This is Beirut 2025-07-15 13:40 - Reading : less than a minute
In Tokyo, a boxing arena has been transformed into a stage for artists of style. Barbers from Japan and elsewhere step into the ring... scissors in hand. The World Barber Classic is all about noise, looks, attitude and a mission: to breathe new life into a profession that is fighting for survival.
This is Beirut 2025-07-15 13:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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A SpaceX capsule carrying astronauts from India, Poland, Hungary and the United States splashed down off the California coast Tuesday, completing Axiom Mission 4 and capping 20 days in space. The Ax-4 crew undocked from the International Space Station at 7:15 am EST on Monday (1115 GMT) for a 22.5-hour journey, landing in the Pacific Ocean at ...
This is Beirut 2025-07-15 11:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Irak Drone Erbil Kurdistan oil
A drone strike forced a US company to suspend operations at an oil field in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region Tuesday, amid a wave of similar attacks targeting the region's energy infrastructure. The Kurdistan natural resources ministry said the Sarsang oil field in Duhok province was hit, calling the strike "an act of terrorism against the ...
Hussain Abdul-Hussain 2025-07-15 10:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Hezbollah Syria Iraq United States
In policy, simplicity is valuable; naiveté is catastrophic. Lebanon has by now diluted UNSCR 1701 from dismantling Hezbollah’s militia, arms production, and illicit funding to merely surrendering “heavy and medium” weapons, or as U.S. Envoy Tom Barrack frames it: Hezbollah must hand over weapons that threaten Israel. Such oversimplification ...
Johnny Kortbawi 2025-07-15 09:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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It is remarkable how a single phrase—whether a diplomatic misstep or a calculated message—can ignite such a storm of debate and unease, both in Lebanon and abroad, especially at a moment when the specter of redrawn borders looms once again over the Middle East. Thomas Barrack’s recent remark ...
This is Beirut 2025-07-15 09:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Global infant vaccination levels have stabilised after shrinking during the Covid crisis, the UN said Tuesday, but it warned that misinformation and drastic aid cuts were deepening dangerous coverage gaps and putting millions at risk. In 2024, 85 percent of infants globally, or 109 million, had received three doses of the vaccine against ...
This is Beirut 2025-07-15 09:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump told Russia on Monday to end its Ukraine war within 50 days or face massive new economic sanctions, as he laid out plans for new infusions of weaponry for Kyiv via NATO. Trump said he was "very, very unhappy" with Vladimir Putin, underlining his insistence that his patience had finally snapped with the Russian ...
This is Beirut 2025-07-15 09:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Washington Nvidia AI H20 Chips
US tech giant Nvidia said on Tuesday it will resume sales of its H20 artificial intelligence chips to China, after Washington pledged to remove licensing curbs that had put a stop to exports. The California-based firm produces some of the world's most advanced semiconductors but is not allowed to ship its most cutting-edge chips to China owing ...
This is Beirut 2025-07-15 09:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
United States Lavrov Xi Jinping Beijing
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with China's leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on Tuesday, Moscow said, as the top Russian diplomat visited for a Shanghai Cooperation Organization meeting. Xi received Lavrov in the Chinese capital "as part of his participation in the meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation ...
This is Beirut 2025-07-15 08:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam European Union Palestine Hamas United Nations
EU foreign ministers on Tuesday will discuss a raft of options for action against Israel over the war in Gaza -- but likely will not agree on any. The bloc's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has put forward 10 potential steps after Israel was found to have breached a cooperation deal between the two sides on human rights grounds. The measures ...
This is Beirut 2025-07-14 23:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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A drone packed with explosives was shot down near Erbil airport on Monday, with two more later hitting an oil field in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, Kurdish security forces said. "At 02:20 (1120 GMT) an explosive-laden drone was downed near Erbil International Airport, without causing casualties or damage," said the counterterrorism ...
This is Beirut 2025-07-14 22:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Negotiations are underway between Syrian authorities and Druze representatives in southern Syria to halt the fighting that has left around 100 people dead, one of the main Druze armed groups told AFP on Monday evening. Syrian government forces are advancing toward the city of Sweida, held by Druze fighters, following clashes since Sunday with ...