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Bloomberg, citing sources: Rubio and his Brazilian counterpart agreed to meet again before the G20 summit in December in Miami
MTV Lebanon: Bloomberg, citing sources: Rubio and his Brazilian counterpart agreed to meet again before the G20 summit in December in…
“Politico” on the Canadian prime minister: If we cannot reach a suitable trade agreement with the Trump administration, I will wait for a new U.S. president
MTV Lebanon: “Politico” on the Canadian prime minister: If we cannot reach a suitable trade agreement with the Trump administration, I will wait for a new U.S.…
A federal judge orders the Justice and Homeland Security departments to stop pressuring workers in the U.S. midterm elections
MTV Lebanon: A federal judge orders the Justice and Homeland Security departments to stop pressuring workers in the midterm elections…
Qatar stirs the still waters… Ongoing mediation to avert a new war in the region
Al Anbaa: After the Israeli elections were completed, the region is still in a state of anticipation that may extend beyond the third of November, the date of the U.S. midterm elections, and learning whether the Republican Party will win them, thereby strengthening U.S. President Donald Trump’s position in consolidating his policy…
SecurityTranslated
Israeli airstrike on the town of Kfar Tebnit in southern Lebanon
LBCI: 0 min Israeli airstrike on the town of Kfar Tebnit in southern Lebanon * To protect intellectual property rights, please do not copy more than 20 percent of the news content without mentioning the LBCI website and attaching a hyperlink to the news article, under penalty of legal action. Latest news: Israeli…
EconomyTranslated
Regional economies face a conditional recovery... Why isn't rising oil prices enough to restore growth?
An-Nahar: IMF forecasts point to an economic contraction in the Arab region in 2026, followed by a recovery in 2027 linked to the normalization of production, shipping and trade. But growth rising after the decline does not mean that all losses will be offset, nor does it guarantee that the improvement will quickly reach household incomes and opportunit…
EconomyTranslated
Russia and China expect trade to reach 280 billion dollars by the end of 2026
Al Manar: Russia’s trade representative in China, Alexey Dakhnovsky, announced that trade between Moscow and Beijing could reach between 270 and 280 billion dollars by the end of 2026, setting a new record. Dakhnovsky said: “A record will be achieved. We currently expect the volume of trade to reach between…”
Traffic Management: 10 injured in 5 traffic accidents over the past 24 hours
LBCI: 0 min Traffic Management: 10 injured in 5 traffic accidents over the past 24 hours * To protect intellectual property rights, please do not copy more than 20 percent of the content of the news item without mentioning the name of the LBCI website and attaching a Hyperlink to the news item, under penalty of legal action. Latest…
PoliticsTranslated
Demarcating the Lebanese-Syrian border... Damascus’s priorities are impeding the launch
An-Nahar: The process of demarcating the border between Lebanon and Syria faces political and technical challenges amid Damascus’s new priorities, against the backdrop of the complexities of the Shebaa Farms and the Golan and security implications…
Trump administration approves deal to supply Ukraine with 500 Patriot missiles
LBCI: The administration of President Donald Trump on Friday approved a potential deal to sell 500 Patriot missiles to Ukraine, according to the U.S. State Department, but the Ukrainian president warned that receiving the missiles could take years. This approval, which still requires congressional approval,…
EconomyTranslated
Wall Street Journal: The cost of damage to U.S. military bases could reach $15 billion
Elnashra: The Wall Street Journal reported that 274 U.S. facilities at 24 sites in seven different countries showed signs of damage as a result of Iranian strikes during the first 6 months…
WorldTranslated
22 Hours in Tehran… Qatari Move and Israeli Pressure on Trump
Al Jadeed: 22 Hours in Tehran… Qatari Move and Israeli Pressure on Trump. The US website "Axios" reported that Qatari mediators held talks lasting more than 22 hours in the Iranian capital, Tehran, with the aim of paving the way for the resumption of direct negotiations between the United States and Iran. The website noted that…
WorldTranslated
MS NOW: The Trump administration briefed its allies on the need to prepare for a short round of strikes on Iran that could begin on November 4
Elnashra: The MS NOW network revealed, citing an informed source, that Qatar proposed a seven-day plan to address the concerns of the United States and Iran, including confidence-building steps that could…
لافروف يقول إنه أجرى محادثات "مرضية" مع نظيره الأميركي
LBCI: قال وزير الخارجية الروسي سيرغي لافروف الجمعة إنه أجرى محادثات "مرضية" مع نظيره الأميركي ماركو روبيو على هامش اجتماع وزراء خارجية مجموعة العشرين في الولايات المتحدة. وصرح لافروف للصحافيين عقب لقائه روبيو "نعم، أجرينا حديثا مرضيا وإن كان مقتضبا، لأن لديه،…
WorldTranslated
Sources tell Al Jazeera: Iranian response to the Vance proposal expected within two or three days
Elnashra: Sources told Al Jazeera that a proposal from U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance had arrived in Tehran and was under serious consideration, with an Iranian response expected within two or three days,…
WorldOriginal Arabic
كالاس تتهم لافروف بعرض "أكاذيب" حول النزاع في أوكرانيا خلال اجتماع مجموعة العشرين
LBCI: اتهمت مسؤولة السياسة الخارجية في الاتحاد الأوروبي كايا كالاس الجمعة وزير الخارجية الروسي سيرغي لافروف بالترويج لـ"أكاذيب" حول أوكرانيا خلال اجتماعات مجموعة العشرين، معتبرة أن موسكو تقوض جهود السلام. وقالت كالاس لوكالة فرانس برس "كنا نناقش الأزمات الجيوسياسية…
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The U.S. and Turkish foreign ministers discussed the course of negotiations between the United States and Iran
Elnashra: Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan discussed the course of negotiations between the United States and Iran with his U.S. counterpart, Marco Rubio, during a meeting…
WorldTranslated
Trump: We have wrested from Iran’s hands the ability to pose a nuclear threat
Elnashra: U.S. President Donald Trump said, during an election rally in Florida, that the United States would never allow Iran to possess a nuclear weapon, saying: We have wrested…
Newspaper Secrets 31-10-2026
LBCI: Al-Liwaa presents a regional state as its ally. In succession, amid circumstances related to negotiations over war or no war with a major state and its border ally… mayors near the front lines with the Israeli occupation are figuring out how to deal with developments through conduct that departs from the positions of partisan forces and even official ones. A raid was carried out…
WorldTranslated
Axios: Trump may order military action against Iran if Republicans lose the election
Elnashra: The Axios website quoted regional and U.S. sources as saying that U.S. President Donald Trump may lean toward issuing an order to carry out a military operation in Iran if…
SecurityTranslated
Al-Araby Al-Jadeed: Lebanon... Judicial allegations in the Dahr al-Baidar explosives case
National News Agency: National News Agency – The newspaper “Al-Araby Al-Jadeed” reported: A Lebanese judicial official told “Al-Araby Al-Jadeed” that the Lebanese government commissioner to the Military Court, Judge Claude Ghanem, filed charges against 8 people whose full identities are known in the case of the Dahr al-Baidar explosives shipment (an area connecting Beirut in Bekaa in the east of the country), which was seized in…
SecurityTranslated
The Internal Deadlock Deepens: Is the Military Court Opening the Door to the Judicial Council?
IMLebanon: Everything seemed to be at a standstill in the situation in the south: Israel’s evasiveness continues, as do its field strikes, while the chances of finding an alternative to the “UNIFIL” forces are dwindling. Meanwhile, a major judicial-political development emerged domestically that could redraw the lines of confrontation. The military judiciary has made up its mind…
SecurityTranslated
Lebanon: The “party’s” explosives… a crime against state security
IMLebanon: Youssef Diab wrote in “Asharq Al-Awsat”: The case of the truckload of explosives seized at the Dahr al-Baidar checkpoint in Lebanon’s Bekaa has taken a prominent judicial turn, with the Government Commissioner at the Military Court, Judge Claude Ghanem, charging thirteen people belonging to “Hezbollah” with crimes that go beyond possession…
WorldTranslated
Al-Binaa: Trump’s war: Missile stocks are being depleted, oil is rising, and stocks and gold are falling
National News Agency: The Knesset threatens Netanyahu’s path back in the rerun… and Eisenkot postpones a minority government. The claim about Dahr al-Baidar without a terrorism charge… and the resistance considers it criminalization of confronting the occupation. Nationally — Al-Binaa newspaper wrote: The calculations of war, elections and markets intersect around one question: What will change after…
WorldTranslated
Lebanon in limbo: Does the US–Iran track determine Hezbollah’s options in the south?!
Elnashra: In practical terms, the hurdle of the Israeli elections has been cleared, which some had feared would push Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to go…
SocietyTranslated
Hours after Saudi aggression aircraft prevented Civil Defense teams from carrying out rescues, the family of citizen Abduh Bajash was pulled from the rubble in Al-Masahineh subdistrict, Al-Shamayatayn district – Taiz
Al Manar: Quoting Al-Masirah channel: Hours after Saudi aggression aircraft prevented Civil Defense teams from carrying out rescues, the family of citizen Abduh Bajash was pulled from the rubble in Al-Masahineh subdistrict, Al-Shamayatayn district –…
PoliticsTranslated
Al-Akhbar: Tehran delivers its response to Vance’s letter: A final Qatari attempt to prevent war
National News Agency: National – The newspaper Al-Akhbar wrote: The raging conflict between Tehran and Washington is proceeding along two parallel tracks: first, the two sides are completing their preparations for a new round of fighting; and second, frantic diplomatic efforts are underway to avert the specter of war and reach a settlement. In the latest diplomatic development, yesterday, …
WorldTranslated
Israeli preparations to open a front with “the party”!
IMLebanon: Israel’s Channel 15 reported that the Israeli military establishment expects a confrontation front with Hezbollah to open if a direct confrontation with Iran breaks out, noting that military assessments indicate the need to prepare for simultaneous threats involving missiles and drones from the front…
Saudi aircraft launch a series of airstrikes on Al-Shamaytin District in Taiz
Al Manar: Saudi aircraft launch a series of airstrikes on Al-Shamaytin District in…
Al-Sharq al-Awsat: Lebanese judiciary accuses members of Hezbollah of “assaulting state security”
National News Agency: Indictment of 13 of them after the explosives shipment was seized. National – Al-Sharq al-Awsat newspaper wrote: The case of the explosives truck seized at the Dahr al-Baidar checkpoint in the Lebanese Bekaa has taken a significant judicial turn, represented by the indictment brought by the Government Commissioner to the Military Court, Judge Claude Ghanem, against thirteen…
WorldTranslated
Pentagon investigates possible hacking of refrigerators at U.S. military bases
Al Manar: The Pentagon is investigating strange failures in refrigeration systems at grocery stores on a number of U.S. military bases, considering them a possible cyberattack. These incidents affected at least six stores at military bases in late August 2026, causing large quantities of…
SecurityTranslated
Al-Nahar: What repercussions will the explosive allegation against Hezbollah have in the explosives case?
National News Agency: National News - Al-Nahar newspaper wrote: The prominent judicial developments and measures related to the case of explosives seized from Hezbollah, as well as the killing of Father Samir Daou, leapt to the forefront of the domestic scene, with the spotlight shining on them from two angles: the first in terms of the striking development in the speed…
Lebanese military court judge charges 13 people over Hezbollah explosives truck
Ya Libnan: BEIRUT (AP) — A Lebanese military court has charged 13 people in connection with a seized truck carrying explosives belonging to Hezbollah , state media reported on Friday. The charges marked the latest sign of a dramatic shift in relations between Hezbollah…
WorldTranslated
Turkey nominates him for the post of UN Secretary-General... Who is Feridun Sinirlioğlu?
An-Nahar: Turkey nominates diplomat Feridun Sinirlioğlu for the post of UN Secretary-General, succeeding António Guterres, with a distinguished diplomatic career and international experience…
PoliticsTranslated
Secrets from the newspapers published in Beirut this Saturday morning, October 31, 2026
National News Agency: Al-Liwaa portrays a regional state as its ally. In succession, amid an atmosphere related to negotiations over war or no war with a major power and its border ally… mayors near the front lines with the Israeli occupation are figuring out how to deal with developments through conduct that departs from the positions of partisan and even official forces. A raid was carried out…