This is Beirut 2024-11-23 18:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Hamas's armed wing said Saturday an Israeli woman taken hostage during the October 2023 attack had been killed in a combat zone in northern Gaza and the Israeli military said it was investigating. Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades spokesman Abu Obeida said contact had been restored with the woman's captors after a break of several weeks. And it was ...
Béatrice Moreau 2024-11-23 17:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
France Historian Resistance Panthéon
Marc Bloch, a prominent French historian of the 20th century, will soon join the Panthéon. This decision, announced by President Emmanuel Macron during the 80th anniversary of the Liberation of Strasbourg, pays tribute to a visionary intellectual, a devoted patriot, and a courageous resistance fighter who died for France under Nazi gunfire. Born ...
This is Beirut 2024-11-23 15:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday praised the "courageous decision" of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to seek the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant. "We support the arrest warrant. We consider it important that this courageous decision be carried out by all ...
This is Beirut 2024-11-23 12:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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On Saturday, Emmanuel Macron will mark the 80th anniversary of Strasbourg's liberation from Nazi rule with tributes to the Alsatian resistance, forcibly conscripted soldiers, and historian Marc Bloch, who may be honored with a place in the Panthéon. The President, continuing a long cycle of remembrance surrounding the 80th anniversary of ...
This is Beirut 2024-11-23 10:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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NATO chief Mark Rutte held talks with US President-elect Donald Trump in Florida on the "global security issues facing the alliance", a spokeswoman said Saturday. The meeting took place on Friday in Palm Beach, NATO's Farah Dakhlallah said in a statement. In his first term Trump aggressively pushed Europe to step up defence spending and ...
David Hale 2024-11-23 10:15 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Most American presidents avoid plunging into Middle East peacemaking as long as possible. There were two exceptions: Bill Clinton started in his first month with a "Syria First" strategy for peace between Israel and its neighbors. Barak Obama on his "day two" launched a respected envoy to pursue a West Bank settlement freeze and two-state ...
This is Beirut 2024-11-23 09:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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US President-elect Donald Trump on Friday named billionaire Scott Bessent as his Treasury secretary, choosing the hedge fund manager to help execute an agenda promising tax cuts and tariffs. Bessent, who is chief executive officer of Key Square Group, has called for an extension of tax cuts from Trump's first term, wants to reassert American ...
This is Beirut 2024-11-23 09:40 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Fierce bargaining at UN climate talks in Azerbaijan dragged into Saturday after a $250 billion a year offer from rich nations was flatly refused by developing countries hardest hit by Earth's rapid warming. Negotiators from nearly 200 nations spent another harried and sleepless night in a sports stadium trying to land a compromise figure for ...
Amal Chmouny 2024-11-23 08:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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As Donald Trump prepares to take office again in January 2025, reflecting on his previous administration's lessons will help shape effective strategies to address the complex challenges in the Middle East. If Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were to meet and speak with Trump before taking office, this engagement could signal a strong ...
This is Beirut 2024-11-23 05:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The judge in Donald Trump's criminal hush money case on Friday delayed his sentencing indefinitely, in what the president-elect's team called a "decisive win" as he prepares to return to the White House. Trump, who was to have been sentenced on November 26, fought to block that proceeding before he succeeds Joe Biden in ...
This is Beirut 2024-11-22 22:07 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Ukraine is asking its Western partners for updated air defense systems after Russia fired an ultra-fast ballistic missile at the city of Dnipro this week, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday. "Ukraine's defense minister is already holding meetings with our partners on new air defense systems, exactly the kind of systems that can ...
This is Beirut 2024-11-22 17:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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French President Emmanuel Macron is concerned about the "disappearance" of French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal, his office said, after reports that the prize-winning novelist had been arrested in Algeria. Sansal, a major figure in francophone modern literature, is known for his strong stances against both authoritarianism and Islamism as well ...