This is Beirut 12/06 11:30 - Reading : less than a minute
Israeli soldiers arrested several Hamas members during a nighttime operation in southern Syria, the Israeli army announced Thursday, as reported by Israeli media. The Hamas members were captured by reservists from the Alexandroni Brigade in the village of Beit Jinn, located about 6 kilometers from the Israeli border, outside the buffer zone ...
This is Beirut 12/06 10:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The number of people forcibly displaced from their homes worldwide has dropped slightly from a record high but remains "untenably high," the United Nations said Thursday. A record 123.2 million people worldwide were forcibly displaced from their homes at the end of 2024, said UNHCR, the UN refugee agency. But that figure dropped to 122.1 million ...
This is Beirut 12/06 10:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Australia United States AUKUS Donald Trump
Australia said Thursday it is "very confident" in the future of a US agreement to equip its navy with a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines, after the Trump administration put the pact under review. The 2021 AUKUS deal joins Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States in a multi-decade effort to balance China's growing military ...
This is Beirut 12/06 09:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Middle East Tehran USA Oman Nuclear
The United States and Iran are set to resume direct negotiations this Sunday in Muscat, the capital of Oman, according to an official announcement by the Omani Foreign Ministry. The upcoming talks mark a new round of diplomacy aimed at reviving nuclear discussions between the two long-time adversaries. As reported by Axios, U.S. negotiator ...
This is Beirut 12/06 09:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Israel Haredim Knesset Opposition
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hard-right government survived an opposition bid to dissolve parliament on Thursday, as lawmakers rejected a bill that could have paved the way for snap elections. Out of the Knesset's 120 members, 61 voted against the proposal, with 53 in favor. The opposition had introduced the bill hoping to force ...
This is Beirut 12/06 08:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Gaza Israel Hamas Gaza Humanitarian Foundation
A US - and Israeli-backed charity operating in Gaza accused Palestinian militant group Hamas of attacking aid workers en route to a distribution centre on Wednesday, saying at least five people were killed. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said a bus carrying its staff to a distribution site near Khan Younes in the south was "brutally attacked by ...
This is Beirut 12/06 05:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
United States Protests Immigration Donald Trump
Protests against Donald Trump's harsh immigration policies spread Wednesday across the United States despite a military-backed crackdown in Los Angeles and threats by the hard-right Republican president to use "heavy force." In Los Angeles, where the unrest began last Friday, an overnight curfew intended to keep people out of the ...
This is Beirut 11/06 23:17 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
United States Middle East Iraq Kuwait Bahrain
The United States is taking urgent steps to reduce its diplomatic and military presence in parts of the Middle East region as tensions continue to mount, with officials citing increasing security risks. "Based on our latest analysis, we have decided to reduce the footprint of our mission in Iraq," an anonymous U.S. official told AFP. A ...
This is Beirut 11/06 22:12 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Israel Gaza Rima Hassan Madleen Jean-Noel Barrot France
Israel is to expel by the end of the week four French nationals held after security forces intercepted their Gaza-bound aid boat, France's foreign minister said Wednesday, as an Israeli NGO said one of the French campaigners was briefly put in solitary confinement. The announcement came as France's prime minister accused activists aboard ...
This is Beirut 11/06 21:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
United States Education Fullbright Program
The board overseeing the Fulbright program, the prestigious exchanges between US and foreign scholars, quit on Wednesday, accusing President Donald Trump's administration of political interference. Members of the board, nominated by successive presidents, voiced alarm about "injecting politics and ideological mandates" into a long non-partisan ...
This is Beirut 11/06 19:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
European Union United Kingdom Gibraltar Brexit
The European Union and Britain on Wednesday sealed a "historic" deal on the status of the territory of Gibraltar, five years after Brexit. The deal will ease the flow of people and goods over the Gibraltar-Spain border, forming part of London's much-vaunted "reset" in ties with Brussels. When Britain left the EU in 2020, the relationship between ...
This is Beirut 11/06 17:40 - Reading : less than a minute
When Travis Bighetty fled his village in central Canada, it was “practically engulfed in fire,” and ash was falling from the sky. Since then, like thousands of other evacuees, this Indigenous man has found refuge over 2,000 kilometers away, near Niagara Falls.