This is Beirut 24/10 17:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam USA Ceasefire Diplomat Gaza
The United States named a veteran diplomat on Friday as the civilian lead in a body monitoring the Gaza ceasefire, seeking to push forward a durable end to the war. The State Department said that Steve Fagin, a career diplomat, will work alongside US Army Lieutenant General Patrick Frank, the military head already appointed to the hub set up ...
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US Sanctions European Union Oil Hungary Russia
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Friday that his government was working on "ways to circumvent" US sanctions against Russian energy companies. The United States on Wednesday hit Russia's two biggest oil producers -- Rosneft and Lukoil -- with sanctions, the first against Russia since US President Donald Trump returned to ...
This is Beirut 24/10 15:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky Donald Trump Kyiv Washington
Ukraine's allies are gathering in London on Friday, with President Volodymyr Zelensky and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer pushing for more long-range missiles to be delivered to Kyiv. They are just one part of a rapidly developing arsenal being deployed on both sides of the front line, as the three-and-a-half year war has reshaped the ...
This is Beirut 24/10 15:23 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Donald Trump United States USA Canada
US President Donald Trump on Friday doubled down on his decision to end trade talks with Canada over an anti-tariff advertising campaign, a sudden about-face soon after a cordial White House meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney. On his Truth Social network Thursday, Trump vented fury at what he called a "fake" ad ...
This is Beirut 24/10 14:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Benjamin Netanyahu US Secretary of State USA Gaza Marco Rubio
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday that more countries are ready to normalize relations with Israel, but the decision would await a broader regional agreement. Rubio, who was touring a US-led multinational center in Israel aimed at coordinating a ceasefire in Gaza, said that a sustained end to the war would encourage more countries to ...
This is Beirut 24/10 13:28 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Turkey Bodrum Migrant Sink Boat
At least 14 migrants died when their inflatable dinghy capsized in the Aegean Sea off the Turkish resort of Bodrum, the governor's office said Friday, raising an earlier toll of seven dead. "The lifeless bodies of 14 irregular migrants were recovered," the office of the Mugla governorate said on X, saying the coastguard was alerted ...
This is Beirut 24/10 13:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Turkey Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu Jail Spy
Istanbul prosecutors have opened a new investigation into the city's jailed opposition mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on charges of espionage, state news agency Anadolu said on Friday. The probe is the latest targeting Imamoglu, who was arrested in March as part of a corruption investigation and has remained behind bars ever since. His jailing, which ...
This is Beirut 24/10 10:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hamas Palestine Donald Trump Benjamin Netanyahu
As the first phase of US President Donald Trump’s proposed plan moves forward, discussions are intensifying over the possible deployment of an international security force in Gaza, intended to take over from Hamas. The initiative’s first step involves disarming the Islamist movement, a highly sensitive task amid a fragile ceasefire and mutual ...
Marie de La Roche Saint-André 24/10 09:45 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Benjamin Netanyahu Hamas Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan Gaza Donald Trump
Long sidelined by the United States on Gaza and in wider regional affairs, Turkey is staging a forceful comeback, driven both by the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the Gaza agreement brokered by US President Donald Trump. Ankara has played a pivotal role as intermediary between Hamas and Washington, helping to persuade the ...
This is Beirut 24/10 09:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
European Union Ukraine Donald Trump Russia Frozen Assets
EU leaders Thursday tasked the European Commission to move ahead with options for funding Ukraine for two more years, leaving the door open for a mammoth loan using frozen Russian assets. In broadly-worded conclusions adopted after marathon talks in Brussels, EU leaders stopped short of greenlighting plans for the 140-billion-euro ($162-billion) ...
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United Nations Syria Refugees Return Reconstruction
After 14 years of destruction, Syria must be swiftly rebuilt to bring stability to the country and the wider region, a top UN official in the war-ravaged nation told AFP. Reconstruction is one of the most significant challenges facing Syria's new Islamist authorities after the overthrow of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad last December. "The ...
This is Beirut 24/10 05:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
United States Donald Trump White House
Demolition workers have finished tearing down the White House's entire East Wing to make way for US President Donald Trump's giant new $300 million ballroom, satellite pictures showed Thursday. The completion of the wrecking work came as the White House released a list of donors to the ballroom including Apple, Google and Meta. A gray ...