French FM Says China can Help Bring Russia to Ukraine Negotiating Table

This is Beirut 27/03 11:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Ukraine European Union France China

France's Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot urged Beijing on Thursday to help bring Russia to talks over ending its war in Ukraine as he met Chinese counterpart Wang Yi. France and China have sought to boost ties in recent years, but Paris has also pressed Beijing on its relations with Moscow, which have strengthened since the invasion of ...

Yemen's Huthis Say Two Killed in US Strikes

This is Beirut 27/03 11:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

USA Gulf Israel Palestine Huthi

Yemen's Huthi rebels said on Thursday that two people were killed in overnight air strikes near Sanaa that they blamed on the United States. The Huthis' Al-Masirah TV channel reported nearly 20 strikes on Sanaa governorate, both north and south of the capital. "The American aggression killed two and injured two," the Huthi-run health ministry's ...

Syrian State Media Says Israeli Strikes Hit Coastal Province

This is Beirut 27/03 11:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Israel Syria

Syrian state media said Israeli strikes targeted the coastal Latakia province on Thursday, with a war monitor saying munitions depots were hit. "In a number of air strikes, Israeli occupation aircraft targeted the vicinity of the Al-Abyad port and the city of Latakia," state news agency SANA reported. Authorities were working to ensure there ...

VideosBack in Pink: Senegal Salt Lake Gets Its Color Back

This is Beirut 27/03 10:00 - Reading : less than a minute

The waters of Senegal's Lake Retba are back to their famous pink hues three years after floods washed away their rosy tinge, and businessmen and tourists are thrilled.

ReportSudan's Booming Wartime Gold Trade Flows Through the UAE

This is Beirut 27/03 09:50 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

Sudan gold UAE

Sudan's gold industry has become the lifeblood of its war, with nearly all of the trade channelled through the United Arab Emirates, enriching both the army and paramilitaries, according to official and NGO sources. The two-year conflict has decimated Sudan's economy, yet last month the army-backed government announced record gold production in ...

Macron to Host Europe Leaders for Ukraine Security Summit

This is Beirut 27/03 09:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Emmanuel Macron Europe Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky NATO

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday is to host European leaders including President Volodymyr Zelensky for a summit aimed at boosting Ukrainian security ahead of any potential ceasefire with Russia. The meeting is seeking to set out what security guarantees Europe can offer Ukraine once a ceasefire deal is agreed, including the possible ...

From El Salvador mega-jail, Trump's homeland security chief tells migrants 'do not come'

This is Beirut 27/03 05:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

United States El Salvador Venezuela Immigration Justice

US President Donald Trump's homeland security chief on Wednesday visited the mega-prison in El Salvador where hundreds of Venezuelan migrants have been deported under contested legal grounds. Standing in front of a cell of inmates who were stripped to the waist, revealing their tattooed torsos, Kristi Noem recorded a message telling others ...

Appeals Court Rejects Trump Bid to Lift Order Barring Deportations

This is Beirut 27/03 03:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

United States Immigration Justice Donald Trump

A US appeals court on Wednesday denied a bid by the Trump administration to lift a lower court order barring summary deportations of Venezuelan migrants using an obscure wartime law. A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals voted 2-1 to temporarily keep in place the ban on deportations carried out under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act ...

Trump Announces 25% Tariffs on Foreign-Built Vehicles

This is Beirut 26/03 23:43 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Donald Trump United States

US President Donald Trump announced steep tariffs on auto imports Wednesday, in a move set to fuel tensions with trading partners ahead of further promised levies next week. "What we're going to be doing is a 25 percent tariff on all cars that are not made in the United States. If they're made in the United States, there is ...

Sudan Army Chief Declares Capital 'Free' from Inside Presidential Palace

This is Beirut 26/03 22:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Sudan Abdel Fattah al-Burhan Khartoum Rapid Support Forces

Sudan's army chief, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, arrived at Khartoum's recaptured presidential palace on Wednesday, declaring the capital "free" of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces after nearly two years of war. "Khartoum is free; it's done," said Burhan, Sudan's de facto leader, in a broadcast aired by state television, capping a multi-day ...

Anti-Hamas Slogans Chanted at Protest in Gaza

This is Beirut 26/03 22:36 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Hamas Israel Palestine Gaza

Palestinians on Wednesday staged protests in the Gaza Strip against the territory's Hamas rulers for the second consecutive day, calling for an end to the war with Israel, witnesses said. Demonstrators carrying banners reading "Hamas does not represent us" were seen marching in Gaza City and the town of Beit Lahia to the north, just over a week ...

Houthi Media Reports New US Strikes in Capital after Wave of Attacks

This is Beirut 26/03 22:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Yemen Houthi Movement Yemen

Houthi media said late Wednesday that new US strikes had hit the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, after earlier reporting 19 American raids elsewhere in Yemen. "A series of strikes by the US aggression have hit the south and north of the capital," the Al-Masirah channel said, without providing further details. The station had earlier reported 17 raids by ...