Lebanon ex-PM Najib Mikati under French fraud investigation

French investigators have opened an investigation into Lebanon's former prime minister Najib Mikati, whose billionaire fortune is under the scrutiny of anti-corruption campaigners, a source at the French prosecutor’s office told The National. The...

A year on: Lebanese survivors of pager attacks still recovering

Iranians place carnations and a poster of 9-year-old Fatma Abdullah, who was killed in the attacks, in front of the Lebanese Embassy in Tehran, Iran [Getty] Zainab Mustarah once spent her days running an events planning firm in Beirut. But for the...

A year on, Lebanese maimed in Israel’s pager attacks on long road to recovery

By Laila Bassam and Emilie Madi BEIRUT (Reuters) -Zainab Mustarah once spent her days running an events planning firm in Beirut. But for the last year, she has been in and out of surgery to save the remnants of her right hand and both eyes, maimed...

From domination to extermination: Israel’s military industry and strategy since 1948

First published at Phenomenal World. Israel is one of the most militarized countries in the world. The Israel Defense Forces, and the broader landscape of Israeli security forces, are the core around which the country’s institutions, financial...

Lebanon says busts international drug network, seizes hashish, captagon

Lebanese Interior Minister Ahmad al-Hajjar said Monday that authorities dismantled a network that was preparing to smuggle hashish and the illicit stimulant captagon to Saudi Arabia, APA reports, citing Al Arabiya. Lebanon has faced pressure from...

Lebanon busts international drug network, seizes hashish, captagon

by Naharnet Newsdesk 15 September 2025, 14:15 Interior Minister Ahmad al-Hajjar said Monday that authorities dismantled a network that was preparing to smuggle hashish and the illicit stimulant captagon to Saudi Arabia. Lebanon has faced pressure...

Russian shipowner arrested five years after huge Beirut explosion

Struggle For Water Continues Following Israeli Attacks on Lebanon

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Bulgaria arrests Russian owner of ship at centre of Beirut port blast that killed 218

Published on 15/09/2025 - 20:47 GMT+2 The Russian owner of a cargo ship linked to a supply of ammonium nitrate at the centre of the massive Beirut port explosion in 2020 has been arrested in Bulgaria, Lebanese judicial officials said on Monday....

Manufacturing Excuses: Why Does David Ignatius Give Apologizing for Israeli Atrocities?

“Israel’s strike on Hamas’s political leadership in Qatar’s capital, aimed at forcing an end to the Gaza war, looks like a rare Israeli tactical mistake.” – David Ignatius, “Doha attack narrows Israel’s options in Gaza war,” Washington Post,...

Groundbreaking Set for New Coca-Cola Facility in Lebanon County

Construction is set to begin on a new Coca-Cola facility in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, with a groundbreaking ceremony scheduled for Wednesday (September 17). The 240,000-square-foot sales and distribution center, located at 12 Ritter Way in...

Deschutes Brewery, Keith Manufacturing among Coolest Things Made in Oregon

Published 12:00 pm Tuesday, September 16, 2025 Deschutes Brewery’s Black Butte Porter, a Bend firefighting bucket and Madras-based Keith Manufacturing walking truck floor were named among 16 finalists of the Coolest Things Made in Oregon contest,...

Bills and illnesses: The high cost of Lebanon's power shortage

Report by Lara El Hachem, English adaptation by Yasmine Jaroudi In most countries, electricity is a basic right, but in Lebanon, it has long been a luxury. Despite decades of promises to provide round-the-clock power, Lebanese citizens remain...

UNIFIL donates over 100 vehicles and equipment to Lebanese Army in support boost

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) handed over more than 100 vehicles and other equipment to the Lebanese Armed Forces on Tuesday, in a ceremony aimed at strengthening the army’s operational and logistical capacities. The...

areeba Partners With Entrust to Become First-to-Market With Google Pay™ Enablement in Lebanon

Entrust, a global leader in identity-centric security solutions, today announced the expansion of its strategic partnership with areeba, a global leader in payment infrastructure. Now, areeba’s bank and fintech customers can enable Google Pay for...

Overlooked Glasgow restaurant in the running for best Lebanese kebab spot in the UK

In Glasgow, we are spoiled for choice for incredible restaurants with a range of global cuisines on offer. Our city has always welcomed people from around the world, and with them some incredible foods, and one often overlooked restaurant is now...

Bulgaria Arrests Man Who Leased the Ship Connected to Devastating 2020 Beirut Explosion

Bulgarian authorities have arrested a man who held the lease on the ship that brought thousands of tons of chemicals to Beirut, where they exploded in 2020 while in storage at the port, causing catastrophic damage and killing more than 200 people....

Shady owner of ‘floating bomb’ ship behind devastating Beirut blast that killed 218 is ARRESTED on Interpol Red Notice

A RUSSIAN businessman who has been accused of abandoning a shipload of explosives that killed 218 people in Beirut has been arrested. Igor Grechushkin, 48, was detained in Bulgaria after being held on an Interpol Red Notice for his vessel linked...

Owner of ship linked to Beirut port blast arrested in Bulgaria

Bulgarian police have arrested the Russian owner of the ship that transported ammonium nitrate to Beirut in 2013, seven years before the catastrophic 2020 port explosion. Igor Grechushkin, owner of the cargo vessel Rhosus, has been detained in...

The “Fat Boy Posse’s” Impending Attack on Iran

Mesopotamia. Babylon. The Tigris and Euphrates. How many children in how many classrooms, over how many centuries, have been hang-glided through the past, transported on the wings of these words? And now the bombs are falling, incinerating and...