Tue, 21-Oct-2025

At least 6 dead, 48 rescued after migrant ship capsizes off Lebanon

Lebanon

At least six humans died, including a girl, and nearly 50 others had been rescued after an overloaded migrant boat capsized off north Lebanon at some point of a chase by using naval forces, Lebanese officials said. The boat carrying almost 60 human beings capsized on Saturday night time near the port metropolis of Tripoli, … Read more

France problems global arrest warrant for Carlos Ghosn

Carlos Ghosn

French prosecutors issued global arrest warrants for Carlos Ghosn as well as 4 people they are saying are connected to an automobile dealer in Oman, alleging they helped the fallen vehicle titan funnel tens of millions of euros from Renault SA, in step with humans acquainted with the problem. An investigating magistrate issued 5 worldwide … Read more

Protests against a draft capital control law in Beirut

Beirut

Protests against a draft capital control bill were conducted in Beirut on Tuesday, as parliamentary committees debated the proposed legislation. Formal capital controls are a policy suggestion of the International Monetary Fund, and Lebanon intends to gain IMF assistance following the collapse of the country’s financial system in 2019, crippling the banking sector and locking … Read more

Lebanon orders Beirut silos to be demolished

Lebanon Beirut

Lebanon authorized the demolition of Beirut’s grain silos on Thursday, rejecting requests to preserve them as a memorial site following a disastrous 2020 port explosion. “We assigned the Council for Development and Reconstruction the responsibility of monitoring the demolition process,” Information Minister Ziad Makari said during a cabinet meeting, without providing a timeline. Makari stated … Read more

The pope construct an appeal for peace in Ukraine, citing a nuclear hazard

pope

Pope Francis made an grief Easter Sunday appeal  for peace within the “senseless” struggle in Ukraine and in different armed conflicts raging in the global, and noted the “troubling” threat of nuclear conflict. On what is supposed to be Christianity’s most glad day, said the  pope talking from the balcony of St. Peter’s Square “May … Read more

Lebanon to demolish blast-hit Beirut silos

Lebanon

Lebanon demanded the demolishment on Beirut’s grain silos, at risk of breakdown following a devastating 2020 port explosion, on Thursday, in spite of calls to save them as a memorial site. “We tasked the Council for Development and Reconstruction with supervising the demolition process,” said Information Minister Ziad Makari. After a cabinet official meeting, without … Read more

Lebanon’s ‘zombie banks’ downsize to weather crisis

lebanon

BEIRUT: Once the economy’s crown jewel, Lebanon’s banks are shutting branches and laying off employees in droves, resizing to the bleak reality of a crisis they are widely blamed for. Before the onset in 2019 of a financial collapse deemed one of the world’s worst since the 1850s by the World Bank, the small Mediterranean … Read more

IMF says more work needed for Lebanon deal

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WASHINGTON: After two weeks of talks, the IMF has said it has advanced efforts to secure an aid program to help Lebanon overcome its “unprecedented and complex” economic crisis, but more work is needed. The country will need fiscal reforms that ensure it can manage its debt load as well as measures to establish a … Read more

IMF will only support a ‘comprehensive programme’ for Lebanon: Georgieva

IMF

WASHINGTON: IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Thursday the fund would only support a “comprehensive programme” for Lebanon that would tackle all the country’s ills, including corruption. “Our team is working very closely with their Lebanese counterparts,” Georgieva told reporters. “We are stressing that it has to be a comprehensive program.” Lebanese officials began … Read more

TDAP organises national pavilion in Intersec Dubai 2022

TDAP

KARACHI: The Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) has organised a national pavilion with four companies to participate in Intersec Dubai 2022, a statement said. The companies included Aqsa Trading; Chaudhry Fashions; M R & Sons; and Suntex Apparel Industries while Hilton Enterprises and Rasheed Ahmed & Sons participated directly at Intersec Dubai 2022, it … Read more

Lebanon adds 6,381 COVID-19 cases, 865,229 in total

lebanon covid

BEIRUT – Lebanon on Sunday registered 6,381 new COVID-19 infections, raising the total number of cases to 865,229, the country’s Health Ministry reported. Meanwhile, the death toll from the virus went up by 13 to 9,487, said the ministry, noting that 68 percent of intensive care beds in hospitals are occupied with COVID-19 patients. Read … Read more

Slow progress as Lebanon awaits IMF economic deal

IMF

BEIRUT: Lebanon is mired in an economic crisis branded by the World Bank as one of the worst in modern times, but officials are yet to strike an international bailout deal. The financial meltdown began in 2019, and Lebanon defaulted on its debt last year. Politicians have failed to enact significant reforms to rescue the Mediterranean … Read more

Lebanon needs up to $15 billion for economic recovery: official

Lebanon

BEIRUT: Lebanon needs $12 billion to $15 billion from its partners to kick-start its economic recovery and shores up fast-diminishing foreign currency reserves, Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh said on Tuesday. Lebanon is grappling with an unprecedented economic crisis branded by the World Bank as one of the planet’s worst in modern times. More than … Read more

IMF examines extent of Lebanon’s financial sector losses

IMF

WASHINGTON: Amid ongoing talks on a new aid programme, the IMF is examining data from Lebanon’s government on the scope of financial sector losses, estimated at about $69 billion, a fund spokesman said on Thursday. “I’d say there’s been considerable progress in identifying financial sector losses,” IMF spokesman Gerry Rice told reporters in reference to the … Read more

Young Arabs swipe to fintech as saving, investing takes off

Young Arabs

DUBAI: Being raised in the Middle East with a lack of savings and investment culture, many young Arabs are turning to online banking services to help track their spending and budget. When Mayar Akrameh was growing up in Lebanon, financial advice was simple: work long, work hard and aim for a high-paying job. Now the 29-year-old … Read more

Saudi Arabia, Lebanon row hits delivery services

RIYADH: Two major delivery companies have cancelled or drastically scaled back their services between Saudi Arabia and Lebanon, employees said on Wednesday, following a major diplomatic row between the two countries. DHL has stopped inbound and outbound shipments between the two countries, a company employee, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told AFP. An email … Read more

Lebanon’s oldest English-language daily goes under

Lebanon's oldest English-language daily goes under

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s oldest English-language daily newspaper laid off its entire staff and became the latest casualty in the collapse of the country’s once-flourishing press, employees said Tuesday. The Daily Star’s employees were notified a few days earlier that they were all being made redundant from October 31, according to an email which was sent to … Read more

Kuwait expels Lebanon envoy, recalls own ambassador: state media

Kuwait expels Lebanon envoy, recalls own ambassador: state media

KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait has recalled its ambassador from Beirut and has given the Lebanese envoy 48 hours to leave the emirate, the foreign ministry said Saturday, quoted by state news agency KUNA. “Kuwait recalls Amb. in Beirut, asks Lebanese envoy to leave the country in 48 hours,” the ministry said in a brief statement carried … Read more

Libya is the first Arab country to mine bitcoin

Libya

The CBECI (Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index) data shows that in the Arab world, Libya ranked first with 0.13% of global mining. This followed the uproar over Bitcoin mining in Libya and its link to the country’s electrical situation.

Following is the ranking of the Arab countries:

Libya is in 1st place, with a 0.13 percent share.

UAE and Kuwait are in 2nd place with a 0.08% share for each nation.

Egypt and Jordan are in 3rd place with a 0.04% share for each nation.

Lebanon ranked 4th with a 0.01% share.

In particular, the price of Bitcoin in Libyan dinars is 192,912.13.

Bitcoin mining is the method by which new bitcoins are entered into the flow. It is also a critical factor in the maintenance and development of the blockchain ledger. It is executed using very sophisticated computers that resolve enormously complex computational math glitches.

Cryptocurrency mining is difficult, expensive, and only intermittently rewarding. However, mining has an attractive appeal for many investors involved in cryptocurrency because miners are satisfied with their work with crypto tokens. This may be for the reason that entrepreneurs see mining as “pennies from heaven”.

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Israel Bombs Targets In Southern Lebanon: Israeli Military

Israel Bombs Targets In Southern Lebanon: Israeli Military

The Israeli military said in a statement on Friday that it had bombed targets in southern Lebanon adding that the operation was in response to rockets fired from the area by the Lebanese militia Hezbollah. A statement from the Israeli military said that after 15 rockets were fired from southern Lebanon, alarm sirens were sounded … Read more

Hezbollah opens rockets attack against Israel  

BEIRUT: Lebanon‘s Hezbollah announced on Friday that it has launched tens of rockets, attacking Israeli targets in retaliation for Israeli airstrikes a day earlier. Israeli war jets struck rocket launch sites in southern Lebanon early on Thursday in response to rockets that were fired earlier from Lebanon into Israel. No injuries have been reported on … Read more

Arab League warns against escalated border tension between Lebanon, Israel 

CAIRO: The Arab League on Thursday warned that the ongoing border tension between Lebanon and Israel could get out of control. “The League voices concerns regarding the rising escalations at the Israeli-Lebanese borders,” the pan-Arab body said in a statement. Lebanon has been passing through a difficult time and couldn’t endure more tensions, it added, … Read more

Israeli warplanes strike rocket launch sites in southern Lebanon 

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OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israeli war jets struck rocket launch sites in southern Lebanon early on Thursday in response to rockets that were fired earlier from Lebanon into Israel, the Israeli military said. The launch sites and infrastructure from which the rockets were launched, as well as another target for rockets launch in the past, were struck … Read more

Four Israelis hurt as rockets fired from southern Lebanon 

Israeli army

BEIRUT: Four Israelis were injured on Wednesday by three rockets fired from southern Lebanon to northern Israel, NBN TV channel reported. The rocket attack has prompted retaliation by the Israeli artillery toward the Sahl al-Khiyam area in southern Lebanon, NBN reported. The head of the Upper Galilee Regional Council ordered Israeli settlers to stay in … Read more

Makkah Grand Mosque gets ready to receive Umrah pilgrims

Umrah pilgrimage

MAKKAH: The Technical and Service Authority at the Grand Mosque in Makkah has intensified its preparations amid Covid avoidance for the Umrah season which allowed recently for the green-list countries.  In this regard sterilization and perfuming processes of the Grand Mosque and its outdoor parks are going on round-the-clock to prevent the spread of the … Read more

Saudi Arabia to impose 3-year travel ban for citizens who visit ‘red list’ states

Hajj 2021

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia will impose a three-year travel ban on citizens travelling to countries on the kingdom’s ‘red list’ under efforts to curb the spread of coronavirus and its new variants, state news agency SPA quoted as saying on Tuesday. It cited an unnamed interior ministry official as saying some Saudi citizens, who in May … Read more

US Pushes To Designate Hezbollah A Terrorist Organization

US Pushes To Designate Hezbollah A Terrorist Organization

The United States has called on the international community to declare Lebanon’s Shiite militia Hezbollah a terrorist organization. The United States made the call following a visit to Moscow by a four-member delegation from Hezbollah’s parliamentary bloc. The parliamentary delegation met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. A State Department official has condemned the visit … Read more

US Offers To Mediate Israel-Lebanon Maritime Dispute

US Offers To Mediate Israel-Lebanon Maritime Dispute

The United States is ready to mediate constructive talks between the governments of Israel and Lebanon to determine maritime boundaries. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has offered to mediate in the negotiations to resolve the territorial dispute. He said in a tweet on Tuesday that “the United States remains ready to mediate constructive negotiations … Read more