This is Beirut 18/10 19:31 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Gaza Rafah Rafah Crossing
The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that the Rafah crossing would reopen only after Hamas hands over the bodies of all deceased hostages still held in Gaza. "Prime Minister Netanyahu has directed that the Rafah crossing remain closed until further notice," the statement read. "Its reopening ...
This is Beirut 18/10 19:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam United States Qatar Steve Witkoff
US envoy Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump's chief negotiator on the Middle East, has said that he felt "betrayed" when Israel launched a strike targeting Hamas negotiators in Qatar last month. In a CBS interview alongside Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law who worked with Witkoff on the brokering of a Gaza ceasefire deal between Israel and ...
This is Beirut 18/10 19:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Pakistani and Afghan officials were due to meet in Qatar on Saturday, a day after Islamabad launched air strikes that killed at least 10 people in Afghanistan and broke a ceasefire that had brought two days of calm to the border. The strikes targeted what Pakistani security sources said was a militant group linked to the Pakistani Taliban in the ...
Bélinda Ibrahim 18/10 19:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Artificial Intelligence AI James Bond Movie Culture
The announcement of the next James Bond, now in the hands of Denis Villeneuve and screenwriter Steven Knight, reignites a familiar question: What role will technology play in 007’s world? After the Daniel Craig era, defined by gritty realism, should we expect a flood of AI-powered gadgets or a return to high-tech restraint? Official statements ...
This is Beirut 18/10 18:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A Cameroon-flagged LNG carrier issued a distress signal after an explosion on board off the coast of Yemen, British maritime security firm Ambrey and the EU naval mission Aspides said on Saturday. The incident occurred in the Gulf of Aden, about 60 nautical miles south of Ahwar on Yemen’s southern coast, according to Ambrey. The UK Maritime ...
This is Beirut 18/10 14:28 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Gaza Hamas Palestinian Prisoners
Israel returned the bodies of 15 Palestinians to Gaza on Saturday, bringing the total number handed over to 135, the health ministry in the Palestinian enclave said. Under a ceasefire deal brokered by US President Donald Trump, Israel was to turn over the bodies of 15 Palestinians for every deceased Israeli returned. Late on Friday, Hamas handed ...
This is Beirut 18/10 13:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Iran IAEA Iran Nuclear Program
Iran said on Saturday that it was no longer bound by restrictions on its nuclear program as a landmark 10-year deal between it and world powers expired, though Tehran reiterated its "commitment to diplomacy." The 2015 deal, signed in Vienna by Iran, China, Britain, France, Germany, Russia, and the United States, saw the lifting of international ...
This is Beirut 18/10 12:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
China United States Trade Tariffs
China and the United States agreed Saturday to conduct another round of trade negotiations in the coming week, as the world's two biggest economies seek to avoid another damaging tit-for-tat tariff battle. Beijing last week announced sweeping controls on the critical rare earths industry, prompting US President Donald Trump to threaten 100 ...
This is Beirut 18/10 12:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Gaza Hamas Israeli Hostages
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Saturday that the body of a deceased hostage Hamas returned overnight has been identified as 75-year-old Eliyahu Margalit. The Israeli military "informed the family of the abductee Eliyahu Margalit... that (the body of) their loved one has been returned to Israel and his identification ...
This is Beirut 18/10 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Scarred in September by several wildfires and a growing sense of insecurity, including a motorcycle shooting in early October that left three people dead, the Valley of Christians (Wadi al-Nasara) is now facing mounting threats. Located between the Mediterranean coast and the city of Homs, this rural region of Syria, known in Arabic as Wadi ...
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Volodymyr Zelensky Donald Trump USA Russia Vladimir Putin
US President Donald Trump suggested Friday it would be premature to give Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, saying as he hosted Volodymyr Zelensky that he hoped to secure peace with Russia first. "Hopefully they won't need it. Hopefully we'll be able to get the war over with without thinking about Tomahawks," Trump told journalists including an AFP ...
This is Beirut 17/10 22:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Donald Trump United States Nicolas Maduro Venezuela
US President Donald Trump said Friday that Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro had offered major concessions to ease tensions with Washington and confirmed a new strike on a drug-smuggling vessel, which reportedly left survivors. Washington accuses Maduro of heading a drug cartel and has deployed significant military assets -- including stealth ...