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Security & Justice
U.S. Approves Potential $35 Million Arms Sale to Lebanese Army
The United States has authorized a potential arms sale to Lebanon worth approximately $35 million, a move aimed at strengthening the Lebanese Armed Forces’ mobility and operational readiness, the Pentagon announced on Tuesday.
Wednesday, December 17, 2025
New UK Travel Advisory Maps High-Risk Zones Across Lebanon
The British government has updated its travel guidance for Lebanon, sharply warning that travel to many parts of the country is unsafe and urging citizens to reconsider plans that are not essential. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) detailed specific neighbourhoods and regions where travel is either strongly discouraged or should be avoided entirely due to ongoing security risks.
Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Opinion
Civilians at the Table Means Lebanese State Is Now on Trial
Civilians will join formal talks for the first time since the creation of the Lebanon–Israel ceasefire mechanism. Lebanon is sending former ambassador Simon Karam; Israel is dispatching its National Security Council’s Uri Resnick.
Friday, December 5, 2025
What Can Restore the Lebanese Christians' Faith in Their Country?
Pope Leo XIV visited Lebanon this week, the third visit by a supreme pontiff to the country since John Paul II in 1997 and Benedict in 2012 (Pope Paul VI stopped very briefly in 1964, on his way to India). The fact that Lebanon is the site of the Pope’s first foreign visit (with Turkey) is significant. The country holds the highest percentage of Christians in the Arab world.
Thursday, December 4, 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 6 March 2024 18:23:41
On This Day In Space: March 5, 1982: Soviet Venera 14 Probe Lands On Venus
On March 5, 1982, the Soviet Union's Venera 14 spacecraft landed on Venus!
Venera 14 launched just five days after its identical twin, Venera 13. Both space probes spent four months traveling to Venus, and Venera 13 arrived a few days earlier.
Venera 14 parachuted down to the surface of Venus and collected data on the atmosphere the whole way down. It landed about 600 miles away from Venera 13 and started beaming back images from the surface of Venus — but not for long.
The high pressure and temperature at Venus killed Venera 14 in under an hour.
