This is Beirut 19/02 09:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Brazil's attorney general on Tuesday formally charged far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro and 33 others over an alleged coup attempt after his 2022 election loss. Bolsonaro, 69, and his co-accused were hit with five charges over the alleged bid to prevent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from taking office after a bitter election ...
This is Beirut 19/02 09:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
US top diplomat Marco Rubio visited the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday for the final leg of his first Middle East tour, after breakthrough talks with Russian officials in Riyadh. After arriving in Abu Dhabi in the morning, the US secretary of state was set to meet with UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Foreign Minister Abdullah ...
This is Beirut 19/02 09:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
US President Donald Trump painted Elon Musk as his enforcer-in-chief Tuesday, hailing the tech billionaire's zeal in implementing the blizzard of executive orders the president has issued since returning to office. In a joint interview broadcast on Fox News, the two men spent substantial time singing the other's praises and dismissing concerns ...
This is Beirut 19/02 04:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
United States Ukraine Russia Volodymyr Zelensky Donald Trump
Trump's special envoy was in Kyiv Wednesday, saying he was there to "listen" to Kyiv's concerns, a day after the US president tore into his Ukrainian counterpart in a surprise press conference. Speaking on Tuesday, after Russian and US officials met in Saudi Arabia for their first high-level talks in over three years without ...
This is Beirut 18/02 22:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Ukraine France Emmanuel Macron Donald Trump
French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Tuesday that he will host another meeting on Ukraine after the talks between the new US administration and Russia, adding that Donald Trump "can restart a useful dialogue" with Vladimir Putin. In an interview with French regional newspapers, Macron again appeared open to the idea of sending ...
This is Beirut 18/02 18:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday criticized US-Russia talks for excluding Kyiv, saying efforts to end the war must be "fair" and involve European countries, including Turkey. His remarks came after Washington and Moscow said they would name teams to negotiate a path to ending the war in Ukraine during their first ...
Bélinda Ibrahim 18/02 18:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Film Chronicle Vatican Culture Ralph Fiennes
Steeped in unrelenting tension, Conclave, directed by Edward Berger and adapted from Robert Harris’s novel, pulls viewers into the inner workings of religious power struggles. Following the sudden death of the pope, the College of Cardinals convenes in the utmost secrecy to choose his successor. But behind the sealed doors of the Sistine Chapel, ...
This is Beirut 18/02 17:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Israel Hamas Gaza Israeli Hostages
Hamas said Tuesday that it would hand over all six living Israeli hostages due for release under the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire this week, as well as the bodies of four dead captives. The fragile Gaza truce took effect on January 19 after more than 15 months of fighting between Israel and Hamas, sparked by the Palestinian militant group's ...
This is Beirut 18/02 16:36 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
USA Ukraine Donald Trump US Secretary of State Russia
Russia told the United States in talks on Tuesday that it opposed any NATO member sending troops to Ukraine as part of a ceasefire, Moscow's foreign minister said. "The appearance of troops of armed forces from the same NATO countries, whether under a foreign flag, under the flag of the European Union or under national flags, does not ...
This is Beirut 18/02 15:50 - Reading : less than a minute
Homs Syria War Bashar al-Assad
Once dubbed the capital of the revolution against Bashar al-Assad, Homs saw some of the fiercest fighting in Syria's civil war. Now, displaced people are returning to their neighborhoods, only to find them in ruins.
This is Beirut 18/02 14:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Pope Francis breakfasted and read the papers as usual on Tuesday on his fifth day in hospital but appears no closer to being discharged, with the Vatican cancelling his weekend events. The 88-year-old was admitted to Rome's Gemelli hospital last Friday for bronchitis, but the Holy See said Monday it was changing his treatment to deal with a ...
This is Beirut 18/02 14:10 - Reading : less than a minute
An extraordinary Arab League meeting on Gaza, initially set for next week, has been postponed to March 4, host Egypt said on Tuesday. The Egyptian foreign ministry said the new date was agreed with Arab League members as part of "substantive and logistical preparations" for the summit. The meeting was called in response to US President Donald ...