This is Beirut, 2025-11-14 17:48 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam United Arab Emirates United Kingdom Oil
Iran is likely behind the seizure of an oil tanker that suddenly changed course towards the country's waters on Friday, two maritime security companies said, stoking concern of a return to Iranian seizures after a recent lull. The ship, which had left Ajman in the United Arab Emirates destined for Singapore, was heading for Iranian ...
Marie de La Roche Saint-André, 2025-11-12 10:55 - Reading : 11 minute(s)
Europe United Kingdom Palestine United States
While the presence of Muslim Brotherhood members and sympathizers in France and, more broadly, across Francophone Europe has long been established, the issue only entered mainstream public debate recently, following the publication of a government report on the Brotherhood’s influence in France last May. The report stirred widespread ...
Marie de La Roche Saint-André, 2025-11-12 10:55 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
International Criminal Court United Kingdom Europe Turkey United Arab Emirates
The United Kingdom has long served as a haven for many members and supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood, often described as the movement’s “rear base in Europe.” The Brotherhood established itself in the UK during the 1960s. Most members settled in London and came from various national branches of the Muslim Brotherhood, including the ...
This is Beirut, 2025-11-12 09:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
USA Donald Trump United Kingdom Venezuela
A US aircraft carrier strike group arrived in Latin America Tuesday, escalating a military buildup Venezuela has warned could trigger a full-blown conflict, as it announced its own "massive" deployment. The USS Gerald R. Ford, the world's largest aircraft carrier, entered an area under control of the US Naval Forces Southern Command, which ...
This is Beirut, 2025-11-03 12:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A man has been charged with 10 counts of attempted murder following a mass stabbing on a London-bound train, British Transport Police said on Monday. The 32-year-old, named as Anthony Williams from Peterborough in central England, was also charged with actual bodily harm and possession of a knife in connection with the incident on Saturday ...
This is Beirut, 2025-11-02 13:01 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
United Kingdom Stabbing Incident
British police were Sunday investigating a mass stabbing on a London-bound train that left at least 10 people wounded, including nine critically, with two people arrested. UK police said two British nationals were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following a mass stabbing on a train in eastern England, adding the attack was not a ...
This is Beirut, 2025-10-31 09:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
United Kingdom King Charles III Andrew Windsor Epstein
King Charles III is stripping his younger brother Andrew of his royal titles and ousting him from his long-term residence on the Windsor estate, the palace said on Thursday, the latest fallout to hit the scandal-plagued royal over the Jeffrey Epstein affair. "Prince Andrew will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor," Buckingham Palace said, ...
This is Beirut, 2025-10-27 19:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Turkey United Kingdom Keir Starmer London
Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday hailed a landmark agreement with London to buy 20 Eurofighter jets, describing the $11-billion deal as a new symbol of defense cooperation with Britain. "We regard this step as a new symbol of the strategic relations between our two close allies," he said after signing the agreement with ...
Mario Chartouni, 2025-10-24 14:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Europe United Kingdom USA
On Thursday at the Baabda Presidential Palace, Lebanon’s Council of Ministers took two decisive steps in the country’s energy policy by approving the oil exploration agreement for Block 8 and ratifying the maritime border with Cyprus. These decisions reflect the government’s determination to revive a strategic sector long stalled by ...
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, ...
This is Beirut, 2025-10-16 13:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon Border Control Edward Ahlgren United Kingdom UNIFIL
A new border checkpoint has been inaugurated along Lebanon’s eastern frontier, as part of a project funded by the UK’s Integrated Security Fund. This facility is part of a broader program aimed at strengthening the operational capacity of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) to combat smuggling and cross-border illegal activities. The site visit ...
This is Beirut, 2025-10-13 22:14 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Dozens of top officials from Middle Eastern and European nations huddled Monday with leading global financial institutions for talks in the UK on rebuilding the devastated Gaza Strip. Far from a high-profile Gaza summit in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, the UK's foreign ministry quietly brought together Middle East and European ...