Source: Sky News
Lebanon has stepped up efforts to secure the extradition of Russian national Igor Grechushkin, owner of the ship RHOSUS that carried the ammonium nitrate linked to the 2020 Beirut port explosion, dispatching Judge Mirna Kallas of the Public Prosecution Office at the Court of Cassation to Bulgaria to provide formal assurances that he will not face the death penalty if returned to Lebanon.
Monday, October 6, 2025
Fadel Shaker, a Lebanese pop singer turned wanted militant, surrendered to the military intelligence service on Saturday, more than a decade after fleeing justice over his alleged role in deadly clashes between militants and the Lebanese army in 2013.
Monday, October 6, 2025
Nearly a year after the end of Syria’s civil war and the fall of the Assad dictatorship, the country has embarked on a long and complex reconstruction process. The destruction is staggering: entire neighborhoods lie in rubble and basic infrastructure (roads, power grids, and water systems) has collapsed, and public institutions are dysfunctional. Millions of Syrians remain displaced inside and outside the country, schools and hospitals are incapacitated, and what remains of the economy is crippled by unemployment, inflation, and the lingering impact of sanctions (even as many have lately been eased). Ongoing sectarian violence and a deepening humanitarian disaster, with more than 14.5 million Syrians facing food insecurity, compound the crisis. As the international community re-engages in Syria, reconstruction will require many hundreds of billions of dollars in aid and investment as well as assistance to restore governance, security, and stability.
Thursday, September 25, 2025
Recently, during the session of a Lebanese parliamentary committee on a new election law, two of the country’s Shiite parliamentarians, one from Hezbollah and the second from the Amal Movement, floated an idea the government in Beirut should examine closely. The two MPs, Ali Fayyad and Ali Hassan Al Khalil, called for reform of the political system and full implementation of all the stipulations of the Taif Accord of 1989 – the agreement that ended Lebanon’s civil war and sought to update its confessional political model.
Wednesday, September 24, 2025
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
Former Brazil and Real Madrid defender Marcelo has announced his retirement from football, bringing the curtain down on a trophy-laden career that included five UEFA Champions League triumphs.
Friday, February 7, 2025
Wednesday 21 December 2022 15:13:00
Twitter users will no longer be able to link to a number of rival social media websites, including Facebook, Instagram and Mastodon.
On Sunday, Twitter Support tweeted that it will "no longer allow free promotion of certain social media platforms on Twitter".
"Specifically, we will remove accounts created solely for the purpose of promoting other social platforms and content that contains links or usernames for the following platforms: Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Truth Social, Tribel, Nostr and Post," it added.
The post said it would still allow people to "cross-post content from any social media platform".
And "links or usernames to social media platforms not listed above", such as Parler, TikTok or LinkedIn, are still permitted, it said.
Twitter did not explain why the blacklist included those seven websites but not others.
The practice of linking to other social media platforms is so widespread that it was not immediately clear if - or how - the company would enforce the restrictions.
Twitter also said it was banning promotions of third-party social media link aggregators such as Linktree.
Several users accused Musk of not respecting the values of free speech, with many joking he does "only when it suits him".
On Friday he was forced to reinstate the accounts of several journalists he had removed for publishing private data about his plane.
Government officials and advocacy groups condemned the move to close the journalists' accounts, one of many that has caused controversy since Musk took over.
His tenure began by firing top officials and half the global workforce and has so far seen several U-turns on the paid-for 'Twitter blue' service.
Last week Twitter disbanded its Trust and Safety Council, a volunteer group formed in 2016 to advise the social media platform on key decisions.
Mastodon has grown rapidly in recent weeks as an alternative for those Twitter users who are dissatisfied with the Tesla founder's overhaul of Twitter since he bought the platform for $44bn in late October.
Twitter said it would still allow "paid advertisement/promotion" from the otherwise banned platforms.
On Sunday, Musk, who is also the chief executive of Tesla, tweeted to say he was at the World Cup final in Doha.
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