Argentina, Poland progress to last 16
Lionel Messi's Argentina beat Poland 2-0 on Wednesday to top World Cup Group C and reach the last 16 as the Poles also progressed on goal difference. Mexico beat Saudi...
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Iran summons envoy after France condemns 'repression'
Iran's foreign ministry summoned the French ambassador on Wednesday following a unanimous vote by lawmakers in Paris earlier this week condemning the infringement of liberties and women's...
30 November 2022
Iranian killed celebrating World Cup loss to US
An Iranian man was shot dead by the security forces after celebrating when the United States eliminated his country's national team from the World Cup, rights groups said Wednesday....
30 November 2022
Australia downs Denmark to advancement to knockouts, France upset
Australia beat Denmark 1-0 to reach the Round of 16 of the World Cup for the second time in their history on Tuesday. A 60th-minute goal from Mathew Leckie secured a...
30 November 2022
Israeli forces kill Palestinian in army raid
Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian on Wednesday in the occupied West Bank during a raid to arrest a suspect, medical and military officials said. The latest violence...
30 November 2022
Syrian-British depositor claims second legal victory over Lebanese banks
Gorges Gabriel Bitar, a Syrian-British national, won a lawsuit launched in February 2021 against the Banque Libano-Française (BLF) — a second triumph for the depositor who previously won a lawsuit...
Julien RICOUR-BRASSEUR, 30 November 2022
Parliament to convene to discuss corruption charges in Telecoms Ministry
Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri has called a parliamentary session next Wednesday, Dec. 7 at 11 a.m. to discuss allegations of corruption in Lebanon's telecom sector, including lack of...
30 November 2022
Islamic State group announces death of leader
The Islamic State jihadist group said Wednesday that its leader Abu Hasan al-Hashimi al-Quraishi has been killed in battle and announced a replacement. A spokesman for the group said Hashimi, an...
30 November 2022
Oueidat to Osman: Police must get instructions from the prosecution
Court of Cassation Public Prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat sent a missive Tuesday to Internal Security Forces head Imad Osman saying police have a “duty” await instructions from the prosecution, in...
Claude ASSAF, 30 November 2022
Protest-hit Iran arrests another female journalist
Iran has arrested a third female journalist from the reformist newspaper Shargh against the backdrop of nationwide protests sparked by the death of young Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini, the daily said...
30 November 2022
Why Tehran is attacking Iranian Kurds amid countrywide protests
Videos speak of a country in armed conflict. This is what outside observers receive from inside Iran’s Kurdish provinces, when the Internet connection is back.“We are at war,” said Shukriya...
Emmanuel HADDAD, 30 November 2022
Israel blasts Netflix over 'terrible' film on 1948 war
An Israeli minister on Wednesday condemned Netflix over a decision to stream a Jordanian film depicting alleged atrocities against Palestinians during the 1948 conflict that coincided with Israel's...
30 November 2022
Syria set to release Lebanese imprisoned following migrant boat shipwreck
BEIRUT — Syrian authorities are set to release a shipwreck survivor who was imprisoned after a boat carrying migrants departed Lebanon and sank off the coast of Tartus on Sept. 22, killing more...
30 November 2022
Vienna welcomes Iran's release of Austrian for medical treatment
Vienna on Wednesday welcomed the release of an Austrian citizen from prison in Iran to receive medical treatment. Massud Mossaheb, a 76-year-old Austrian citizen of Iranian...
30 November 2022
Lebanese lira hits new record low of LL41,000 against US dollar
The Lebanese lira on Wednesday reached a new low on the parallel market, trading at LL41,000 to the US dollar. The new record comes as the country's authorities still have not adopted reforms...
30 November 2022
Iran sentences four people to death for 'cooperating' with Israeli intelligence
DUBAI — Four people were sentenced to death on Wednesday by Iran's judiciary for allegedly cooperating with the Israeli intelligence service and committing kidnappings, the semi-official Mehr news...
30 November 2022
Three teens among 15 Iranians facing death penalty: judiciary
Three Iranian teenagers are among 15 people who could face the death penalty over the killing of a pro-government paramilitary force member, the judiciary said Wednesday....
30 November 2022
Turkey says Sweden's steps for NATO bid positive but not enough
Turkey said on Wednesday Sweden's new government was more determined to address Ankara's security concerns in return for NATO membership but called for "concrete steps." ...
30 November 2022
Is Kataeb embarrassed by its meeting with Hezbollah?
What were the Kataeb doing in the southern suburb of Beirut? The question arose since information leaked to the press about a purported closed-door meeting last week between Serge Dagher, the...
Salah Hijazi, 30 November 2022
Israel's Ben-Gvir squabbles with military chief about ethics
JERUSALEM — An Israeli far-right politician set to take a key security post in Benjamin Netanyahu's emerging government traded barbs on Wednesday with the military chief over the jailing of a...
30 November 2022
LGBTQ community can visit Qatar, but don't try to change us — minister
BERLIN — Members of the LGBTQ community can go to the World Cup in Qatar but the West cannot "dictate" to Qataris what they should believe, Qatar's energy minister told Germany's Bild newspaper....
30 November 2022
Iran arrests actors behind defiant no-headscarves video: rights group
Iranian authorities have arrested the two actors behind a viral video where a group of film and theater figures stood silently without headscarves in solidarity with the protest movement, a rights...
30 November 2022
Berri calls for a parliamentary session next Wednesday over telecoms corruption probe
BEIRUT — Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Wednesday called for a parliamentary session at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 7, to discuss allegations of corruption in the telecommunications dossier. In...
30 November 2022
Civil Defense brings fire in shipping containers at Beirut port under control
BEIRUT — A fire, which broke out in shipping containers at the Port of Beirut on Wednesday at midday, has been brought under control by the Civil Defense, the service announced via Twitter and...
30 November 2022
From portraits of trees to a digital fountain
BEIRUT — Denizens of Instagram may have encountered the work of Ieva Saudargaité Douaihi through a portrait series she’s shot of notable Beirut trees. The subject is an intriguing one, since the...
Jim Quilty, 30 November 2022
Saudi's ACWA Power, PIF unit to develop largest solar plant in Middle East
DUBAI — Saudi Arabia's private utility ACWA Power and a unit of the kingdom's sovereign wealth fund Public Investment Fund (PIF) on Wednesday signed agreements to develop the largest solar power...
30 November 2022
Depositor, whose wife has cancer, holds up bank in Chehim
BEIRUT — An unarmed depositor, whose wife is a cancer patient, held up Crédit Libanais' Chehim (Chouf) branch on Wednesday, to claim his own funds and settle his wife's health care expenses, Moussa...
Sally Abou AlJoud, 30 November 2022
Resilience and a sense of pride drive Lebanese in the US
WASHINGTON — “I wanted to understand why these Lebanese have succeeded in the United States and how they perceive their success.” Elissa Haddad, a researcher at the University of San Diego, said...
Pauline M. KARROUM, 30 November 2022
Qatar official says '400-500' died on World Cup projects
Qatar's top World Cup official said Tuesday that more than 400 migrant workers died in labor accidents in the country in the years leading up to the tournament. Hassan...
30 November 2022
US has reduced partnered patrols with SDF in northern Syria
WASHINGTON — The United States has reduced the number of partnered patrols in northern Syria with Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the Pentagon said on Tuesday, after Turkish strikes in the region...
30 November 2022
US-backed force in Syria wants 'stronger' US warning for Turkey
BEIRUT — The head of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Tuesday he still feared a Turkish ground invasion despite US assurances and has demanded a "stronger" message from...
30 November 2022
Expanded police powers, 87-year-old leads bank sit-in, flooded highways: Everything you need to know to start your Wednesday
“The Interior Security Forces director [Imad Osman] granted all the powers of the Public Prosecutor’s Office to the judicial police,” a legal expert said, criticizing an expansion of police...
30 November 2022
Amid economic crisis, long-forgotten artistries come back to life in Lebanon
It is midday in this popular neighborhood on the outskirts of Beirut, a stone's throw from the trendy streets of Mar Mikhael. Unlike the once-lively shopping areas of Hamra and the city...
