Mario Chartouni, 11:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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From the dusty streets of Bangui to the mountains of Lebanon, over 70,000 United Nations peacekeepers put their lives on the line every day to uphold a fragile peace. Drawn from 125 countries, these missions represent one of the UN’s most dangerous undertakings. But how much do we really know about these operations that, for more than 70 ...
This is Beirut, 05:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Canada's new Prime Minister Mark Carney on Sunday called early elections for April 28, pledging to defeat Donald Trump's drive to annex the United States' huge northern neighbor. Carney, a former central banker, was chosen by Canada's centrist Liberal Party to replace Justin Trudeau as prime minister, but he has never faced the ...
This is Beirut, 23/03 18:26 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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US and Ukrainian officials were meeting in Saudi Arabia on Sunday for talks on a partial ceasefire in the war with Russia, with Washington hoping for "real progress" but the Kremlin warning of "difficult negotiations" and a long journey to peace. US President Donald Trump is pushing for a rapid end to the three-year war and ...
Pierre Nahas, 23/03 11:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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In 1958, President Eisenhower sent 10,000 US Marines to Lebanon to protect it from a potential takeover by Gamal Abdel Nasser, whose ambition was to unite all Arab countries under a Pan-Arab vision. This was the first and only time the Eisenhower Doctrine was used. Without American troops and shrewd diplomacy at the time, Lebanon would not exist ...
This is Beirut, 22/03 14:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The United States said Friday it was terminating the legal status of hundreds of thousands of immigrants, giving them weeks to leave the country. President Donald Trump has pledged to carry out the largest deportation campaign in US history and curb immigration, mainly from Latin American nations. The order affects around 532,000 Cubans, ...
This is Beirut, 22/03 05:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Columbia University, targeted by Donald Trump over student protests and alleged anti-Semitism from some demonstrators, unveiled a package of policies Friday in a bid to placate the president. Trump has targeted US universities that saw significant surges of protests against Israel's war in Gaza that followed the October 7, 2023 attacks ...
This is Beirut, 21/03 18:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump announced Friday that Boeing has been awarded a major contract for the Air Force's high-tech next-generation F-47 fighter plane. The contract is aimed at continuing the development of the replacement for the F-22 stealth warplane -- which has been in operation for some two decades -- with a new, more advanced aircraft ...
This is Beirut, 21/03 05:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump demanded Thursday that courts stop blocking his agenda, edging closer to a constitutional showdown after a judge suggested the administration had ignored an order to block summary deportations. A federal judge, in a strongly worded order, gave the Justice Department until Tuesday to explain why it went ahead with flights ...
This is Beirut, 20/03 23:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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President Donald Trump declared Thursday that the United States would soon sign a deal with Ukraine for access to its rare earth minerals. In a White House address, Trump said he had signed an order to "dramatically increase" US production of critical minerals and would "very shortly" sign a pact with Ukraine. "We're also signing agreements in ...
This is Beirut, 20/03 22:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
United States Canada Mark Carney Elections
New Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to call a snap election for April 28, triggering an intense campaign dominated by how to react to President Donald Trump's trade war and demands to turn the close US ally into a 51st state. Carney, who replaced prime minister Justin Trudeau just last week, is set to announce the election ...
This is Beirut, 20/03 18:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an order aimed at shutting down the Department of Education, a decades-long goal on the US right that objects to federal involvement in school systems run by individual states. "We're gonna shut it down and shut it down as quickly as possible. It's doing us no good. We want to return our ...
This is Beirut, 20/03 15:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi held a rare meeting on Thursday with U.S. officials in Kabul, where they discussed detainees, his office said. "Bilateral relations, the release of prisoners, and consular services for Afghans in the United States" were among the topics discussed in the meeting between Muttaqi and U.S. official Adam ...