This is Beirut 14/07 13:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Seven people were injured in an explosion that occurred on Monday in a residential building in the Pardisan neighborhood of Qom, central Iran, according to a report by Iran's semi-official Fars news agency cited by Reuters. The incident caused damage to four housing units. The head of the local fire department said the blast appeared to have been ...
This is Beirut 14/07 11:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Israeli and Palestinian foreign ministers were due at a meeting in Brussels between the EU and its southern neighbors on Monday, but the Palestinian Authority denied the two would meet. It would be the first time since the Gaza war began in October 2023 that Israeli and Palestinian ministers attended a high-level meeting in the same room. The ...
This is Beirut 14/07 11:06 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
US President Donald Trump is hosting the NATO chief in Washington on Monday after teasing a "major statement" on Russia's war in Ukraine, with senior Republicans preparing an arsenal of sanctions against Moscow. Trump, seeking to negotiate an end to the three-year war, has expressed growing impatience with the Kremlin leader, and ...
Charles Chartouni 14/07 10:40 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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The regional political scene is quite treacherous, as it conveys misleading signals regarding the outcomes of the ongoing wars in the greater Middle East. American diplomacy remains evasive regarding these wars and their prospects. This uncertainty complicates international relations and makes it challenging for global powers to formulate coherent ...
This is Beirut 14/07 10:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A drone packed with explosives was shot down Monday near Erbil airport, which hosts US troops from the international anti-jihadist coalition in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, Kurdish security forces said. "At 02:20 (1120 GMT) an explosive-laden drone was downed near Erbil International Airport, without causing casualties or damage," said the ...
This is Beirut 14/07 09:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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EU ministers on Monday will debate the bloc's approach to trade talks with the United States, as Brussels scrambles to head off 30-percent tariffs threatened by President Donald Trump. The US leader Trump threw months of painstaking negotiations into disarray on Saturday by announcing he would hammer the bloc with sweeping 30-percent tariffs if ...
This is Beirut 14/07 09:15 - Reading : less than a minute
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US President Donald Trump's second state visit to the United Kingdom will be between September 17 to 19, Buckingham Palace announced Monday. Trump and his wife Melania will be welcomed by King Charles III and Queen Camilla at Windsor castle. Trump was invited by a personal letter from Charles, which Prime Minister Keir Starmer handed to him last ...
This is Beirut 14/07 09:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli air strikes on Sunday killed more than 40 Palestinians, including children at a water distribution point, as talks for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas stalled. Delegations from Israel and the Palestinian militant group have now spent a week trying to agree on a temporary truce to halt 21 months of ...
This is Beirut 14/07 08:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Bitcoin surged past the $120,000 mark for the first time on Monday, setting a new record as optimism grows around potential regulatory breakthroughs for the cryptocurrency industry this week. The digital asset peaked at $122,571.19 before easing slightly, trading 2.4% higher at $121,952.61. Most Asian markets rose Monday as investors digested ...
This is Beirut 14/07 07:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Clashes between Bedouin tribes and local fighters in the predominantly Druze city of Sweida in southern Syria have killed 37 people, a war monitor said Monday, as authorities sent forces to de-escalate the situation. The clashes are the first outbreak of deadly violence in the area since fighting between members of the Druze community and the ...
This is Beirut 13/07 17:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Syria signed an $800 million deal with UAE-based company DP World on Sunday to develop the port of Tartus, state media reported, as the new authorities continue their efforts to support post-war reconstruction. Following the toppling of longtime Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad in December, the new Islamist authorities have worked to reconnect the ...
This is Beirut 13/07 16:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Thousands of people streamed to a small Italian hilltop village not far from Rome on Sunday to hear Pope Leo deliver his first Angelus prayer from his summer residence at Castel Gandolfo. "I am happy to be among you... and thank you all for your warm welcome," the Pope declared, standing outside the gates of the Apostolic Palace, ...