This is Beirut 27/08 18:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Donald Trump George Soros United States
US President Donald Trump called Wednesday for billionaire George Soros and his son to face criminal charges over unfounded claims that the family, a favorite target of the right, is behind "violent protests" around the country. Trump did not specify what had prompted his morning outburst, but it comes as his administration pursues ...
Soumia Benmerzoug 27/08 16:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
France’s political rentrée promises to be fraught with tensions. The Prime Minister is staking the government’s survival on a controversial austerity plan, while nationwide strikes scheduled for September 10 are already casting doubt on the country’s stability. With a fractured National Assembly and growing public anger, the executive is ...
This is Beirut 27/08 15:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
UN Security Council Israel Tehran United Nations
Iran said Wednesday that the return of UN nuclear inspectors did not represent a full resumption of cooperation, which was suspended in the aftermath of June attacks by Israel and the United States. A team of inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency has returned to Iran, its director general Rafael Grossi said, the first to enter ...
This is Beirut 27/08 15:14 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Syria on Wednesday condemned an Israeli drone strike that killed six soldiers the previous day, calling it a "clear violation" of the country's sovereignty. Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes in Syria since an Islamist-led alliance toppled longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad in December. It has also ...
This is Beirut 27/08 13:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel Palestine West Bank Nablus
The Israeli military on Wednesday launched an operation involving dozens of soldiers and armoured vehicles in the old city of Nablus, in the northern occupied West Bank, witnesses and Palestinian officials said. The Israeli military confirmed to AFP that it was conducting an operation, without specifying its purpose. The raid began at around ...
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USA Donald Trump United States Washington White House
China said Wednesday that it would not participate in denuclearisation talks with the United States and Russia, after President Donald Trump said he hoped to include Beijing in negotiations. Trump on Monday said the United States was trying to pursue denuclearisation with both countries. "I think the denuclearisation is a very -- it's a ...
This is Beirut 27/08 13:04 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Donald Trump Benjamin Netanyahu Hamas Gaza Steve Witkoff
The Israeli military pressed operations around Gaza City on Wednesday, as President Donald Trump prepared to host a White House meeting on post-war plans for the shattered Palestinian territory. Israel is under mounting pressure both at home and abroad to end its almost two-year campaign in Gaza, where the military is preparing to conquer the ...
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USA Donald Trump United States White House
Denmark summoned the US charge d'affaires for talks Wednesday after reports of attempted interference in Greenland, a Danish autonomous territory which US President Donald Trump wants to control. Since returning to the White House in January, Trump has repeatedly said America needs the strategically located, resource-rich island for security ...
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Iran Sistan-Baluchistan Revolutionary Guards
Iranian forces have killed 13 militants in a raid in the restive southeast, state media reported Wednesday, adding they were members of a group suspected of a recent deadly attack on police. "So far, 13 terrorists have been killed and a number of others arrested" in Sistan-Baluchistan province, the Revolutionary Guards said in a ...
This is Beirut 27/08 09:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
United Nations Tehran Nuclear IAEA
The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog has said a team of its inspectors are "back in Iran," the first to enter since Israeli and US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities this year. Iran suspended cooperation with the United Nations' International Atomic Energy Agency following a 12-day war with Israel in June, with Tehran pointing to the IAEA's ...
This is Beirut 27/08 09:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
USA Donald Trump Europe India Tariff
US tariffs of 50 percent took effect Wednesday on many Indian products, doubling an existing duty as President Donald Trump sought to punish New Delhi for buying Russian oil. Trump has raised pressure on India over the energy transactions, a key source of revenue for Moscow's war in Ukraine, as part of a campaign to end the conflict. The latest ...
This is Beirut 27/08 09:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Emmanuel Macron European Union Donald Tusk Friedrich Merz Moldova
The leaders of France, Germany and Poland are due in Moldova on Wednesday in a show of support, a day before campaigning starts for next month's tense parliamentary election amid claims of Russian interference in the pro-EU nation bordering Ukraine. French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Polish Prime Minister ...