VideosSeptember 11, 2001: Attack of the Century
This is Beirut 2025-09-11 13:40 - Reading : less than a minute
On September 11, 2001, nearly 3,000 people died in the deadliest attacks ever carried out on US soil. Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility.
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VideosA Crusader Organ Resurfaces in Jerusalem
This is Beirut 2025-09-11 13:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The pipes of a medieval organ, buried for centuries and discovered near the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, are once more filling a Jerusalem monastery with ancient melodies. "This is a window into the past... we have the opportunity for the first time in modern history of listening to a medieval sound which is ...
ExplainerBrain Freeze: Why Can Ice Cream Knock Us Out?
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-09-11 13:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Brain Freeze Science Cold Ice Reflex
It’s an experience many of us have had, often while sitting at a café terrace in summer or sharing a bowl of ice cream with friends. You take a bite, swallow too quickly, and suddenly a sharp pain shoots across your forehead, a jolt so sudden it makes you stop in your tracks. The term “brain freeze” captures this almost absurd sensation, as ...
Op-edWhy 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 ...
Turkey Prosecutors Seize 3 TV Stations as Part of Fraud Probe
This is Beirut 2025-09-11 10:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Turkish prosecutors on Thursday seized control of a 121-company conglomerate, which includes three major television stations, and ordered the arrest of 10 of its executives on fraud charges, media reports said. The arrest order targeted management at Can Holding, which is known for its energy and education assets and which last year acquired ...
New York Marks 9/11 Attacks
This is Beirut 2025-09-11 09:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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New York prepares to mark the devastating attacks of September 11, 2001 on Thursday, 24 years after the deadly plane hijackings that claimed almost 3,000 lives and forever changed the United States. Vice President JD Vance was expected to attend memorial events at Ground Zero in Manhattan where the World Trade Center's twin towers were destroyed ...
What we Know About the Killing of Charlie Kirk
This is Beirut 2025-09-11 09:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Donald Trump United States Charlie Kirk Shooting
Charlie Kirk, a right-wing activist and close ally of President Donald Trump, was fatally shot during an event in the western US state of Utah. This is what we know. At a university Kirk, the head of the largest conservative youth movement in the United States, which he co-founded in 2012 at the age of 18, was speaking around noon on the ...
French Commission Recommends Banning Social Media for Children Under 15
This is Beirut 2025-09-11 09:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A French parliamentary commission probing the psychological effects of TikTok recommends banning social media for children under 15 and adopting a "digital curfew" for 15- to 18-year-olds, according to a report released Thursday. Such a ban would "send a signal to both children and parents that before the age of 15," social media "is not ...
Israel Intercepts Missile Fired from Yemen After Sanaa Strikes
This is Beirut 2025-09-11 09:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel's army said it had intercepted a missile on Thursday fired from Yemen, a day after Israeli forces carried out air strikes there that killed 35 people and wounded more than 130. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the missile attack on Israel. But the Iran-backed Houthi have repeatedly launched missiles and drones at Israel ...
Trump Blasts ‘Radical Left’ After Killing of Influencer Charlie Kirk
This is Beirut 2025-09-11 09:03 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Charlie Kirk United States Donald Trump
Donald Trump lashed out at the "radical left" on Wednesday after the apparent assassination of his right-wing ally Charlie Kirk, vowing a crackdown after a killing that has sparked fears of worsening political violence in the United States. Kirk, a powerful voice in conservative politics at just 31 years old, had been dead only a few ...
Kidnapped Academic Tsurkov in Israel after Release from Iraq
This is Beirut 2025-09-10 23:38 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Irak Baghdad Elizabeth Tsurkov
Israeli-Russian academic Elizabeth Tsurkov arrived in Israel on Monday, a day after she was released more than two years after her kidnapping in Baghdad. Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani and US President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced the release of Tsurkov, who had been held hostage since March 2023. "Elizabeth Tsurkov, ...
Qatari PM Says Netanyahu Must Be "Brought to Justice"
This is Beirut 2025-09-10 23:29 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Qatar Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani
Qatar's prime minister warned Wednesday that an unprecedented Israeli strike in Doha targeting Hamas killed hope for Gaza hostages, calling for Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu to be "brought to justice." His comments came a day after deadly strikes targeted Hamas leaders in Qatar, a US ally, a first in the oil-rich Gulf that ...