander in ...
Macron and Starmer Seal Defense Pact 'Reboot' at UK Summit
This is Beirut 2025-07-10 09:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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French President Emmanuel Macron wraps up a three-day state visit to Britain on Thursday with a summit aiming to "reboot" defense ties with a focus on joint missile development and nuclear co-operation. Macron and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer are also expected to discuss maintaining support for Ukraine and curbing undocumented cross-Channel ...
China, EU Should not 'Seek Confrontation': FM Wang
This is Beirut 2025-07-03 09:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
China's top diplomat warned his EU counterpart against "confrontation", his foreign ministry said Thursday, after she urged Beijing to stop undermining Europe's security. Meeting Kaja Kallas in Brussels on Wednesday, Wang Yi said China and the European Union "should not be regarded as opponents because of differences, nor should they seek ...
The Lingering Specter of the Islamic State in Lebanon
Mario Chartouni 2025-06-27 17:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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The Lebanese Army announced on Tuesday the arrest of a man identified as R.F., also known as “Qassoura,” who is believed to be the leader of the Islamic State (ISIS) in Lebanon. The operation, conducted by the Directorate of Intelligence, led to the confiscation of a large cache of weapons, ammunition, electronic devices, and materials used ...
The Day the Middle East Reset Itself
Salam El Zaatari 2025-06-26 10:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Iran United States China
On the morning of June 22, 2025, the world woke up to the smoldering ruins of Iran’s most fortified nuclear facilities – Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan. The strikes, led by Israel and backed silently but unmistakably by the United States, were not a surprise to those watching closely. This wasn’t a spontaneous act of self-defense. It was the ...
Trading Peace for Firepower? Europe’s Rush to Rearm
Sarah Martin 2025-06-25 21:10 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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At the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in The Hague, under mounting pressure from both the Russian threat and the United States’ demands, the Alliance crossed a historic threshold: member states committed to raising defense spending to 5% of GDP by 2035. But behind the bold figure lies a fractured Europe, torn between rearmament ...
NATO Chief: US 'Totally Committed' to Collective Defense Pledge
This is Beirut 2025-06-25 09:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Wednesday that the United States was "totally committed" to the alliance's mutual defense clause, after President Donald Trump appeared to cast doubt on it. "For me, there is absolute clarity that the United States is totally committed to NATO, totally committed to Article Five," Rutte told reporters ...
What Does NATO's 5% Spending Deal Really Mean?
This is Beirut 2025-06-25 09:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
NATO leaders are set to sign off Wednesday at their Hague summit on a defense spending pledge to satisfy US President Donald Trump's demand for a headline figure of five percent of GDP. Here are the details of what NATO is signing up to: Five percent? Not really Trump has insisted NATO countries hit the five-percent bar -- well beyond the ...
Trump Whirlwind to Test NATO Summit Unity
This is Beirut 2025-06-25 06:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Will he play nice? That's the question for NATO leaders nervously waiting to see if a carefully choreographed show to please US President Donald Trump will pay dividends when the alliance summit gets down to business on Wednesday. Every precaution is in place to avoid a Trump blow-up at the Hague summit, from giving him credit for a historic ...
Who Is Diodato Abagnara, UNIFIL's New Head of Mission?
This is Beirut 2025-06-24 14:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Diodato Abagnara, an Italian major general, took command of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on Tuesday, succeeding Spanish Lieutenant General Aroldo Lázaro Sáenz at the head of approximately 10,000 soldiers from 47 countries. Born in 1970 in Pagani, Italy, and with a military career spanning more than 36 years, Diodato ...
Trump says Wants 'Real End' to Israel-Iran Conflict, not Ceasefire
This is Beirut 2025-06-17 13:51 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump said he wants a "real end" to the conflict between Israel and Iran, not just a ceasefire, as the arch foes traded fire for a fifth day on Tuesday. The escalating clashes saw Israeli warplanes target military sites in Iran, killing a senior commander and drawing retaliatory missile fire from Iran. Explosions ...