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China Hawk Takaichi Named Japan's First Woman PM
This is Beirut 2025-10-21 09:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Sanae Takaichi Japan China Prime Minister
Japan got its first woman prime minister on Tuesday after Sanae Takaichi, a China hawk and social conservative, forged an 11th-hour coalition deal. Japan's fifth premier in as many years will lead a minority government and has a bulging in-tray, not least a scheduled visit by US President Donald Trump next week. The lower house of parliament ...
France's Former President Sarkozy Jailed, Proclaiming his Innocence
This is Beirut 2025-10-21 12:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Emmanuel Macron European Union Nicolas Sarkozy France
France's former president Nicolas Sarkozy became the first former head of an EU state to be jailed Tuesday, proclaiming his innocence as he entered a Paris prison. France's right-wing leader from 2007 to 2012 was found guilty last month of seeking to acquire funding from Moammar Kadhafi's Libya for the campaign that saw him elected. AFP ...
Trump Says Middle East Allies Ready to 'Straighten out Hamas' If Asked
This is Beirut 2025-10-21 17:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Donald Trump United States Hamas Gaza
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that allied nations in the Middle East were prepared to send troops into Gaza, at his request, to confront Hamas if the group did not cease its alleged violations of his peace plan. The threat comes a day after Trump warned Hamas would be "eradicated" if the group did not meet expectations of the agreement, ...
JD Vance in Israel: Washington Reasserts Control over the Ceasefire
This is Beirut 2025-10-21 18:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Washington Ceasefire Benjamin Netanyahu Donald Trump
Vance’s trip is part of a broader American diplomatic push. Since Monday, special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have been holding a series of meetings with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Together, they are working to secure an agreement designed not only to end hostilities, but also to lay the groundwork for a new regional security ...
Saudi de Facto Ruler to Meet Trump in Washington Next Month
This is Beirut 2025-10-21 18:54 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Mohammed bin Salman Saudi Arabia United States Donald Trump
Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler will meet US President Donald Trump during a three-day visit to Washington next month, a source close to the government told AFP on Tuesday. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will arrive on November 17 and discuss political, economic, and security files with Trump the following day, the source said on condition of ...
UK Removes Syria's HTS from 'Terrorist' Organizations List
This is Beirut 2025-10-21 22:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
United Kingdom Syria Hayat Tahrir al-Sham
The UK on Tuesday removed Syria's Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) from its list of banned "terrorist" organizations after the group ousted Bashar al-Assad last December and took control of the government. The move comes after the United States announced in July it would revoke HTS's "terrorist" designation. HTS was proscribed by the UK in 2017 over ...
Asian Youth Games: Lebanon Begins Its Campaign, Lea Khachfe Reaches the Quarter-Finals
Makram Haddad 2025-10-22 18:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lebanon Lea Khachfe Asian Youth Games
The 3rd edition of the Asian Youth Games opened for Lebanon in Manama with the rising sport of the moment: teqball. Competing in singles and doubles, Anthony Sabbagh, Rady Shebbo and Lea Khachfe delivered a focused first performance, highlighted by a quarter-final for Khachfe in singles and a notable victory in mixed doubles. Against already ...
JD Vance Voices ‘Great Optimism' for Gaza Truce on Israel Visit
This is Beirut 2025-10-22 08:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam United States JD Vance Gaza Hamas
US Vice President JD Vance expressed "great optimism" that the Gaza truce would hold, ahead of a meeting Wednesday in Jerusalem with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Vance is in Israel to shore up support for the US-brokered ceasefire and post-war reconstruction plans. Despite concerns in Israel that Hamas has seized on the pause to ...
Paramilitary Drones Target Khartoum Airport
This is Beirut 2025-10-22 10:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Paramilitary drones targeted Khartoum International Airport on Wednesday for a second consecutive day, a Sudanese military source told AFP. The source, who spoke anonymously because he was not authorized to brief the media, said, "Drones targeted Khartoum airport once again at dawn" on Wednesday. He added that army air defenses intercepted the ...
PSG Hit Seven, Barcelona, Arsenal Run Riot As Champions League Rains Goals
This is Beirut 2025-10-22 11:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Champions League PSG Barcelona
Paris Saint-Germain scored seven and both Barcelona and PSV Eindhoven hit six in big victories while Arsenal crushed Atletico Madrid 4-0 on a prolific night of Champions League action on Tuesday. Erling Haaland was among the scorers in Manchester City's 2-0 win at Villarreal as a total of 43 goals rained down across nine games. However, it was ...
Zelensky in Oslo For Talks With Norwegian PM
This is Beirut 2025-10-22 12:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Volodymyr Zelensky Ukraine Norway Jonas Gahr Store
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Oslo on Wednesday for talks with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store, Norway's government said. The two leaders met in the military part of Oslo's international airport, television images showed. Zelensky is scheduled to visit Sweden later Wednesday, where Kyiv and Stockholm are to make a ...
UK King to Be First to Pray With Pope in Five Centuries
This is Beirut 2025-10-22 12:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Pope Francis United Kingdom King Charles III Vatican History
King Charles III leaves for a state visit to the Vatican Wednesday, where he will meet Pope Leo XIV and make history as the first head of the Church of England to pray publicly with the pontiff since the schism between the churches 500 years ago. The visit comes at a delicate time for the British king following new revelations about his brother, ...
U.S. Pushes Plan to Disarm Hamas and Rebuild Gaza
This is Beirut 2025-10-22 13:50 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
USA Hamas Donald Trump Benjamin Netanyahu JD Vance
US Vice President JD Vance warned Wednesday of the tough task ahead in disarming Hamas and building a peaceful future for Gaza, as Washington sought to reassure its ally Israel over the next steps in its ambitious ceasefire deal. Vance met Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the second day of a trip to Israel, part of a diplomatic blitz in ...
Russia Holds Scheduled Nuclear Drills, Week After NATO
This is Beirut 2025-10-22 16:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Russia held planned strategic nuclear drills on Wednesday, a week after NATO began similar annual exercises, as tensions in Europe over the Ukraine war run high. "Today we are conducting planned, I would like to emphasise, planned, nuclear forces training," Russian President Vladimir Putin told generals in a televised meeting. NATO began similar ...
Israeli Lawmakers Approve Advancement of West Bank Annexation Bills
This is Beirut 2025-10-22 17:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Palestinians Conflict WestBank Settlement
Israeli lawmakers on Wednesday voted in favour of advancing two bills on annexing the occupied West Bank, an ambition openly promoted by far-right ministers in recent months. The vote came with US Vice President JD Vance visiting Israel to shore up a Gaza ceasefire brokered by President Donald Trump, who has made clear he would not back ...
Rubio Vows to Recover Bodies of Hostages Still Held in Gaza
This is Beirut 2025-10-25 17:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Marco Rubio Gaza United States
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio vowed Saturday to secure the return of all deceased hostages still held in Gaza, as he met with the families of two captives during his visit to Israel. "We will not forget the lives of the hostages who died in the captivity of Hamas," Rubio said on X. "Today I met with the families of American citizens Itay ...
Sunderland Stun Chelsea to Go Second, Newcastle Beat Fulham
This is Beirut 2025-10-25 21:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Football Premier League Chelsea
Sunderland climbed to second in the Premier League as Chemsdine Talbi's stoppage time winner stunned Chelsea, while Newcastle also struck late to beat Fulham 2-1 on Saturday. Back in the Premier League for the first time in eight years, the Black Cats already look set to buck the trend of promoted sides being relegated straight back to the ...
Louvre Closes for Second Day as France Hunts Jewel Thieves
This is Beirut 2025-10-20 13:39 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Emmanuel Macron France Louvre Heist Jewelry
The Louvre was closed for a second day Monday as police hunted for thieves who broke in and stole priceless jewels in a spectacular daylight robbery. Officials said a team of 60 investigators was working on the theory that an organised crime group was behind the theft Sunday of nine pieces of jewellery, one of which -- a crown covered in ...
U.S. Seeks to Finalize Plan for International Security Force in Gaza
This is Beirut 2025-10-30 13:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Palestine Donald Trump Hamas Internal Security Forces
U.S. officials are engaged in sensitive talks with several countries about creating an international force to be deployed in Gaza, with a plan expected to be presented in the coming weeks, three sources closely involved told Axios. The urgency of the initiative was underscored by an attack last Tuesday, which exposed the fragility of the ...
Aoun Meets U.S. Envoy Ortagus, Seeks Action on Israeli Violations
This is Beirut 2025-10-28 16:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Lebanese Army Joseph Aoun Morgan Ortagus United States
President Joseph Aoun emphasized during a meeting Tuesday with U.S. special envoy to Lebanon Morgan Ortagus “the need to activate” the work of the Committee for Monitoring the Cessation of Hostilities (‘the mechanism’), particularly regarding the cessation of Israeli violations against Lebanon. Aoun also called for the ...
North Korea Announces Missile Test Hours Before Trump Due in South
This is Beirut 2025-10-29 04:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
North Korea South Korea United States Donald Trump
North Korea test-fired cruise missiles off its western coast in a message to Pyongyang "enemies", state media announced Wednesday just hours before US President Donald Trump begins a visit to South Korea. The sea-to-surface missiles were launched vertically on Tuesday from the Yellow Sea and flew for more than two hours, state news ...
Trump Says 'Timing' Didn't Work Out to Meet N. Korea's Kim
This is Beirut 2025-10-29 09:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Donald Trump USA Kim Jong-Un North korea South Korea
Donald Trump said on Wednesday he was not able to arrange a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during the US president's visit to the South, ending fierce speculation over a possible summit. Trump had said he would "love to meet" Kim during his Asia trip, which would have been their first meeting since the US leader's previous term in ...
Swiss Town Returns Sacred Artefacts to South Africa
This is Beirut 2025-10-29 11:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Culture Art Artefacts Switzerland Africa Neuchâtel
The Swiss town of Neuchâtel on Tuesday handed over to South Africa three artefacts that had spent more than a century in one of its museums. The set of 30 divining bones in a woven basket, a bull's foot bone used as an amulet, and a walking staff were purchased by Swiss missionary and ethnographer Henri-Alexandre Junod. The items came from the ...
From Handshakes to Deals: Trump Reshapes Asia’s Trade World
Christiane Tager 2025-10-29 21:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Donald Trump United States China Asia
From Handshakes to Deals: Trump Reshapes Asia’s Trade World Christiane Tager During a visit to Asia, Donald Trump traded speeches for deals. In Gyeongju, South Korea, the former U.S. president sealed a major trade agreement with Seoul, one that extends beyond economics and is already sending shivers through global markets, from gold to the ...
The ‘Mechanism’: Open Sesame
Marc Saikali 2025-10-30 08:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Donald Trump Hezbollah
Five photos. One very short statement in Naqoura. That’s all it took for U.S. envoy Morgan Ortagus’s visit to Lebanon to make its point. The symbolism was clear: the era of endless chatter is over. Time to actually get things done. In a country where talking for the sake of talking is practically a national sport, that’s… a plot ...
Trump Hails Tariff, Rare Earth Deal with Xi
This is Beirut 2025-10-30 09:05 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Donald Trump United States Xi Jinping China
US President Donald Trump called the meeting Thursday with China's Xi Jinping a "great success", after the world's top two economies agreed a deal to trim fentanyl-related tariffs and keep supplies of critical rare earths flowing. There was no immediate comment from the Chinese government after what was the leaders' first ...
Ortagus in Lebanon: A Low-Profile Visit with a Clear Message
Mario Chartouni 2025-10-30 13:11 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Ain el-Tineh Donald Trump Hezbollah Joseph Aoun
In a region increasingly fraught with tension, U.S. envoy Morgan Ortagus’s visit to Beirut unfolded as part of a diplomatic sequence in which Lebanon once again finds itself on the fault line between war and negotiation. High-Level Meetings Morgan Ortagus began her Lebanese tour on Wednesday with a meeting in Ain al-Tineh with Parliament ...
German FM Raises Return of Refugees During Syria Visit
This is Beirut 2025-10-30 19:27 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Germany Syria Ahmad al-Sharaa Johann Wadephul
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul discussed the possible return of Syrian refugees with President Ahmed al-Sharaa during a visit to Damascus on Thursday. Germany has a large Syrian community, with hundreds of thousands having settled there after fleeing the civil war. Wadephul said it was "in the understandable interest of the Syrian ...
One Week After the Louvre Heist: What Do We Know?
This is Beirut 2025-10-28 14:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Louvre France Heist Investigation
The men, both in their thirties and from Seine-Saint-Denis, were detained over the weekend as part of the investigation into the high-profile robbery. Police sources say the two are already known to law enforcement for previous thefts and are suspected of taking part in the team that carried out the bold operation at the museum. The suspects were ...
Palestinian Weapons Test Lebanon’s Credibility on Disarmament and Security
Johnny Kortbawi 2025-10-31 09:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon Hezbollah Palestinian camps United States
The killing of Elio Abu Hanna by Palestinian gunmen in Beirut’s Shatila refugee camp this past weekend is not just another crime. His murder is a serious test for a Lebanese government dragging its feet on its commitment to disarm Hezbollah and other militias. There is no reason the Shatila refugee camp should remain off-limits to the ...