Middle East

Maduro Deploys 25,000 Troops to Venezuela Borders

This is Beirut 2025-09-08 20:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Venezuela Nicolas Maduro United States Donald Trump

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said he had deployed 25,000 troops along the Caribbean coast and the border with Colombia amid soaring tensions with US President Donald Trump. In a message Sunday night on social media, Maduro said he had deployed "25,000 men and women from our glorious National Bolivarian Armed Forces" to the frontier with ...

Israeli PM Tells Gaza City Residents to 'Leave Now' as Assault Intensifies

This is Beirut 2025-09-08 20:15 - Reading : less than a minute

Nawaf Salam Benjamin Netanyahu Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday told residents of Gaza City to evacuate, saying troops were being assembled to enter the Palestinian territory's main urban center. "In two days we brought down 50 terror towers, and this is only the opening stage of the intensified ground maneuver in Gaza City. I say to the residents: you have ...

At the UN, the Snapback Reshuffles the Iranian File

Mario Chartouni 2025-09-08 19:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

UN Security Council Europe Iran nuclear snapback

At the end of August, the United Kingdom, France and Germany (the E3) officially triggered the snapback mechanism outlined in UN Security Council Resolution 2231, which governs the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal (the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA). This unprecedented procedure in the multilateral system stipulates that all previous UN ...

BRICS Leaders Denounce Protectionism, Tariff 'Blackmail'

This is Beirut 2025-09-08 19:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

BRICS United States Tariffs Donald Trump

Leaders of the 11-member BRICS bloc railed against economic protectionism and "tariff blackmail" during a virtual meeting Monday held amid a damaging trade war with US President Donald Trump. The group of emerging economies met via videoconference at the initiative of Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, whose office ...

US Court Upholds $83 Million Sex Assault Defamation Order against Trump

This is Beirut 2025-09-08 18:17 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Donald Trump United States E. Jean Carroll US Court of Appeals

A US appeals court upheld Monday a jury's $83.3 million penalty against President Donald Trump for defaming author E. Jean Carroll, whom he was found to have sexually assaulted. The January 2024 order consisted of $65 million in punitive damages after the jury found Trump acted maliciously in his many public comments about Carroll, $7.3 ...

Palestinian Gunmen Shoot Dead Six People in East Jerusalem Attack

This is Beirut 2025-09-08 17:42 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Jerusalem Shooting

Palestinian gunmen opened fire at a bus stop in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem on Monday, killing six people and wounding several others. Israeli emergency service Magen David Adom (MDA) said there were six victims dead in the shooting attack, updating an earlier toll of four. Police said the two gunmen were also killed. MDA said seven other ...

Spain Recalls Ambassador to Israel over Antisemitism Spat

This is Beirut 2025-09-08 17:30 - Reading : less than a minute

Nawaf Salam Spain Pedro Sanchez

Spain on Monday recalled its ambassador from Tel Aviv after Israel's top diplomat accused premier Pedro Sanchez of antisemitism and barred two government ministers from entry, foreign ministry sources said. Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares took the decision "in the face of the slanderous accusations against Spain and the unacceptable ...

Gaza in the Wake of Trump’s Final Warning

This is Beirut 2025-09-08 14:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Gaza Hamas Washington Donald Trump

In Washington, Donald Trump said Israel had accepted his terms for an agreement. The US president promised a truce very soon, along with the release of hostages. He issued a final warning to Hamas to accept a ceasefire linked to this exchange. What comes next for Gaza? Details of the Proposed Agreement According to diplomatic sources in ...

VideosBlood Moon over the World

This is Beirut 2025-09-08 11:30 - Reading : less than a minute

Space Moon Eclipse

September 7 Lunar Eclipse: The Moon turned blood red – safe to watch with the naked eye! No special equipment needed, unlike solar eclipses. The next major celestial event is a solar eclipse on August 12, 2026.

Israel Warns Hamas to Surrender or Face 'Annihilation'

This is Beirut 2025-09-08 10:54 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Hamas Donald Trump Palestine USA

Israel's defence minister told Hamas on Monday to lay down its arms or face annihilation, after US President Donald Trump said the militant group must accept a deal to release hostages in Gaza. The warnings came as the Israeli military intensified its bombings and operations around Gaza City, which it has vowed to capture in a bid to finally ...

EU Asylum Applications Down 23% in 1st Half of 2025

This is Beirut 2025-09-08 10:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

European Union Syria Asylum

Asylum applications to the European Union fell by 23 percent in the first six months of 2025, driven by a massive drop in Syrians seeking protection, the EU's asylum agency said Monday. Data from the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) showed Syrians lodged around 25,000 requests in the 27-nation bloc plus Switzerland and Norway (EU+), down ...

French Parliament Set to Eject PM in Blow to Macron

This is Beirut 2025-09-08 09:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Emmanuel Macron France Francois Bayrou Government Confidence

France's parliament is expected to oust Prime Minister François Bayrou on Monday after just nine months in office, plunging the key EU member into new political uncertainty and creating a painful dilemma for President Emmanuel Macron. Bayrou blind sided even his allies by calling a confidence vote to end a months-long standoff over his austerity ...