This is Beirut 06/04 18:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel Israel Katz Hamas Iran Gaza
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz disclosed on Sunday a communication between Iran and Mohammed Al-Deif, the General Commander of the Al-Qassam Brigades, as well as Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas in Gaza, confirming "Iran's support for the October 7, 2023, plan." During a visit to the intelligence unit in the "Amshot" division on Sunday, ...
This is Beirut 06/04 17:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Iran Gulf Iran Nuclear Program United States Ali Khamenei
Iran has defied US demands for direct negotiations regarding its nuclear program, which come with the threat of military action, and has cautioned neighboring countries hosting US bases that they could become targets if they participate in any military action, as stated by a senior Iranian official cited by Reuters. Despite rejecting US President ...
This is Beirut 06/04 16:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Benjamin Netanyahu Israel Donald Trump Hungary Viktor Orban
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left Budapest on Sunday to head to the US to talk tariffs and Iran with President Donald Trump after wrapping up a multi-day visit to Hungary. Nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban hosted his long-standing Israeli ally in Hungary this week, despite an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest ...
This is Beirut 06/04 15:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Iran Abbas Araghchi USA Donald Trump
Iran's top diplomat has dismissed direct negotiations with the United States as pointless, his office said Sunday, after US President Donald Trump said he preferred face-to-face talks over its nuclear program. Trump sent a letter to Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, last month calling for negotiations but warning of military ...
This is Beirut 06/04 15:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Ukraine Russia Volodymyr Zelensky
President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Sunday that Moscow is increasing its aerial bombardment after Russia mounted a "massive" missile and drone attack on Ukraine overnight, killing two people and wounding at least seven. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that "the number of Russian air attacks is increasing," which ...
This is Beirut 06/04 15:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A senior Russian official involved in negotiations with Washington said on Sunday that Russia and the United States could reach out to each other again as early as next week. Kirill Dmitriev, the Kremlin's international economy envoy, told Channel One television in an interview that the next contact between the two sides could happen ...
This is Beirut 06/04 13:30 - Reading : less than a minute
Pope Francis, who is recovering after a serious case of pneumonia, made a surprise public appearance Sunday as he mingled with crowds at the Vatican just two weeks after leaving the hospital. "A good Sunday to all. Thank you very much", the 88-year-old Pope said as he was wheeled through Saint Peter's Square in his wheelchair after ...
This is Beirut 05/04 22:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
United States Donald Trump Elon Musk
Thousands of people descended Saturday on Washington's National Mall and rallied in other cities across the United States and abroad in opposition to the policies of Donald Trump, in the largest protests since he returned to the presidency. A big "HANDS OFF!" banner stretched across the stage of an outdoor theater just a few blocks ...
This is Beirut 05/04 22:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Emmanuel Macron Gaza Egypt Hamas Israel
French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday said he would hold a trilateral summit on the situation in Gaza with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Jordan's King Abdullah II. Israel has pushed to seize territory in Gaza since the collapse of a short-lived truce in its war with Hamas, in what it has called a strategy to force the ...
Bélinda Ibrahim 05/04 18:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Writers Neuroses Literature Culture
Literature loves outsiders. But what it cherishes most are organized outsiders—those who turn their strangeness into a narrative engine, their questionable lifestyles into bursts of staggering productivity. This second part focuses on writers who today might be considered, depending on one’s perspective, either misunderstood geniuses or ...
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Benjamin Netanyahu Donald Trump United States Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled for a high-stakes White House meeting with President Trump on Monday, according to four knowledgeable sources who spoke with Axios. This potential visit marks Netanyahu as the first international leader to personally engage with President Trump in an attempt to negotiate relief from the ...
This is Beirut 05/04 16:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
United States Volodymyr Zelensky Russia Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday slammed the US embassy for what he called a "weak" statement that did not blame Russia for a missile strike on his hometown that killed 18 people, including nine children. In one of the deadliest strikes in recent weeks, a Russian missile on Friday evening struck a residential area near ...