This is Beirut 16/11 13:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Israeli military said Sunday it had killed one person overnight during an operation in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, with the Palestinian health ministry reporting a teenager had been shot dead. "Overnight (Sunday), Israeli army reserve soldiers... conducted an operational activity in the area of Nablus during which a terrorist ...
This is Beirut 15/11 17:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Democratic Republic of Congo Rwanda M23 Qatar
The Democratic Republic of Congo and the Rwanda-backed M23 militia signed a new framework for peace on Saturday at a ceremony in Qatar aimed at ending the fighting that has devastated eastern DRC. Qatar, along with the United States and the African Union, has been engaged in months of back-and-forth talks aimed at ending the conflict in DRC's ...
This is Beirut 15/11 14:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The UN Security Council will vote Monday on a resolution endorsing US President Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan, diplomats said. Last week the Americans officially launched negotiations within the 15-member Security Council on a text that would follow up on a ceasefire in the two-year war between Israel and Hamas and endorse Trump's plan. A draft ...
This is Beirut 15/11 13:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iran Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Strait of Hormuz
Iran's Revolutionary Guards confirmed on Saturday that they had seized an oil tanker in the Gulf off the country's coast, a day after security companies determined they were likely responsible. "Yesterday morning at 7:30, after a judicial authority ordered the seizure of the cargo of an oil tanker with the trade name Talara and the flag of the ...
This is Beirut 15/11 13:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iranian judiciary chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei has called for stricter methods to tackle "social anomalies," local media reported, pointing in particular to more relaxed attitudes towards wearing the mandatory hijab. Under rules imposed after the 1979 Islamic revolution, all women in Iran must cover their hair in public with a hijab, or ...
This is Beirut 15/11 12:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Donald Trump USA Bahrain Gulf Hamas Israel Saudi Arabia
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will press for security guarantees while US President Donald Trump will urge him to normalise ties with Israel when the de facto Saudi ruler breaks a seven-year absence from Washington this week. Saudi Arabia is unlikely to agree to normalisation at this stage, with Prince Mohammed's priority set for firmer US ...
This is Beirut 14/11 20:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Tehran Iran inflation drought poverty economy
Iran is facing a crisis its leaders can no longer downplay. During his address to parliament, Pezeshkian confronted the issues affecting daily life across the country. He spoke of inflation without blaming external factors and acknowledged what citizens are already feeling in their kitchens, at their taps, and in their wallets. Prices are ...
This is Beirut 14/11 20:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The new United States ambassador to Lebanon, Michel Issa, landed in Beirut on Friday to begin a particularly delicate mission. His arrival comes at a time when Washington is seeking to redefine the scope of its engagement in a country caught in a deep institutional crisis, latent tensions in the south, and growing international pressure over ...
This is Beirut 14/11 19:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The United States and several Arab and Muslim-majority nations, including Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey, called Friday for the UN Security Council to quickly adopt a US resolution endorsing Donald Trump's peace plan for Gaza. "The United States, Qatar, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Jordan, ...
This is Beirut 14/11 17:48 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Iran is likely behind the seizure of an oil tanker that suddenly changed course towards the country's waters on Friday, two maritime security companies said, stoking concern of a return to Iranian seizures after a recent lull. The ship, which had left Ajman in the United Arab Emirates destined for Singapore, was heading for Iranian ...
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Russia struck residential parts of Ukraine's capital Kyiv on Friday, Ukraine said, killing six people in a single apartment block in attacks President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced as "heinous" and aimed at civilians. Kyiv also said a Russian drone attack on a market in southern Ukraine hours later killed two more people. It was one of the ...
This is Beirut 14/11 17:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
United Nations cop30 Amazon demonstration Indigenous Brazil
Dozens of Indigenous protesters, some holding babies, peacefully blocked the entrance to the UN climate summit in Brazil on Friday to demand a meeting with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and discuss their plight in the Amazon. The human barrier of around 60 men and women, most in traditional garb and headdresses, lasted about two hours and ...