Michel Touma, 17/11 08:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Donald Trump Lebanon Europe Hezbollah Middle East
In a moment of deep existential crisis, there is no space for hesitation, for diluted choices or for timid calculations. When a nation’s future is pulled apart by forces bent on destabilization and backed blindly by regional powers with sweeping ambitions, the responsibility is clear. One must choose a side and do so without wavering. The ...
This is Beirut, 16/11 14:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Israel Washington Donald Trump Bahrain Saudi Arabia USA
The Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), is expected in Washington on Tuesday November 18 for a meeting with United States President Donald Trump. The visit is seen as crucial for the US administration and is meant to revive and broaden the Abraham Accords while strengthening strategic and economic ties between Washington and ...
This is Beirut, 15/11 14:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
United Nations UN Security Council Gaza Donald Trump Israel
The UN Security Council will vote Monday on a resolution endorsing US President Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan, diplomats said. Last week the Americans officially launched negotiations within the 15-member Security Council on a text that would follow up on a ceasefire in the two-year war between Israel and Hamas and endorse Trump's plan. A draft ...
This is Beirut, 15/11 12:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Donald Trump USA Bahrain Gulf Hamas Israel Saudi Arabia
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will press for security guarantees while US President Donald Trump will urge him to normalise ties with Israel when the de facto Saudi ruler breaks a seven-year absence from Washington this week. Saudi Arabia is unlikely to agree to normalisation at this stage, with Prince Mohammed's priority set for firmer US ...
This is Beirut, 14/11 20:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Lebanon Donald Trump Banks United States Michel Issa Ambassador
The new United States ambassador to Lebanon, Michel Issa, landed in Beirut on Friday to begin a particularly delicate mission. His arrival comes at a time when Washington is seeking to redefine the scope of its engagement in a country caught in a deep institutional crisis, latent tensions in the south, and growing international pressure over ...
This is Beirut, 14/11 19:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
United Nations USA Israel Gaza Israel-Hamas accord ceasefire Donald Trump
The United States and several Arab and Muslim-majority nations, including Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey, called Friday for the UN Security Council to quickly adopt a US resolution endorsing Donald Trump's peace plan for Gaza. "The United States, Qatar, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Jordan, ...
This is Beirut, 14/11 09:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Donald Trump USA NASA Blue Origin Mars
Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin successfully launched its New Glenn rocket on Thursday with NASA twin spacecraft destined for Mars aboard and, in a breakthrough, nailed the landing of its booster. The launch was stalled for days over weather both on Earth and in space, but it was worth the wait: in the rocket's second-ever flight, Blue Origin managed to ...
This is Beirut, 14/11 09:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Donald Trump USA White House BBC Panorama
The BBC said Thursday that its chairman had sent a letter to US President Donald Trump apologizing for a misleading edit of one of his speeches but rejected that it was grounds for a defamation lawsuit. The comments came after Britain's embattled public broadcaster said earlier that it was investigating a possible second instance in which a Trump ...
This is Beirut, 14/11 09:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Donald Trump USA Venezuela Drug Narco Southern Spear
US War Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Thursday a military operation to "remove narco-terrorists," amid growing concerns that a US naval buildup in Latin American waters could presage land strikes and a wider conflict. "Today, I'm announcing Operation SOUTHERN SPEAR," Hegseth posted on X. "This mission defends our Homeland, removes ...
Paul Guillot, 13/11 19:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Donald Trump Gaza Hamas ceasefire Israel-Hamas accord
One month after the October 10 ceasefire meant to close the chapter on two years of war in Gaza, the United States is struggling to turn the truce into a meaningful political process. Phase 2 of Trump’s ambitious 20-Point Plan was meant to shift from a halt in fighting all the way to reconstruction. Yet internal documents obtained by Politico ...
This is Beirut, 13/11 09:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Donald Trump USA Politics Budget Shutdown
President Donald Trump signed a bill Wednesday to end the longest government shutdown in US history -- 43 days that paralyzed Washington and left hundreds of thousands of workers unpaid while Republicans and Democrats played a high-stakes blame game. The Republican-led House of Representatives voted largely along party lines to approve a ...
This is Beirut, 12/11 22:09 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
USA Donald Trump Republicans Democrat shutdown
Congress looked set Wednesday to end the longest government shutdown in US history, 43 days that paralyzed Washington and left hundreds of thousands of workers unpaid while Donald Trump's Republicans and Democrats played a high-stakes blame game. The House of Representatives was expected to rubber-stamp a contentious Senate-passed funding ...