Source: AFP
Security & Justice
Can Lebanon Overcome the Lingering Threat of Landmines and Unexploded Ordnance?
A year after the guns fell largely silent along Lebanon’s southern frontier, the war is still killing — quietly, indiscriminately, and often unseen.
Tuesday, January 13, 2026
Judge Blocks Legal Case Against Beirut Blast Investigator
A Lebanese judge has ruled to halt legal proceedings against Beirut port blast investigator Tarek Bitar, a decision that could clear the way for him to fully resume his stalled probe into one of the deadliest non-nuclear explosions in history.
Thursday, January 8, 2026
Opinion
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
To Project Power, and Disarm Hezbollah, Lebanese State Needs Guns and Butter
The military checkpoint south of Sidon is flanked by armored vehicles mounted with machine guns and concrete blocks painted in the colors of the red and white Lebanese flag, with a green cedar tree.
Tuesday, December 9, 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
Monday 14 March 2022 21:13:21
Instagram No Longer Accessible in Russia
Instagram was no longer accessible in Russia on Monday after its parent company Meta was accused by Moscow of allowing calls for violence against Russians on its platforms.
Instagram’s app was not refreshing without a VPN connection on Monday, AFP journalists said. The social network also appeared on a list of online resources with “restricted access” published by Russia’s media regulator Roskomnadzor.
