Category: News

In his first major speech as Pentagon chief, Lloyd Austin on Friday called for developing a “new vision” for American defense in the face of emerging cyber and space threats … Read More

A number of U.S. citizens are among the dozens killed or injured in a stampede at a Jewish religious festival in Israel, a U.S. Embassy spokesperson said on Saturday.

The final phase of ending America’s “forever war” in Afghanistan after 20 years formally began Saturday, with the withdrawal of the last U.S. and NATO troops by the end of … Read More

‘You’ve got to get in a van if you want to make it in this business,’ said Ringo Starr, who recounted how the Beatles had to stack themselves like firewood … Read More

Lebanon registered 29 more coronavirus deaths and 1,001 new cases, the Health Ministry said Friday, as the country prepared to go into a three-day lockdown.

Lebanon records 29 more coronavirus deaths, 1,001 new cases

Israel on Friday was burying victims of a stampede at a Jewish pilgrimage site that killed at least 45 people, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised an investigation into one … Read More

France’s foreign minister will travel to Lebanon next week to discuss the political crisis with senior officials, two sources aware of the matter said on Friday.

Curators Nour Ouayda and Rami el Sabbagh discuss their selection of Lebanese shorts streaming at the Oberhausen International Short Film Festival, with Goethe-Institut support

The film is based on Sharrock’s own experience of studying and living in Arab countries, visiting refugee camps, and rooted in the fact that asylum-seekers are often sent to remote … Read More