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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.
This is Beirut 11/06 17:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Iran on Wednesday hanged a man convicted of killing seven people, including a 10-year-old boy, during nationwide protests in 2022 but human rights groups said he was the victim of a wrongful conviction. Abbas Kurkuri, also known as Mojahed Kurkur, was hanged at dawn in Sheiban prison in the western city of Ahvaz, the Norway-based Iran Human ...
This is Beirut 11/06 16:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
United States China Rare Earths Donald Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday welcomed a tentative agreement reached overnight in London between Washington and Beijing, which he says will enable the supply of rare earth minerals to the United States, praising the “excellent” relationship between the two countries. "An agreement with China has been reached, pending final approval ...
This is Beirut 11/06 15:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Iran Middle East United States Nuclear
Iran threatened Wednesday to target US military bases in the region if conflict breaks out, while President Donald Trump said he was "less confident" about reaching a nuclear deal. Tehran and Washington have held five rounds of talks since April to thrash out a new nuclear deal to replace the 2015 accord that Trump abandoned during his ...
This is Beirut 11/06 14:50 - Reading : less than a minute
Tracking the rare summer showers in the desert of the United Arab Emirates is the mission Mohammed Sajjad took on after leaving his native India in the middle of the monsoon season to settle in this arid Gulf country.
This is Beirut 11/06 13:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israel Opposition Knesset Haredim
Israeli lawmakers will vote Wednesday on a bill submitted by the opposition to dissolve parliament, which, if successful, could start paving the way to a snap election. While the opposition is composed mainly of centrist and leftist groups, ultra-Orthodox parties that are propping up Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government are also ...
This is Beirut 11/06 13:00 - Reading : less than a minute
A fire broke out at a petrochemical complex in southern Iran on Wednesday, killing at least three people, state television reported. "Given the scale of the incident, the number of injuries and deaths is likely to increase," the broadcaster added, airing images of smoke rising from the Kaveh Petrochemical Complex in Bushehr province, 1,200 ...