This is Beirut 2025-10-25 12:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Donald Trump Xi Jinping United States Asia
US President Donald Trump headed for Asia on Saturday for high-stakes trade talks with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, saying that he would also like to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on his trip. Trump is set to meet Xi in South Korea on the last day of his regional swing in a bid to seal a deal to end the bruising trade war between ...
Amal Chmouny 2025-10-25 11:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Hezbollah United States Donald Trump
Lebanon’s long‑simmering debate over Hezbollah’s disarmament has sharpened into a defining confrontation between state sovereignty and a foreign‑backed militia. In Washington, the issue is becoming the centerpiece of US regional policy. For President Trump’s administration, Hezbollah’s disarmament is not merely a security objective but ...
This is Beirut 2025-10-25 05:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Canada United States Donald Trump Tariff
The Canadian province of Ontario said on Friday it would pull an anti-tariff ad featuring former US president Ronald Reagan that prompted current leader Donald Trump to scrap trade talks. Trump announced on his Truth Social network on Thursday that he had "terminated" all negotiations with Canada over what he called the "fake" ...
This is Beirut 2025-10-24 22:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
United States Colombia Sanction Politics
The United States on Friday announced sanctions on Colombia's President Gustavo Petro, who Washington has accused of failing to curb illicit drug trafficking, alongside his wife and son. "President Petro has allowed drug cartels to flourish and refused to stop this activity," said US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in a statement unveiling the ...
This is Beirut 2025-10-24 22:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
More than 1,500 people are facing prosecution in Morocco over recent GenZ 212 protests demanding better public education and health care, a local NGO said Friday. About a thousand of the suspects are currently in custody, and 240 have already been sentenced by a court in Agadir, in the south -- 39 of them to prison terms of between six and 15 ...
This is Beirut 2025-10-24 21:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam United Nations Houthi Yemen UN
Several Yemenis working for the United Nations in the rebel-held capital Sanaa have been detained on accusations of spying for Israel, a Houthi security official told AFP Friday, in the latest arrests targeting the world body's staff. Earlier this week, 20 UN staff, including 15 foreigners, were released after being held in their compound since a ...
This is Beirut 2025-10-24 19:35 - Reading : less than a minute
Technology takes another leap in Abu Dhabi. At the Gitex tech exhibition, one innovation is stealing the spotlight: a virtual agent that can marry couples entirely online. Through the government app TAMM, couples can now get married in Abu Dhabi without traveling, even from abroad. A milestone that reflects the UAE’s ambition to become an ...
This is Beirut 2025-10-24 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 ...
This is Beirut 2025-10-24 17:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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 2025-10-24 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 2025-10-24 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 2025-10-24 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 ...