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A Monastery Dedicated to Saint Charbel in Villiers-sur-Marne

Fady Noun, 28/09 11:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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A new Lebanese Maronite Order (LMO) monastery dedicated to Saint Charbel has opened in Villiers-sur-Marne, just 40 km from Paris, marking the first of its kind in France and the third in Europe, after Rome (Lateran) and Belgium (Abbaye du Bois Seigneur Isaac). The monastery is set to become a vibrant center of Christian spiritual life for the ...

Trade War Redraws the Map: China Shifts Course

Christiane Tager, 26/09 11:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Since Donald Trump took office, Sino-American trade has sometimes resembled a high-stakes ping-pong match. Containers once destined for US ports now appear to have lost their way. In August 2025, exports to the United States fell 12% in a single month, representing around $5 billion worth of goods no longer crossing the Pacific, at least not ...

Netanyahu Meets US Envoy Witkoff in New York to Discuss Gaza

This is Beirut, 25/09 22:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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According to The Times of Israel, citing Channel 13, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Strategic Affairs Adviser Ron Dermer met today at their hotel in New York with US special envoy Steve Witkoff to discuss President Donald Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza and secure the release of hostages. Trump’s team is ...

Salam Condemns Hezbollah for Defying State Decisions, Calls for Legal Action

This is Beirut, 25/09 21:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Prime Minister Nawaf Salam called on Thursday on the ministers of Interior, Justice and Defense to take “immediate action” and arrest those responsible for projecting images onto Beirut’s iconic Raouche Rock, in defiance of an official ban. In a post on X, Salam urged that the perpetrators be referred for investigation and “punished in ...

Trump Urges Turkey's Erdogan to Stop Buying Russian Oil

This is Beirut, 25/09 21:01 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump on Thursday urged Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan to stop buying Russian oil over the war in Ukraine, as Erdogan sought a long-awaited deal to buy US stealth fighter jets. As Erdogan visited the White House for the first time since 2019 during Trump's first term, Trump called on him to use his influence with ...

Pentagon: Hegseth Calls Unusual Meeting of Senior Military Leaders

This is Beirut, 25/09 18:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has ordered hundreds of US Army generals and admirals to gather next week at a Marine Corps base in Virginia, without giving an official reason, the Washington Post reported Thursday. This unusual summons has caused confusion and concern, especially following the Trump administration’s numerous dismissals of ...

Syrian Kurdish Forces Say Five Members Killed in IS Attack

This is Beirut, 25/09 17:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said that an attack on Thursday by Islamic State group militants in Syria's east killed five of its members. IS jihadists, once in control of large swathes of Iraq and Syria, were territorially defeated in Syria in 2019 in a battle spearheaded by the SDF with support from an international ...

Iran, Hezbollah and Peace on This is America!

Tylia El Helou, 24/09 22:00 - Reading : less than a minute

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On this week’s episode of This is America, we cover the UNSC’s decision to reimpose sanctions on Iran and Donald Trump’s address at the opening of the UN General Assembly, as well as Charlie Kirk’s memorial. We also feature an exclusive interview with Patrick Clawson, Morningstar Senior Fellow and Research Counselor at the Washington ...

The Art of Losing: Hezbollah’s Stubborn Path

Marc Saikali, 24/09 12:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Hezbollah has lost. Yes, lost. The military campaign? Lost. The battle for public opinion? Lost. The fight for legitimacy in Lebanon? Lost. And yet the Shia militia keeps haunting the country, convinced that a LED projection on a rock will somehow rewrite history. Illuminating the “Pigeon Rock” with portraits of dead leaders is Hezbollah’s ...

Iran's Carpet Industry Unravelling Under Sanctions

This is Beirut, 24/09 09:15 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Once a symbol of cultural prestige, Iran's handmade rugs are no longer selling as fast as they once did, as sanctions weigh on an already troubled economy and buyers' tastes change. Commanding more than $2 billion in export revenues in its heyday of the early 1990s, the industry now struggles to scrape together around $40 million, marking a ...

US says Dismantles Possible Telecom Network Threat to UN Summit

This is Beirut, 23/09 18:33 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The US Secret Service said Tuesday it had dismantled a network of electronic devices that could have crashed New York's telecommunications network in an attack ahead of the UN General Assembly. The protective agency did not say who was responsible for the sophisticated material but linked it to "nation-state" actors and ...

US Restricts Movement of Iranian Delegation at UNGA

This is Beirut, 23/09 11:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The United States announced new measures on Tuesday to restrict the movement of the Iranian regime’s delegation attending the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, reinforcing its maximum pressure strategy on Tehran. The State Department said the restrictions will prevent Iranian officials from accessing wholesale clubs, luxury ...

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