Source: Agence France Presse
Security & Justice
Israel Strikes Hezbollah Targets Across Lebanon's Bekaa
The Israeli military said it carried out airstrikes on Hezbollah targets in western Bekaa on Thursday, describing the attacks as a response to what it called the group’s “repeated violations of the ceasefire.”
Thursday, January 15, 2026
Former Central Bank Governor Faces Charges in High-Profile Embezzlement Case
The Beirut Indictment Commission charged former central bank governor Riad Salameh in the high-profile “Consulting Account” case, accusing him of embezzling nearly $44 million and referring him to criminal court for trial.
Tuesday, January 13, 2026
Opinion
Pirates, Not Sailors: How Hezbollah Navigates Lebanon
Naim Qassem appeared this Sunday in his familiar, grating manner – stern, sermonizing, and entirely predictable. The tone was defiant, the vocabulary recycled, the certainties absolute. Yet for all its length and theatrical confidence, the speech was as hollow as Hezbollah’s long-claimed commitment to “protecting Lebanon.” What was presented as reassurance sounded instead like repetition without substance, conviction without credibility, and certainty divorced from reality.
Tuesday, December 30, 2025
Lebanon Must Pick the Abraham Accords over the Muslim Brotherhood
Lebanon must pick a side in the regional map of alliances. One seeks peace, prosperity and higher standards of living for all and consists of the United Arab Emirates, Israel, Bahrain, and Morocco, enshrined by the Abraham Accords. The rival alliance—Qatar, its ATM, and Turkey, its NATO muscle, as well as Syria, Algeria, and Tunisia—dismisses Western systems of governance as degenerate and aims to replace it with Muslim Brotherhood–style Islamist regimes.
Monday, December 15, 2025
Sports
PSV Lament Unnecessary Defeat in Champions League Clash at Juventus
PSV Eindhoven felt they should have taken more from Tuesday's Champions League away clash against Juventus where they conceded a late goal to go down 2-1 in the first leg of their Champions League knockout phase playoff tie on Tuesday.
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
Man City's 115 Charges Outcome 'in a Month' - Guardiola
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola says the club expects to learn the outcome of the hearing into its 115 charges of alleged Premier League financial rule breaches "in one month".
Saturday, February 8, 2025
Wednesday 23 October 2024 16:47:56
‘Dead and Wounded’ in ‘Terror Attack’ in Turkey’s Ankara: Minister
A huge explosion outside the headquarters of Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) near Ankara left a number of people “dead and injured,” Turkey’s interior minister said Wednesday, describing it as a “terrorist attack.”
“A terrorist attack was carried out against the Turkish Aerospace Industries... Unfortunately, we have martyrs and injured people,” Ali Yerlikaya wrote on X after local media reported a blast and shooting outside the site some 40 kilometers (25 miles) outside Ankara.
