Politics

Parliament's Plenary Session: What Is the Purpose of the General Policy Debate?

This is Beirut, 14/07 14:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Lebanon parliament politics debate

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has called MPs to a general policy debate on Tuesday, July 15, at 11 AM. Dedicated to discussing the government’s overall policies, in line with Articles 136 and 137 of Parliament’s rules of procedure, the plenary session is expected to continue into the afternoon. According to sources cited by several local ...

Five Key Dates in the Turkey-PKK Conflict

This is Beirut, 11/07 09:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Turkey Kurds Politics

Fighters from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) will start laying down their arms at a ceremony in northern Iraq on Friday, two months after the militant group ended its armed struggle against the Turkish state. The move comes in response to a historic call by jailed PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan in February, urging them to end their decades-long ...

Trump Signs His "Beautiful Bill" for US Independence Day

This is Beirut, 05/07 05:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Donald Trump United States Politics

US President Donald Trump signed his flagship tax and spending bill into law Friday, capping a grandiose White House Independence Day ceremony featuring a stealth bomber fly-by. "America is winning, winning, winning like never before," Trump said before signing the so-called "One Big Beautiful Bill" while flanked by Republican ...

Trump to sign 'big, beautiful' bill on US Independence Day

This is Beirut, 04/07 10:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Donald Trump United States Politics

US President Donald Trump will sign his flagship tax and spending bill Friday in a pomp-laden Independence Day ceremony featuring fireworks and a flypast by the type of stealth bomber that bombed Iran. Trump pushed Republican lawmakers to get his unpopular "One Big Beautiful Bill" through a reluctant Congress in time for him to sign it ...

US House sets Make-or-Break Final Vote on Trump Tax Bill

This is Beirut, 03/07 11:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

United States Politics Donald Trump

US lawmakers teed up a final vote on Donald Trump's marquee tax and spending bill for early Thursday after a bruising day of Republican infighting that threatened to derail the centerpiece of the president's domestic agenda. Trump is seeking a green light in the House of Representatives for his Senate-passed "One Big Beautiful ...

Armenia Jails Senior Cleric Pending Trial on Coup Plot Charges

This is Beirut, 26/06 12:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Armenia politics arrest Bagrat Galstanyan Nikol Pashinyan

An Armenian court on Thursday sent an influential cleric into a two-month pre-trial detention on coup attempt charges, a day after authorities claimed to foil a plot to overthrow the government. Authorities on Wednesday arrested Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, a charismatic senior church figure opposing Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, along with ...

Trump Flexes Military Might at Parade as Protests Sweep US

This is Beirut, 15/06 05:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

United States Donald Trump Politics

President Donald Trump hosted the largest US military parade in decades on his 79th birthday on Saturday, as protesters rallied across the country to accuse him of acting like a dictator. Trump hailed the United States as the "hottest country in the world" after watching tanks, aircraft and troops file past him in Washington to honor ...

Turkey Arrests Five Mayors From Main Opposition Party

This is Beirut, 04/06 13:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Turkey Politics Opposition Arrest Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Turkish police arrested five opposition mayors early Wednesday alongside 17 others as part of a probe into corruption allegations at CHP-held municipalities, a party spokesman told AFP. The latest arrests targeted a former lawmaker and three CHP mayors in Istanbul, and two more in the southern province of Adana, the spokesman said. The latest ...

Musk To Exit US Government Role After Rare Break With Trump

This is Beirut, 29/05 05:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

United States Politics Elon Musk Donald Trump

Billionaire Elon Musk on Wednesday announced he was leaving his role in US government, intended to reduce federal spending, shortly after his first major break with President Donald Trump over his signature spending bill. "As my scheduled time as a Special Government Employee comes to an end, I would like to thank President Donald Trump for ...

12 Points to Politics: The Eurovision Score You Don’t See

This is Beirut, 15/05 16:25 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

Eurovision Votes Politics Music

Groans and giggles typically greet votes at the annual Eurovision Song Contest, loved and mocked for its kitsch music and seemingly partisan outcomes. But over time, what are the voting patterns, and what external factors help explain them? Ahead of Saturday's final in Basel, AFP analyzed all points distributed among around 2,300 possible pairs ...

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