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Japan Urges Universities to Accept Students Hit by US Block

This is Beirut, 28/05 13:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The Japanese government has asked local universities to consider accepting international students enrolled at US universities as President Donald Trump seeks to force Harvard to submit to unprecedented oversight. The Trump administration moved last week to block Harvard from enrolling foreign students, but on Friday a judge suspended the order ...

Lebanon, the Doormat of Syria’s Sanctions Lift

Marc Saikali, 22/05 08:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Bashar al-Assad has been out of the picture for almost six months now. No one seems to miss him. The chapter is firmly closed. Enter Ahmad el-Chareh – once an Islamist, now a man of compromise – captured smiling alongside Donald Trump in Riyadh. Syria is reinventing itself, trying to appear more approachable. At least, that’s the ...

South Lebanon: Israeli Drone Strike Kills One in Tyre Caza

This is Beirut, 20/05 11:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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On the road linking the localities of Mansouri and Majdel Zoun, in the caza of Tyre, a motorcycle was targeted by a drone strike on Tuesday morning. The strike killed one person believed to be a member of Hezbollah, according to the Israeli Army. Lebanon’s Ministry of Health states that nine people were wounded, according to a ...

UAE Says to Invest $1.4 Trillion in US over 10 Years

This is Beirut, 15/05 20:25 - Reading : less than a minute

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The president of the United Arab Emirates on Thursday said his country planned to invest $1.4 trillion in the United States over 10 years, lauding a "strong partnership" that flourished under US President Donald Trump. Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed announced the "UAE's plan to invest $1.4 trillion in the United States... over the ...

Donald Trump Calls for a “New Middle East” During his Visit to Saudi Arabia

This is Beirut, 14/05 12:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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On an official two-day visit to Saudi Arabia, U.S. President Donald Trump called for a fundamental reshaping of the geopolitical balance in the Middle East. In a speech delivered to an audience of Arab leaders, Trump advocated for an expansion of the Abraham Accords and increased cooperation in addressing regional threats, particularly those ...

Protection Racket? Asian Semiconductor Giants Fear Looming Tariffs

This is Beirut, 14/05 12:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Inside one of South Korea's oldest semiconductor research institutes, the cleanrooms and workshops are calm and immaculate, but outside the Seoul National University campus, a chip storm is brewing. Last month, Washington announced a national security probe into imports of semiconductor technology, which could put the industry in the crosshairs ...

Riyadh Rolls Out the Red Carpet for Trump

This is Beirut, 12/05 12:20 - Reading : less than a minute

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Donald Trump will begin his Gulf tour in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, where he is set to receive a grand welcome in Riyadh. The visit will focus on boosting investments in defense, energy and artificial intelligence. However, rising tensions with Iran and the ongoing crisis in Gaza loom large over the trip.

UK Charity Under Scrutiny for Alleged Hezbollah Ties

This is Beirut, 12/05 12:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Since Saturday, the names of Hussein Harake and Zeinab Basma have been at the center of a growing controversy in the United Kingdom. The pair—Harake, a former British Airways security employee at Heathrow Airport, and Basma, an NHS doctor—are accused of raising hundreds of thousands of pounds for Lebanon through a group alleged to have ties to ...

2025 Municipal Elections – Day 2: North Lebanon Seeks Political Direction

Elie Ziadé, 10/05 14:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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{{MAP:12}} After Mount Lebanon, voters in North Lebanon now head to the polls to elect their municipal councils and mukhtars. Nearly one million Lebanese citizens—981,634 to be exact—are eligible to vote for 288 municipal councils, totaling 3,351 council members, as well as 821 ...

Zelensky Announces European Summit on Saturday to Support Ukraine

This is Beirut, 09/05 19:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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European leaders from the "coalition of the willing", a grouping of countries which have pledged strengthened support for Kyiv, will meet in Ukraine on Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said. Zelensky did not say who would attend or where the summit would take place. Around 30 countries are part of the coalition, led by Britain ...

Zelensky and Trump Holding Phone Talks: Ukrainian Presidency

This is Beirut, 08/05 23:28 - Reading : less than a minute

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and US counterpart Donald Trump are holding a telephone call, the details of which will be made public later, the Ukrainian presidency said Thursday. "President Zelensky is holding a telephone conversation with President Trump. We will provide details following the outcome of the conversation," ...

Hamas Says no Point in Further Gaza Truce Talks

This is Beirut, 06/05 09:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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A senior Hamas official said Tuesday the group was no longer interested in truce talks with Israel and urged the international community to halt Israel's "hunger war" against Gaza. "There is no sense in engaging in talks or considering new ceasefire proposals as long as the hunger war and extermination war continue in the Gaza Strip," Basem Naim ...