Funding cuts and Israel's war have left Palestinians in Lebanon in increasingly dire circumstances.
Microsoft services including Outlook, Teams and Copilot suffered a worldwide outage on Thursday, disrupting access for tens of thousands of users across 74 countries and territories. The company blamed elevated infrastructure loads and said it was working to restore services, but recovery remained limited hours later.
Longtime Sunni politician and Iran critic was reportedly strangled in Beirut, sparking investigation.
One of France's top war photographers, who has a 50-year CV of taking pictures in and around conflicts across the planet, has spoken to FRANCE 24 about his concerns that people have lost faith in the press. He notes that journalists are only looking for the truth. Patrick Chauvel has produced nearly 380,000 photographs, from Vietnam to Cambodia, from Afghanistan to Palestine, from Lebanon to Ukraine. He says he wants to take people by the hand to show them how the press works and why.
In Lebanon, more than 360,000 people are still displaced after months of war between Israel and Hezbollah, according to the UN. Along the border, the Israeli army claims to be fighting the Iran-backed militant group but now occupies 6 percent of Lebanese territory and is wiping entire villages off the map. In the border area, we meet families living in makeshift housing. Many fear they may never go home.
Bahrain Men and Lebanon Women have claimed the inaugural titles of the Asia Rugby Emirates Sevens Trophy.
Lebanese wheat production hit by war as farmlands face severe destruction in the south and Bekaa Valley.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald have clashed over the potential deployment of Irish troops to Lebanon amid renewed debate over the Government's plans to remove the Triple Lock.
Gianni Infantino’s re-election as president of Fifa is “a foregone conclusion”, Asian Football Confederation (AFC) vice-president Hashem Haidar said on Monday. Haidar, who is also president of the Lebanese Football Federation, said at the unveiling of a new Fifa Arena pitch in the village of Shanay near the town of Aley, east of Beirut, that “we fully and publicly support” the divisive head of the game’s global governing body. Infantino, who was in Lebanon for Monday’s event, faced stinging...
Ben Sulayem to end age limits for FIA representatives - report
FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem is planning to end age limits for office holders in motorsport's governing body.
Watch Tonga v Lebanon as the two sides battle for a place in the Rugby League World Cup semi-finals (Paul Kane/Getty Images) Can Tonga move one step closer to a place in the Rugby League World Cup knockout stages? Watch Tonga v Lebanon as Tonga look to build on their winning start, and move one step closer to a …Continue reading »
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