Amal Chmouny, 12/07 10:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Israel Syria Washington United States
A significant shift is unfolding in the Middle East's diplomatic landscape as dialogue between Syria and Israel begins to take shape. This budding interaction has garnered substantial international attention, particularly as the United States and the United Arab Emirates assume pivotal roles as facilitators. Tom Barrack, the US Ambassador to ...
This is Beirut, 12/07 05:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
United States Cuba Sanctions Diplomacy
The United States announced its first sanctions on Friday against Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel for his role "in the Cuban regime's brutality toward the Cuban people." It is the latest in a series of measures by US President Donald Trump's administration to increase pressure on the Cuban government. The United States was ...
This is Beirut, 11/07 22:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
United States State Department Donald Trump Layoffs
The US State Department began laying off more than 1,300 employees on Friday as part of President Donald Trump's campaign to massively downsize the federal government workforce. A State Department official said 1,107 members of the civil service and 246 Foreign Service employees were being informed that they were being fired. The layoffs at ...
This is Beirut, 11/07 18:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Cabinet Lebanon Tele Liban United States Tom Barrack Joseph Aoun
The Council of Ministers approved several administrative and judicial appointments during a regular session convened on Friday at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, chaired by President of the Republic Joseph Aoun. The Cabinet appointed Judge Maher Shaito as the new Financial Public Prosecutor. Mazen Soueid was appointed Chairman of the ...
This is Beirut, 11/07 09:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
US Secretary of State United States China Malaysia
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Friday in Malaysia on the sidelines of ASEAN talks, where Washington's tariffs are in sharp focus. Rubio and Wang's first face-to-face meeting since US President Donald Trump returned to office comes as Washington and Beijing are locked in disputes ranging from ...
This is Beirut, 11/07 05:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
United States Canada Donald Trump
Canada will face a 35 percent tariff on exports to the United States starting August 1, President Donald Trump said Thursday in a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney. It was the latest of more than 20 such letters issued by Trump since Monday, as he continues to pursue his trade war threats against dozens of economies. Canada and the US are ...
Pierre Nahas, 10/07 11:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Iran Palestine Hezbollah United States
For decades, the Palestinian cause served as both a rallying banner and a political tool, used by leaders from Cairo to Tehran not always to uplift Palestinians, but to build empires. Radicalism on the Palestinian issue was once a measure of legitimacy for Middle Eastern leaders. Now, something is shifting. With Arab states striking deals with ...
This is Beirut, 10/07 10:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Donald Trump United States Japan Rice
Donald Trump’s demand that Japan, described as “spoiled”, buy more American rice is creating additional pressure for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who is already facing a tough election that could bring his time in office to an end after less than a year. Japan is one of more than 20 countries receiving letters this week from the US ...
This is Beirut, 10/07 05:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Donald Trump United States Brazil
Brazil and the United States escalated their row Wednesday over President Donald Trump's support for coup-accused ex-leader Jair Bolsonaro, with the American president slapping a 50 percent tariff on one of its main steel suppliers. Leftist Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva threatened to reciprocate. Trump has strongly ...
This is Beirut, 09/07 22:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
United States Sanctions Marco Rubio United Nations Francesca Albanese
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday announced Washington was sanctioning the United Nations special expert on the Palestinian territories, following her criticism of Washington policy on Gaza. "Today I am imposing sanctions on UN Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese for her illegitimate and shameful efforts ...
This is Beirut, 09/07 22:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Houthi Movement Red Sea Yemen United States
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis claimed responsibility Wednesday for the deadly sinking of a merchant vessel earlier this week, their second attack in 24 hours as they resumed their campaign against Red Sea shipping. The Eternity C, a Liberian-flagged bulk carrier, was badly damaged in the attack that started on Monday and continued into Tuesday, ...
This is Beirut, 09/07 19:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Hezbollah Lebanese Army Israel United States USA Washington lebanon
The United States is calling on the Lebanese government to intensify efforts to dismantle Hezbollah’s military capabilities and those of other non-state actors, a US State Department spokesperson revealed in a statement on Wednesday, following US envoy Tom Barrack’s mission in Beirut. “We need the Lebanese state to do more to fully remove ...