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Australia Expels Iran Ambassador Over Antisemitic Attacks
This is Beirut 2025-08-26 08:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Tehran Australia Diplomat Ambassador
Australia expelled Iran's ambassador on Tuesday, accusing the country of being behind antisemitic arson attacks in Melbourne and Sydney. It marks the first time Australia has expelled an ambassador since World War II. Intelligence services reached the "deeply disturbing conclusion" that Iran directed at least two antisemitic attacks, Prime ...
Damascus Says Drug Smuggling Foiled Near Lebanese Border
This is Beirut 2025-08-25 19:55 - Reading : less than a minute
According to the Syrian Interior Ministry, security forces on Monday foiled an attempt to smuggle a large quantity of narcotics from Lebanon into the Zabadani area, close to the Syrian-Lebanese border. The ministry said that the shipment was intercepted before reaching its destination but did not disclose details about the type or amount of drugs ...
Police Kill Suspect after at Least 5 Injured in Marseille Stabbing
This is Beirut 2025-09-02 21:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
French police on Tuesday killed a man suspected of stabbing at least five people in the southern port city of Marseille, one of whom is in "critical condition," a public prosecutor said. The attacker was a Tunisian national with legal status in France who stabbed the manager of a hotel that had just evicted him for non-payment, prosecutor Nicolas ...
Portugal Holds Day of Mourning as Crash toll Rises to 17 Dead
This is Beirut 2025-09-04 18:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lisbon Portugal Funicular Accident
Portugal held a day of national mourning on Thursday as the death toll from the derailment of one of Lisbon's iconic funiculars rose to 17 people, with 21 injured. The accident Wednesday evening in one of the capital's most popular tourist spots saw the yellow Gloria funicular veer off a steep stretch of tracks near Liberty Avenue and crash into ...
NATO Intercepts Russian MiGs in Estonian Airspace as Tallinn Calls for Article 4 Talks
This is Beirut 2025-09-19 21:24 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Three Russian MiG-31 fighters violated Estonian airspace over the Gulf of Finland on Friday, Estonia said, triggering complaints of a dangerous new provocation from the EU and NATO. Italian F-35 fighters attached to NATO's air defense support mission in the Baltic states were scrambled to intercept the Russian jets and warn them off, Estonian ...
Tyler Robinson Named as Suspect in Charlie Kirk Assassination, Arrested after Manhunt
This is Beirut 2025-09-12 17:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
US authorities said Friday they had captured the man accused of killing prominent right-wing activist Charlie Kirk after a family member helped to turn him in after a frantic manhunt. "We got him," Utah Governor Spencer Cox told a press conference. Cox identified the suspect as Tyler Robinson and said the arrest was made after one of Robinson's ...
Two Dead in Shooting at Jordan-West Bank Crossing
This is Beirut 2025-09-18 16:29 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
An assailant who arrived in a truck carrying humanitarian aid from Jordan shot dead two men Thursday at the main border crossing between the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Jordan, the Israeli military and medics said. The security forces "neutralized" the attacker, the military said. Israeli emergency service Magen David Adom said the ...
Disarming Hezbollah: The Easy Way vs. The Hard Way
Hussain Abdul-Hussain 2025-09-16 16:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Hezbollah Lebanese Army United States
The Lebanese government has yet to fully grasp the seismic shift in Israel’s defense doctrine from containment to preemption. Hezbollah, even if armed with rudimentary weapons like slingshots, will not be tolerated. Beirut must disarm and disband the Iran-backed militia immediately and will be given one final chance to do so. This is the Easy ...
Royal Honors and Fault Lines: Donald Trump’s Highly Anticipated Visit to London
Ali A. Hamadé 2025-09-16 15:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Donald Trump Volodymyr Zelensky Ukraine United Kingdom United States
This Tuesday, London is preparing to welcome Donald Trump for his second state visit; an unprecedented honor for a US president and, more broadly, for a non-royal head of state. By accepting a fresh invitation from the Crown, a privilege exceedingly rare in the history of international relations, the American president is receiving what he likely ...
Hawk III: A Ship, Fuel, and the Enduring Shadows of Lebanon’s Power Crisis
Christiane Tager 2025-09-16 12:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
In Lebanon, even a single fuel ship can spiral into a political-judicial drama. Between Friday night and Saturday morning, the Lebanese navy intercepted Hawk III, carrying fuel destined for Électricité du Liban (EDL), as it attempted to evade territorial waters. Behind this incident lies a story of contradictions, suspicion, and opacity, ...
Poland's Nawrocki Talks Drone Defence in Paris and Berlin
This is Beirut 2025-09-16 09:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
USA Karol Nawrocki Paris Berlin
Poland's right-wing nationalist president Karol Nawrocki visits Paris and Berlin on Tuesday, seeking help to shore up his country's eastern defences in the wake of a major Russian drone incursion. Nawrocki has often been a fierce critic of Germany but Poland is seeking the support of its EU and NATO partners after last week's incident, when at ...
Romania Says Russian Drone Entry Poses New Security 'Challenge'
This is Beirut 2025-09-14 18:42 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Russia Romania Black Sea Ukraine
Romania on Sunday strongly condemned the entry of a Russian drone into its airspace during an attack on neighboring Ukraine, saying Moscow's actions pose a "new challenge" to Black Sea security. Romania's foreign minister said the Russian ambassador would be summoned over the second incident involving Russian drones in a ...
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 ...
Kremlin Says Ukraine Peace Talks on Pause as Zelensky Warns of Putin’s Aims
This is Beirut 2025-09-12 19:21 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Vladimir Putin Russia Ukraine Donald Trump
Moscow said Friday that peace talks with Kyiv were on "pause" as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin still had plans to try to capture the whole of Ukraine. US President Donald Trump warned meanwhile that he was fast running out of patience with Putin, who has shown no intention of ...
France Summons Russian Envoy to Protest 'Unacceptable' Poland Drone Raid
This is Beirut 2025-09-12 10:25 - Reading : less than a minute
Russia's firing of drones over Poland is "absolutely unacceptable", the French foreign minister said Friday, adding that the Russian ambassador would be summoned over the incident. "He (the ambassador) will be summoned this morning," French Foreign Jean-Noel Barrot told France Inter radio. "We will tell him that we will not be intimidated... ...
Drone Attack from Yemen Injures 8 at Israeli Airport
This is Beirut 2025-09-07 18:44 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A drone launched from Yemen injured eight people when it fell on Ramon airport in southern Israel on Sunday, Israel's Magen David Adom emergency service said. "Paramedics are providing medical treatment... to a 63-year-old male in mild condition, fully conscious, with shrapnel injuries to his limbs," the service said in a ...
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 ...
Why Qatar and Turkey Are Seen as 'Next in Line' for Conflict with Israel
Salam El Zaatari 2025-09-11 11:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Iran Turkey Qatar United States
The Israeli airstrike on September 9, 2025, against Hamas leaders in Doha shocked the Middle East, not only for its audacity but also for its symbolism: Israel was willing to strike inside the territory of a US ally, Qatar, long considered a safe haven for Hamas’ political leadership. The strike has since fueled speculation that Qatar, and by ...
One Killed and Several Injured in an Israeli Attack in Kfardounin
This is Beirut 2025-09-11 10:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon South Lebanon Tyre Litani river
An Israeli drone targeted a vehicle in Kfardounin, on Thursday evening, resulting in one fatality and several injuries. Israeli forces had carried out air strikes across southern Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley during the day. Heavy shelling was reported on the outskirts of Ansar and Zrariyeh, as well as near Qallaat Mays outside Ansar, ...
Poland Warns of Escalation, Holds NATO Talks after Russian Drone Intrusion
This is Beirut 2025-09-10 19:33 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Poland gathered its NATO allies for urgent talks Wednesday after Russian drones flew into Polish airspace during an attack on Ukraine, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said, warning that the situation was inching closer to "open conflict." Poland's airspace was violated 19 times, Tusk said, and at least three drones were shot down after ...
Trump Issues Rare Rebuke to Netanyahu Over Qatar Strikes
This is Beirut 2025-09-10 11:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Donald Trump Benjamin Netanyahu US Secretary of State Qatar
US President Donald Trump gave Benjamin Netanyahu a rare slap on the wrist Tuesday over Israel's strikes against Hamas in Qatar, as he insisted he played no role in the attack by one close US ally against another. Trump said he was not notified in advance of the Israeli attack on the Gulf state, a crucial broker in the negotiations between Israel ...
Trump Backs Hamas Targeting, Not Israel's Qatar Strike
This is Beirut 2025-09-09 21:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam United States Donald Trump Hamas Qatar
The White House distanced itself Tuesday from Israel's strikes against Hamas in Doha, reiterating President Donald Trump's support for ally Qatar, while declining to confirm if Israel had pre-notified Washington of its attack. While eliminating Hamas was a "worthy goal," a strike in the Qatari capital Doha "does not advance Israel's or America's ...
Where Is Hezbollah’s Arsenal Still Hidden?
Mario Chartouni 2025-09-09 18:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hezbollah Lebanese Army Baalbeck Internal Security Forces
Since the November 2024 ceasefire and Hezbollah’s crushing military defeat by Israel, the question of the pro-Iranian group’s arsenal has once again moved to the forefront in Lebanon. Caught between international pressure, internal fragility and a government determined to reassert control over weapons, Hezbollah appears weakened. Yet its ...
Palestinian Gunmen Shoot Dead Six People in East Jerusalem Attack
This is Beirut 2025-09-08 17:42 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Jerusalem Shooting
Palestinian gunmen opened fire at a bus stop in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem on Monday, killing six people and wounding several others. Israeli emergency service Magen David Adom (MDA) said there were six victims dead in the shooting attack, updating an earlier toll of four. Police said the two gunmen were also killed. MDA said seven other ...
'Massive Attack' Cuts Power in Ukrainian Capital
This is Beirut 2025-10-10 09:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Volodymyr Zelensky Donald Trump Kyiv Ukraine United States
The Ukrainian capital was plunged into darkness early Friday by what the air force called a "massive attack", as Russia pummeled Kyiv's infrastructure, cutting off water and energy supplies. The Kremlin has escalated aerial attacks on Ukrainian energy facilities and rail systems over recent weeks, mirroring similar campaigns launched over the ...
UN Force in Lebanon Says Peacekeeper Wounded by Israeli Grenade
This is Beirut 2025-10-12 12:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon United Nations Hezbollah UNIFIL
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon said Sunday that one of its members was wounded by an Israeli grenade dropped near a UN position in the country's south, the third incident of its kind in just over a month. The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has been working with the Lebanese army to support a November ...
UN Security Council to Vote on Embattled Lebanon Peacekeepers
This is Beirut 2025-08-25 09:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam UN Security Council Hezbollah USA UNIFIL
While some reports suggested that the UN Security Council would postpone the vote on a draft resolution to extend the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) until August 29, Agence France-Presse reported that the Council will in fact vote on the text today. The Council will vote on a French-drafted compromise that would ...
Jeita Grotto: The Hidden Truth the State Refuses to See
Natasha Metni Torbey 2025-11-14 16:05 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Instead of properly closing a case that should never have existed, the report published on November 13 about the Jeita Grotto incident only deepens the concern, revealing a far more troubling reality. Institutional and scientific oversight is disturbingly lax. Procedures are improvised, responsibilities evaporate, decisions are made without a ...
Saudi Arabia-Lebanon: A Major Trade Thaw Begins
Liliane Mokbel 2025-11-17 20:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lebanon Saudi Arabia Bahrain Gulf Kuwait Trade
Signs of warning relations between Lebanon and Saudi Arabia are becoming increasingly evident. Many see it as long overdue for Lebanon to reclaim its place within its natural sphere: the Arab world. On Monday, Prince Yazid bin Farhan, advisor to the Saudi Foreign Minister, visited Beirut with a technical delegation. The visit aimed to explore ...
Israel Warns Lebanon of an Imminent Strike on Aitaroun
This is Beirut 2025-11-17 12:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lebanon Israel Lebanese Army United Nations Hezbollah
In a first since the cease-fire agreement of November 27, 2024, Israel on Monday reportedly warned the Lebanese Army – through the established monitoring mechanism – of a potential strike on Aitaroun, in the Bint Jbeil district, as tensions continue to escalate along the country’s southern border. The Lebanese military promptly informed the ...