This is Beirut 19/04 19:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
A Tunisian court has handed down prison sentences of up to 66 years to multiple defendants, including prominent opposition figures, in a mass trial that has been criticized by rights groups. Described by a defense lawyer as a "masquerade," the trial is unprecedented in scale, with around 40 defendants, including vocal critics of President Kais ...
This is Beirut 19/04 18:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Saturday that Ukraine would observe the Easter ceasefire declared earlier that day by Russian President Vladimir Putin. However, Zelensky simultaneously accused Moscow of breaching its own commitment just hours after it was announced. “If Russia is genuinely willing to commit, Ukraine will do ...
This is Beirut 19/04 16:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The latest internet obsession is one impossible to escape on social media: images of well-known figures in plastic toy packaging, alongside evocative props... welcome to the meme of AI action figures. The figurines aren't real, but thanks to ChatGPT's new image generator, they look genuine, and they are flooding platforms from TikTok to ...
This is Beirut 19/04 14:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The Sultan of Oman will visit Moscow on Tuesday to hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin and Muscat said on Saturday, as the Gulf state mediates high-level talks on Iran's nuclear program. The Kremlin said the talks with Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tariq would cover "current questions on the international ...
This is Beirut 19/04 12:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Syria Ahmed al-Sharaa United States
Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa has met with a US congressman, the Syrian presidency said on Saturday, the first such visit by an American lawmaker since the overthrow of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad. Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani was also present at the meeting with Republican Cory Mills at the presidential palace in Damascus, a presidency ...
Amal Chmouny 19/04 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The United States is preparing to engage in a new round of negotiations with Iran regarding its nuclear program, adopting a more rigorous approach. The US now demands the complete elimination of uranium enrichment beyond what is necessary for electricity generation, as well as verification of Iran's missile capabilities. This complicates ...
This is Beirut 19/04 04:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
United States Syria Army Conflict Islamic State
The United States will roughly halve the number of troops it has deployed in Syria to less than 1,000 in the coming months, the Pentagon said Friday. Washington has had troops in Syria for years as part of international efforts against the Islamic State (IS) group, which rose out of the chaos of the country's civil war to seize swaths of ...
This is Beirut 18/04 22:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
US strikes on a Yemeni fuel port killed at least 80 people, Houthis said Friday, in the deadliest attack of Washington's 15-month campaign against the Iran-backed group. Thursday's strikes on Ras Issa aimed to cut off supplies and funds for the Houthis that control large swathes of the Arabian Peninsula's poorest country, the US military ...
This is Beirut 18/04 20:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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President Donald Trump said Friday the United States will "take a pass" on brokering further Ukraine war talks unless there is quick progress from Moscow and Kyiv. Trump was speaking after Secretary of State Marco Rubio commented -- following talks with European allies - that Washington would "move on" if a truce did not seem "doable" within ...
This is Beirut 18/04 20:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Emmanuel Macron Donald Trump France
President Emmanuel Macron on Friday invited foreign researchers to work in France, in an apparent effort to lure US scientists hit by federal research spending cuts under Donald Trump. "Researchers from the world over, choose France, choose Europe," Macron said on X. Here in France, research is a priority, innovation is a culture, and ...
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Ahmad al-Sharaa Mahmoud Abbas Syria
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas met Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus on Friday, on his first visit to Syria in 16 years. According to a Syrian government source, the pair were expected to discuss reinforcing ties between Syria and the Palestinians, as well as the "threats" faced by both parties. According to the UN agency for ...
This is Beirut 18/04 19:08 - Reading : less than a minute
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In Damascus, lines stretch in front of ATMs. Amid a severe liquidity crisis, Syrians sometimes wait for hours to withdraw the equivalent of 20 dollars a day. This is daily life in a country where 90% of the population lives below the poverty line.