This is Beirut, 09/07 14:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Sean "Diddy" Combs will be sentenced on October 3 for his conviction on prostitution-related charges, following a split verdict that saw him acquitted for crimes that carried more serious punishment. The music mogul was found not guilty of sweeping racketeering and sex trafficking charges after the marathon trial in which he was accused of ...
This is Beirut, 03/06 21:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon launched its first court sessions inside Roumieh Prison on Tuesday. This marks a significant move aimed at accelerating legal proceedings and addressing severe prison overcrowding. Minister of Justice Adel Nassar confirmed the launching in a statement, following a joint visit with Minister of Interior and Municipalities Ahmad al-Hajjar to ...
This is Beirut, 02/06 21:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon Judiciary Appointments Transfers Justice
Now meeting in full capacity, Lebanon’s Higher Judicial Council is preparing to launch the long-awaited process of judicial transfers and appointments. “Discussions on the matter have already begun, with the Council emphasizing its commitment to objective criteria based on competence, integrity and the actual needs of the judiciary. The goal ...
This is Beirut, 27/05 10:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Literature Salman Rushdie Justice US London Culture
Salman Rushdie said Monday he was "pleased" with the maximum 25-year jail sentence handed to a man who tried to kill him with a knife at a New York cultural center in 2022. "I was pleased that he got the maximum available, and hopefully he uses it to reflect upon his deeds," Rushdie told BBC radio in an interview. Hadi Matar was sentenced to 25 ...
This is Beirut, 16/05 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Salman Rushdie Writer Iran Culture Art Justice
Hadi Matar will be sentenced on Friday for trying to kill novelist Salman Rushdie in a 2022 knife attack at a New York cultural center. Hadi Matar, 27, faces up to 25 years in prison after being convicted of attempted murder and assault charges in February this year. During the trial, Rushdie told jurors about Matar "stabbing and slashing" him ...
This is Beirut, 22/04 05:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
United States Harvard University Justice
Harvard sued US President Donald Trump's administration Monday in a sharp escalation of the fight between the prestigious university and the Republican, who has threatened its funding and sought to impose outside political supervision. Trump has sought to bring several prestigious universities to heel over claims they tolerated campus ...
This is Beirut, 17/04 15:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
US Justice Politics Education Immigration
More than 130 international students across the United States have joined a federal lawsuit accusing the Trump administration of unlawfully canceling their visas, jeopardizing their legal status in the country, court documents show. The students allege the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency abruptly and illegally terminated their status ...
This is Beirut, 17/04 05:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
United States California Government Justice Tariffs
California is suing the federal government over Donald Trump's on-again-off-again tariffs, the governor and attorney general said Wednesday, claiming the American president does not have the right to impose them. The move marks the strongest pushback yet against a tariff roll-out that has sent global stock markets into meltdown, and left ...
This is Beirut, 08/04 05:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
United States Justice Supreme Court Migrants
The US Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump a victory on Monday by lifting a lower court order barring the deportation of undocumented Venezuelan migrants using an obscure wartime law. But the nation's top court also said that migrants subject to deportation under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act must be given an opportunity to legally ...
This is Beirut, 28/03 05:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
United States Justice Security Huthis
A US judge ordered Donald Trump's administration on Thursday to preserve messages from a chat group used by top national security officials to discuss plans for an attack on Yemen's Huthi rebels. The ruling adds to the pressure on the White House after the Atlantic magazine revealed that its editor had been accidentally added to the group ...
This is Beirut, 27/03 05:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
United States El Salvador Venezuela Immigration Justice
US President Donald Trump's homeland security chief on Wednesday visited the mega-prison in El Salvador where hundreds of Venezuelan migrants have been deported under contested legal grounds. Standing in front of a cell of inmates who were stripped to the waist, revealing their tattooed torsos, Kristi Noem recorded a message telling others ...
This is Beirut, 27/03 03:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
United States Immigration Justice Donald Trump
A US appeals court on Wednesday denied a bid by the Trump administration to lift a lower court order barring summary deportations of Venezuelan migrants using an obscure wartime law. A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals voted 2-1 to temporarily keep in place the ban on deportations carried out under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act ...