England beats Wales 3-0 to cruise into knockouts
England will face Senegal in the Round of 16 in the World Cup after beating Wales 3-0 to qualify as winners of Group B. Marcus Rashford's brace and another strike from Phil Foden gave England a...
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USA beats Iran 1-0 to reach knockouts
Christian Pulisic fired the United States into the Round of 16 in the World Cup on Tuesday as the Americans downed Iran 1-0 in their politically charged grudge match. Chelsea star Pulisic bundled...
29 November 2022
Iran players sing national anthem before USA match
Iran's players sang their national anthem, albeit without enthusiasm, before their World Cup match with the USA on Tuesday. The Iranians opted not to sing the anthem before...
29 November 2022
Algerian police release dissident writer
One of Algeria's most prominent writers, Lazhari Labter, announced Tuesday that he had been set free, days after he was arrested for reasons that remain unclear. The...
29 November 2022
Koulibaly sinks Ecuador to fire Senegal into World Cup knockouts
Kalidou Koulibaly sent Senegal into the World Cup knockouts for the second time in their history in Tuesday's dramatic 2-1 win over Ecuador. The Netherlands' victory over Qatar meant only a win...
29 November 2022
Netherlands defeats Qatar to reach the knockouts
Cody Gakpo scored again as the Netherlands booked their place in the World Cup Round of 16 as group winners with a straightforward 2-0 victory over hosts Qatar on Tuesday....
29 November 2022
Belgian citizen imprisoned in Iran on hunger strike
A Belgian aid worker detained in Iran is on a hunger strike over the "inhuman" treatment by his captors, his family said on Tuesday, expressing worries about his failing health....
29 November 2022
Khamenei criticizes Iraqi PM over security
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei cast doubt on Baghdad's commitment to secure their common border during talks in Tehran on Tuesday with new Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia...
29 November 2022
Syrian Kurdish forces urge Russia to stop Turkish offensive
Kurdish-led forces in northern Syria have called on Russia to dissuade Turkey from launching a threatened ground offensive against them, their commander said on Tuesday....
29 November 2022
Torrents of water flood roads in Kesrouan and Jbeil
New rains, new flooded roads in Lebanon. Several streets were flooded by torrents of muddy water on Tuesday in Jounieh and Kfar Hbab, in Kesrouan, and in Jbeil. Floods have become recurrent in...
Suzanne BAAKLINI with the web department, 29 November 2022
The LOL Association
The dangerous walk across the Gouraud-Georges Haddad crossroads, a car vortex at the intersection of a street and a highway, projects me into another dimension, a non-city made of vast empty...
Camille AMMOUN, 29 November 2022
Vaccination campaign launches in Lebanon's nursing homes
A vaccination campaign against cholera, planned by the Ministry of Health, was launched in nursing homes and rehabilitation centers across Lebanon on Tuesday, according to the state-run National...
29 November 2022
Iran vs US: In Beirut, it’s a game about politics in a tournament about football
BEIRUT — “Football is war minus the shooting,” George Orwell famously mused. No game will illustrate this sentiment more than when ferocious foes Iran and the United States face off on the highest...
Farah-Silvana Kanaan, 29 November 2022
Finance Ministry issues guidelines for civil servant raises
Caretaker Finance Minister Youssef Khalil issued a decision in recent days setting out the guidelines for increasing the salaries of civil servants and other contract employees in the...
29 November 2022
Iraq PM, Iran president vow to fight 'terror'
Tehran and Baghdad on Tuesday identified fighting "terrorism," maintaining mutual security and extending economic cooperation as key priorities during the new Iraqi prime minister's first official...
29 November 2022
World Cup pitch invader defends 'breaking the rules'
The Italian who ran onto the World Cup pitch wearing a T-shirt in support of Ukraine and Iranian women is a football player with a history of similar stunts. Mario Ferri,...
29 November 2022
Generators: Kilowatt-hour price slightly up in November
BEIRUT — The Ministry of Energy and Water has set the price per kilowatt-hour (kWh) of energy produced by private generators in Beirut and lower altitude areas in November at LL17,585, an increase...
29 November 2022
‘Illegal decision,’ ‘police state’: ISF chief’s memo sparks criticism
Is the fundamental right to freedom now in danger in Lebanon? An unprecedented decision taken in September by the Director General of the Internal Security Forces Imad Osman, and recently revealed...
Claude ASSAF, 29 November 2022
Depositor, aged 87, collects $5,500 after a sit-in at her bank in Beirut
An 87-year-old depositor who held a long sit-in at a Bank Audi in the Selim Salam neighborhood in Beirut on Tuesday to claim her own funds left around 7:30 pm after collecting approximately $5,500...
29 November 2022
All regions experienced water extremes in 2021: UN
All regions of the world saw water extremes last year — both floods and droughts — and billions of people had insufficient freshwater, the United Nations said on Tuesday....
29 November 2022
Diesel and gasoline prices fall, household gas price rises
BEIRUT — The Energy Ministry announced on Tuesday a decrease in diesel, gasoline and fuel oil prices, and a slight increase in the price of household gas. Here are the new prices: • Twenty...
29 November 2022
Armed clashes resume in Burj Brajneh camp
BEIRUT — Armed clashes resumed Tuesday evening in the Palestinian refugee camp of Burj Brajneh, in the southern suburbs of Beirut. Many residents of the area evacuated their homes. Earlier in the...
29 November 2022
BDL extends circular 161 until end of December
BEIRUT — Banque du Liban on Tuesday again extended the validity of Circular 161, meaning it will remain in force until the end of December. The circular was originally released on Dec. 16 last...
29 November 2022
Lira hits new record low, approaching LL41,000 against the US dollar
The Lebanese lira hit a new low on Tuesday, approaching of LL41,000 to the US dollar on the parallel market. The national currency's latest plummet comes as Lebanese authorities still have not...
29 November 2022
Qatar announces first major gas deal for Germany
Qatar on Tuesday announced its first major deal to send liquefied natural gas to Germany as Europe scrambles to find alternatives to Russian energy sources. Qatar's Energy Minister Saad Sherida...
29 November 2022
UN stresses the 'urgency' of electing a new Lebanese president
UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Joanna Wronecka said on Tuesday that the Security Council insists on the "urgency" of electing a new president in Lebanon. Lebanon has been facing a total...
29 November 2022
LGBTQ Israelis cry foul over coalition deal with far-right MP
Israel's LGBTQ community expressed rage Monday after Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu signed a coalition deal granting a "homophobic" far-right lawmaker Avi Maoz a cabinet post....
29 November 2022
Questions over cabinet’s powers, MPs file budget appeal, nursing home cholera outbreak: Everything you need to know to start your Tuesday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. “The constitution allows me to convene meetings of the cabinet, and I will do so,” caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati said...
29 November 2022
At least 448 killed in Iran protest crackdown: rights group
Iranian security forces have killed at least 448 people in a crackdown on protests that began in mid-September, over half in ethnic minority regions, a rights group announced on Tuesday. Of the...
29 November 2022
Four Palestinians dead, woman wounded as West Bank violence flares
Israeli troops shot dead three Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, Palestinian officials said, before a suspected car-ramming attacker was killed after seriously wounding a woman,...
