This is Beirut 04/01 15:33 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Russia vowed on Saturday to retaliate after it accused Ukraine of firing US-supplied ATACMS missiles at the border region of Belgorod the previous day. Outgoing US President Joe Biden authorised Kyiv to use the long-range weapons against Russia last year, in a move the Kremlin denounced as a grave escalation of the nearly three-year ...
This is Beirut 04/01 10:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The health ministry in the occupied West Bank said one person was killed and nine injured in an Israeli raid on a refugee camp, with the Israeli military saying Saturday it had opened fire at "terrorists". An 18-year-old man, Muhammad Medhat Amin Amer, "was killed by bullets from the (Israeli) occupation in the Balata camp" in the territory's ...
This is Beirut 04/01 09:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The New York judge presiding over President-elect Donald Trump's hush money case on Friday set sentencing for 10 days before his January 20 inauguration and said he was not inclined to impose jail time. Judge Juan Merchan said Trump, the first former president ever convicted of a crime, can appear either in person or virtually at his January 10 ...
This is Beirut 04/01 09:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Mourners are to begin paying their respects to Jimmy Carter on Saturday, kicking off a carefully choreographed six-day farewell for America's longest-lived president. Flags have been flying at half-mast around the country since Carter died on December 29 at the age of 100 in his hometown of Plains, Georgia. Carter's state funeral officially ...
This is Beirut 04/01 09:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
US Steel and Nippon Steel threatened legal action Friday after President Joe Biden blocked a controversial $14.9 billion deal for the Japanese company to buy its American rival. Biden cited a strategic need to protect domestic industry -- but the move drew sharp criticism from both companies. The decision came after a government panel failed to ...
This is Beirut 04/01 09:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit South Korea for talks next week, the two countries announced Friday, with Seoul mired in political turmoil as its impeached president resists arrest. Blinken, on what will likely be his last international trip before president-elect Donald Trump's return, will also visit Japan and France, the State ...
Chelsea Al Arif 04/01 09:15 - Reading : less than a minute
Travel back in time to 1996. What happened in Los Angeles on January 4, 1996? Join us weekly on Time Travel as we explore historical events under a different theme every month. This January, we're exploring inventions and science!
This is Beirut 03/01 22:11 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock warned Syria's new leaders Friday not to establish an Islamist government after the overthrow of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad last month. "Europe will support" Syria in its transition, "but Europe will not finance new Islamist structures," Baerbock told reporters at the end of a visit to Syria. "This ...
This is Beirut 03/01 22:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Republican Mike Johnson was returned as speaker of the US House of Representatives on Friday with the crucial backing of incoming president Donald Trump, ending a bitter standoff that threatened to see the 2025 session opening in chaos. Johnson had angered backbenchers by working with Democrats to pass legislation, and his victory was secured ...
This is Beirut 03/01 17:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Visiting French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot called on Syria's new rulers Friday to reach a settlement with Kurdish authorities in the northeast. Barrot and his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock met Syria's new ruler, Ahmad el-Sharaa, in Damascus, in the highest-level visit by major Western powers since Islamist-led rebels seized power ...
Lyne Sammouri 03/01 17:20 - Reading : less than a minute
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot and his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock visited Damascus on Friday, marking the highest-level visit so far by major Western powers to Syria.
This is Beirut 03/01 15:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
In the winding alleys of southern Iran, artist Adel Yazdi has taken it upon himself to turn his rustic old neighborhood into a cultural and tourist hub through vibrant paintings and carved relief faces. Narenjestan, a neighborhood characterized by crumbling, uninhabited houses, is nestled in Shiraz, a southern city celebrated for its historic ...