Gaza: Riyadh Arab Summit Concluded, No Final Statement Expected

This is Beirut 21/02 23:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Arab leaders met in Riyadh on Friday to craft a plan for Gaza's post-war reconstruction to counter Donald Trump's proposal for the United States to take over the territory without its Palestinian inhabitants. Trump's plan has united Arab states in opposition to it, but disagreements remain over who should govern Gaza and how its reconstruction ...

Man Seriously Injured in Possible Stabbing at Berlin's Holocaust Memorial, Suspect Arrested

This is Beirut 21/02 22:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Germany Stabbing Holocaust memorial Berlin

German police said Friday that a man was badly wounded in a possible stabbing at central Berlin's Holocaust memorial near the US embassy. "A man was seriously injured by an unknown person," they said on X, and "rescue workers are caring for several people on site who had to witness the events." Police spokeswoman Valeska Jakobowski told AFP that ...

Israel to Release 602 Prisoners in Exchange for 6 Israeli Hostages Under Gaza Truce Deal

This is Beirut 21/02 20:05 - Reading : less than a minute

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Israel will free 602 inmates from jails on Saturday as part of a hostage-prisoner swap with Hamas under an ongoing Gaza ceasefire deal, according to the Palestinian Prisoners' Club advocacy group. Among those released, 445 are people from Gaza who were arrested after Hamas' October 7 attack that sparked the war, 60 are serving long ...

VideosSyrian Jews Pray Once Again in Damascus Synagogue

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Syrian-American Rabbi Yusuf Hamra led a prayer in Damascus, marking a rare gathering for Syria's Jewish community.  

When Sora Takes the Camera

Moncef Ait-Kaci 21/02 18:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Sora AI

Technology takes another leap forward as artificial intelligence reinvents the rules of creation. Sora is ushering in a new era—that of fully AI-driven video generation. The developers chose this name in reference to the Japanese word "sora," which means "sky," to evoke boundless creative potential.   Previously reserved for a select group of ...

Op-edWhat Should America Do About Syria?

David Hale 21/02 18:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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While Lebanese are focused intently on developments in Syria, the topic is absent in Washington. Yet what is happening there is one of the landmark geo-strategic developments of the Middle East of our times, the demise of a long-standing problematic regime for America and its friends and part and parcel of the reversal of fortunes of a major ...

VideosIraqi Brick Workers Risk Health, Life to Keep Families Afloat

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Behind every brick, Iraqis struggle for survival in a country where poverty imposes daily challenges.

UN Says Syria Economic Recovery could take Half a Century

This is Beirut 21/02 12:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

United Nations Syria Economy

Syria would need more than 50 years to get back to its economic level before its devastating civil war at current growth rates, the United Nations said Thursday. "Fourteen years of conflict in Syria have undone nearly four decades of economic, social, and human capital progress," the UN Development Programme (UNDP) said. "At current growth ...

Israel Says Hostage Body Returned by Hamas not Bibas Mother

This is Beirut 21/02 12:17 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Israel said Friday that one of the bodies returned from Gaza is not that of Shiri Bibas, as claimed by Hamas, and accused Palestinian "terrorists" of killing her two boys who have become symbols of the hostages' ordeal. Thousands of mourning Israelis had observed a moment of silence Thursday in honour of four dead hostages returned ...

Moon or Mars? NASA's Future at a Crossroads under Trump

This is Beirut 21/02 11:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Is NASA still Moonbound, or will the next giant leap mean skipping straight to Mars? Speculation is mounting that the Trump administration may scale back or cancel NASA's Artemis missions following the departure of a key official and Boeing's plans to lay off hundreds of employees working on its lunar rocket. Late Wednesday, NASA abruptly ...

Netanyahu Orders 'Intensive' West Bank Operations after Israel Bus Blasts

This is Beirut 21/02 09:17 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday ordered an "intensive operation against centers of terrorism" in the occupied West Bank, his office said, after three buses exploded in central Israel without causing any reported injuries. Three devices detonated on buses in the city of Bat Yam on Thursday evening and two others were being ...

Musk With a Chainsaw on Stage Before American Conservatives

This is Beirut 21/02 04:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Elon Musk, who has bragged of putting US federal agencies "into the woodchipper" as he slashes government spending, paraded a chainsaw on stage before American conservatives celebrating President Donald Trump's return to power Thursday. Argentina's President Javier Milei -- who has used a chainsaw as a symbol of his own push to ...