This is Beirut, 12/03 22:44 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Qatar Gaza United States Steve Witkoff
Arab foreign ministers met in Qatar on Wednesday with US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff to discuss reconstruction for Gaza, devastated by war with Israel, the Gulf state said. "The Arab foreign ministers discussed the Gaza reconstruction plan, which was approved during the Arab League Summit held in Cairo on March 4, 2025," Qatar's foreign ...
This is Beirut, 12/03 21:36 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
United States Ukraine Donald Trump Vladimir Putin Russia
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that envoys were headed to Moscow and expressed optimism for a 30-day ceasefire in the Ukraine war but officials said the United States wants Russia to agree an unconditional halt to the conflict. The Kremlin said it was awaiting details of a proposal agreed by Ukrainian and US officials this week, and gave ...
This is Beirut, 12/03 19:32 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran Abbas Araghchi Donald Trump United States Ali Khamenei
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said Wednesday that US threats were "unwise" after President Donald Trump sent him a letter urging negotiations and warning of possible military action if Tehran refused. "The US is threatening militarism. In my opinion, this threat is unwise," Khamenei said in a meeting with ...
This is Beirut, 12/03 17:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
United States European Union Tariffs
Major US trading partners announced countermeasures Wednesday to President Donald Trump's blanket steel and aluminum tariffs, hours after the levies took effect in a salvo that fueled trade tensions globally. The steep 25-percent levies came into place after midnight with no exemptions despite countries' efforts to avert them, in an escalation of ...
This is Beirut, 12/03 17:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Donald Trump TV United States America
Re-runs of The Apprentice reality show that propelled Donald Trump into the US national consciousness, are showing on Prime Video, the latest indication of warming relations between the US president and Amazon tycoon Jeff Bezos. Following a frosty few years between tech titans and the US president, the move is another sign of a rapprochement that ...
This is Beirut, 12/03 14:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Donald Trump United States USA Canada
The United States will require Canadians visiting for more than 30 days to register with authorities, the federal register showed Wednesday, toughening rules as trade tensions soar between the North American neighbors. The new requirement, effective from April 11, would harden enforcement of an existing law from which US media said Canadian ...
This is Beirut, 12/03 11:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Donald Trump United States Iran Nuclear Programme
Iran's top diplomat said Wednesday an Arab country will soon deliver a letter from US President Donald Trump, who has called for striking a nuclear deal with the Islamic republic. "The letter has not reached us yet but an envoy from an Arab country is set to deliver it soon in Tehran," Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told reporters after a ...
This is Beirut, 12/03 05:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
United States Canada Donald Trump Economy Diplomacy
The United States and Canada traded angry tariff warnings Tuesday, as trade tensions soared and President Donald Trump doubled down on provocative plans to annex his country's northern neighbor. Despite a compromise arising after a day of threats and counter-threats, Canada and other US trading partners will still be hit at midnight by a ...
This is Beirut, 11/03 21:25 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Ukraine Saudi Arabia United States
Ukraine endorsed an American proposal for a 30-day ceasefire and agreed to immediate negotiations with Russia in crunch talks in Jeddah on Tuesday after three years of grinding war. The positive response from Ukraine prompted President Donald Trump's administration to lift a freeze on military aid and to predict the beginning to an end to ...
This is Beirut, 11/03 17:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Donald Trump Republicans United Arab Emirates United States USA
US President Donald Trump announced massive new tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum Tuesday, while threatening to "shut down" its auto industry and saying the best way to end the trade war was for Washington's ally to be absorbed into the United States. Trump's shock new threats came hours before a midnight deadline for ramping up the ...
Marie de La Roche Saint-André, 11/03 11:04 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
After more than a decade of conflict, Yemen is mired in one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. Malnutrition, epidemics and water shortages persist, with nearly half of the population facing “food insecurity,” according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and 80% relying on humanitarian aid to survive. The situation ...
This is Beirut, 11/03 05:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
United States New York Columbia Palestine University
Protesters in New York and rights groups expressed outrage Monday over the arrest of a leader of pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Columbia University, as President Donald Trump vowed further crackdowns. Mahmoud Khalil, a recent graduate and one of the most prominent faces of the university's high-profile protests, was arrested by US ...