Christiane Tager, 24/04 15:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Christiane Tager Since the beginning of the year, gold has been on a rollercoaster ride, swinging between sharp rallies and sudden pullbacks. On April 22, gold soared more than 2% in a single day—only to face an unexpected correction less than 24 hours later. This dramatic back-and-forth raises a pressing question: what’s happening in ...
Kaline Antoun, 24/04 12:30 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
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After nine years of waiting, municipal elections will be held starting early next month. This vote carries strategic importance, as it precedes the parliamentary elections by a year and serves as a political barometer, particularly in the Shia regions of Lebanon, which have been affected by the repercussions of the war between Hezbollah and ...
This is Beirut, 24/04 11:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Tensions along the Lebanese-Israeli border continued to escalate Thursday following an Israeli drone strike on a prefabricated room in the southern town of Mays al-Jabal, which injured paramedic Osama Farhat, a member of the Islamic Mission Scouts. In a separate incident, remains of two individuals in the vicinity of Deir Saryan in the Nabatiyeh ...
This is Beirut, 23/04 22:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking Wednesday at an annual Holocaust commemoration, said Iran was an existential threat and warned that "the fate of all humanity" was at stake if it acquired nuclear arms. Netanyahu was speaking at the start of Israel's Holocaust Remembrance Day, which commemorates the murder of six million Jews ...
This is Beirut, 23/04 20:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Israeli military has intensified its operations against Hezbollah in recent days, targeting operatives and infrastructure in a continued effort to prevent the group’s reconstruction, according to a statement by Israeli Army Arabic spokesperson Avichay Adraee. In a post on X on Wednesday, Adraee said, “The Israeli army continues its ...
This is Beirut, 23/04 18:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Hamas's armed wing released a video Wednesday showing an Israeli-Hungarian hostage walking through a tunnel in Gaza and lighting a candle to mark his birthday. In the nearly three-minute clip published by the Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades, the hostage—who identifies himself as Omri Miran—addresses the camera in Hebrew. His ...
This is Beirut, 23/04 16:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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In a firm assertion of Lebanon’s national sovereignty, Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji announced, on Wednesday, that the state will move decisively to ensure that all weapons are under its sole authority, reaffirming that decisions of war and peace rest exclusively with the Lebanese government. Speaking at the 163rd session of the Arab League ...
This is Beirut, 23/04 15:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Wednesday urged Hamas to free all hostages in Gaza, saying their captivity provided Israel with "excuses" to attack the territory, as rescuers recovered charred bodies from an Israeli strike. At least 18 people were killed across the Gaza Strip by Israeli strikes, while Germany, France and Britain urged ...
This is Beirut, 23/04 12:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Germany, France and Britain on Wednesday called on Israel to stop blocking humanitarian aid into Gaza, warning of "an acute risk of starvation, epidemic disease and death". "This must end," their foreign ministers said in a joint statement. "We urge Israel to immediately re-start a rapid and unimpeded flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza in order to ...
This is Beirut, 23/04 11:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Despite widespread speculation about a weakening of Hezbollah’s military presence, the group remains active in southern Lebanon and is working to rebuild its military infrastructure, according to a report published by the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth. Since the start of the ceasefire on November 27, 2024, Israeli operations in Lebanon have ...
This is Beirut, 23/04 11:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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A residential building collapsed on Tuesday afternoon near the Tayouneh roundabout in southern Beirut, prompting urgent warnings from the Lebanese Real Estate Association about the country’s deteriorating infrastructure. According to Civil Defense officials, the building gave way due to structural cracks caused by repeated Israeli airstrikes ...
This is Beirut, 23/04 09:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump's return to power has emboldened Israeli leaders' push to increase military presence in Gaza and reinvigorated right-wing ambitions to annex the occupied West Bank, experts say. After a phone call Tuesday with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump said on social media: "We are on the same ...