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Trump Administration to End All Financial Contracts with Harvard

This is Beirut, 27/05 17:31 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The US government intends to cancel all remaining financial contracts with Harvard, a senior official said Tuesday, in President Donald Trump's latest attempt to force the prestigious university to submit to unprecedented oversight. The administration "will send a letter to federal agencies today asking them to identify any contracts ...

American Engagement of Syria

David Hale , 27/05 11:25 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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President Donald Trump's May 15 meeting in Riyadh with Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa and the lifting of sanctions had many Trumpian hallmarks. It was bold. It was unplanned. Its future course is uncharted. It was taken against the advice of his senior foreign policy team. It was the result of encouragement from two American partners with ...

Trump Attacks Opponents, Judges on Day Honoring US War Dead

This is Beirut, 26/05 23:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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President Donald Trump marked the annual day for honoring the US war dead Monday by tearing into his "scum" opponents and judges who don't rule in his favor. Trump performed the traditional presidential duty on Memorial Day of visiting Arlington National Cemetery -- the resting place for some 400,000 fallen soldiers and others. And after laying ...

King Charles III Arrives in Canada for Visit amid Tensions with Trump

This is Beirut, 26/05 21:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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King Charles III arrived in Ottawa Monday for a historic visit to open Canada's parliament, a brief trip seen as part of the pushback against US President Donald Trump's annexation threats. The 76-year-old monarch, who is Canada's head of state as part of the Commonwealth, was greeted at the airport by Prime Minister Mark Carney, who ...

Syria Says it Arrested Islamic State Members Near Damascus

This is Beirut, 26/05 13:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Syrian authorities said they arrested members of an Islamic State group cell near Damascus on Monday, accusing them of preparing attacks against the country. Since the fall of longtime Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad in December, IS attacks on the country's new rulers have been scarce, but the Islamist-led authorities have been trying to ...

Trump Slams 'Crazy' Putin as Russia Pummels Ukraine with Massive Drone Attack

This is Beirut, 26/05 09:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump called his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin "crazy" on Sunday after Moscow launched a deadly barrage of drones against Ukraine, even as the warring countries completed a large-scale prisoner exchange. At least 13 people were killed when Russia launched a record number of drones against Ukraine overnight to ...

The Future of US-Iranian Negotiations

Charles Chartouni, 26/05 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The finalization of negotiations between Iran and the United States is unending guesswork. What are the benchmarks that we should enlist if we were to track the evolution of the process, and is there any deadline that we may expect down the road? Unfortunately, none of these questions is likely to be answered since the Iranian agenda is shifting ...

Trump defends block on foreign students at Harvard

This is Beirut, 25/05 13:27 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump defended on Sunday his administration's move to block foreign students at Harvard after a judge suspended the action, branded by the top university as unlawful. "Why isn't Harvard saying that almost 31% of their students are from FOREIGN LANDS, and yet those countries, some not at all friendly to the United ...

Syria to Help Locate Missing Americans

This is Beirut, 25/05 12:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Syria's new authorities have agreed to help the United States locate and return Americans who went missing in the war-ravaged country, a US envoy said on Sunday, in another sign of thawing bilateral ties. The announcement came a day after the United States formally lifted sanctions on Syria, ending more than a decade of diplomatic ...

Sharaa Meets US Envoy After Lifting of Sanctions

This is Beirut, 24/05 20:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The US ambassador to Turkey, who has assumed the role of Syria envoy, said Saturday he had met the country's interim leader following Washington's lifting of sanctions on the war-torn country. Tom Barrack, who met with interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa in Istanbul, said in a statement: "I reiterated the United States' support for ...

US Strike on Yemen Kills Al-Qaeda Members

This is Beirut, 24/05 19:08 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The number of Al-Qaeda members killed in strikes on southern Yemen blamed on the United States increased to nine, a Yemeni security source told AFP on Saturday. The official in Abyan province, which borders the seat of Yemen's internationally recognised government in Aden, said the strikes killed nine members of the group including a local ...

Lebanon’s Exports Surge 30% in Q1 2025

Liliane Mokbel, 24/05 15:00 - Reading : less than a minute

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Lebanon’s exports surged by 30% in the first quarter of 2025, reaching $957 million, up from $735 million during the same period in 2024. This marks a significant improvement for a country with a chronically negative trade balance. Jewelry, Lebanon’s top export category (43% of total exports), played a major role in this increase, with ...

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