This is Beirut, 08/04 16:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
United States Pete Hegseth Pentagon NATO
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired the US military representative to NATO, the Pentagon announced Tuesday, saying her removal was due to a loss of confidence in her ability to lead. Vice Admiral Shoshana Chatfield is the latest in a string of top officers to be dismissed by President Donald Trump's administration, part of a major ...
This is Beirut, 08/04 08:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Benjamin Netanyahu Donald Trump United States Israel
President Donald Trump said the United States was starting direct, high-level talks with Iran over its nuclear program on Saturday, in a shock announcement during a White House meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Speaking Monday in the Oval Office, Trump said he was hopeful of reaching a deal with Tehran, but warned that the ...
This is Beirut, 08/04 05:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
United States Justice Supreme Court Migrants
The US Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump a victory on Monday by lifting a lower court order barring the deportation of undocumented Venezuelan migrants using an obscure wartime law. But the nation's top court also said that migrants subject to deportation under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act must be given an opportunity to legally ...
This is Beirut, 08/04 04:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
United States Israel Donald Trump Benjamin Netanyahou Gaza
President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that new negotiations were in the works aimed at getting more hostages released from Hamas captivity in Gaza. "We're working now on another deal that we hope will succeed, and we're committed to getting all the hostages out," Netanyahu told reporters in the Oval ...
This is Beirut, 07/04 20:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
World Trade Organization United States Donald Trump
Often referred to as the "global trade police," the WTO is actually bound hand and foot by its members, with Washington's actions especially leaving it all but powerless against the protectionist wave washing over the globe. A number of countries have begun filing complaints with the World Trade Organization, charging that the steep ...
This is Beirut, 07/04 20:02 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Donald Trump USA United States Washington
US President Donald Trump on Monday threatened huge additional tariffs on imports from China if Beijing did not withdraw its retaliation plans, adding that Washington would begin talks with other countries that want negotiations. The fresh action would stack on an already steep US rate taking effect Wednesday, the White House told AFP, bringing ...
This is Beirut, 07/04 17:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
European Commission European Union United States Trade Tariffs
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday the EU had offered the United States a bilateral tariff exemption for cars and other industrial goods as it works to avert an all-out transatlantic trade war. "We stand ready to negotiate with the United States. Indeed, we have offered zero-for-zero tariffs for industrial goods, as ...
This is Beirut, 07/04 10:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Donald Trump United States USA
A top Chinese official has vowed to protect US firms and pledged his country will remain a "promising land" for foreign investment, Beijing said Monday, after it slapped 34 percent tariffs on US imports. China retaliated last week against levies at the same level announced by US President Donald Trump on what he called "liberation day". It also ...
This is Beirut, 07/04 10:15 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Donald Trump United States Tariffs China Asia
Asian equities collapsed on a black Monday for markets after China hammered the United States with its own hefty tariffs, ramping up a trade war many fear could spark a recession. Trading floors were overcome by a wave of selling as investors fled to the hills, with Hong Kong's loss of 12 percent its worst in more than 16 years, while Taipei ...
Michel Touma, 07/04 09:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Lebanon United States Morgan Ortagus
Let’s be clear—no more avoiding the issue or making compromises. The time for indulgence and indecisiveness has passed, and it must never return. Complacency and weakness are no longer acceptable, nor should they ever be again. For the past 20 years—since 2005, when Hezbollah seized control of the local political scene—and more broadly ...
This is Beirut, 07/04 05:15 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
United States Donald Trump Economy Markets
Asian markets took a huge plunge Monday as US futures pointed to significant losses on Wall Street over Donald Trump's punishing tariffs, even as countries sought compromise with the defiant president. Trump denied Sunday he was intentionally engineering a selloff and insisted he could not foresee market reactions, saying he would not make a ...
This is Beirut, 06/04 22:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lebanon United States Hezbollah Morgan Ortagus
Lebanon is at a crossroads: disarm Hezbollah "as soon as possible," implement the ceasefire agreement with Israel, and carry out essential reforms, or face isolation. This was made clear by Morgan Ortagus, the US Deputy Special Envoy for the Middle East, during an interview with LBCI on Sunday evening. While expressing optimism about the new ...