This is Beirut, 06/11 12:04 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Donald Trump Europe White House NATO
As Donald Trump claimed victory in the U.S. presidential election on Wednesday morning, leaders around the world quickly responded, offering their congratulations and voicing intentions to work with his administration. French President Emmanuel Macron was among the first to congratulate "President Donald Trump," expressing his readiness ...
This is Beirut, 05/11 18:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Donald Trump White House Kamala Harris United States US Presidential Election
Millions of Americans headed to vote Tuesday in a presidential election defined by drama and uncertainty, with Kamala Harris and Donald Trump left to await the outcome of a desperately close race after months of intense campaigning. The result, perhaps coming overnight, or not for several days, will either make Harris the first woman president in ...
This is Beirut, 02/11 12:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Democrats Donald Trump Republicans USA Washington White House
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump enter the final weekend of the most tense US presidential campaign of modern times with a flurry of swing-state rallies that will test their stamina –- and ability to persuade the country's last undecided voters. Harris, bidding to become the country's first woman president, will use rallies in ...
This is Beirut, 02/11 10:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Businesses were boarding up in Washington as the US capital braced for Tuesday's knife-edge presidential election -- and any potential repeat of the shocking violence that erupted in the wake of 2020's vote. City authorities have warned of a "fluid, unpredictable security environment" in the days and possibly weeks after the polls close, adding ...
Johnny Kortbawi, 29/10 09:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon USA White House President
Many Lebanese are pinning their hopes on the United States presidential election to bring clarity to the ongoing war in Lebanon and broader regional tensions from Gaza to Iran. While there is some truth to this perspective, the tendency among Lebanese to overanalyze and speculate often outpaces the reality on the ground. Historically, the US has ...
This is Beirut, 21/10 15:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Ain el-Tineh Amos Hochstein UN Security Council White House
US envoy Amos Hochstein pleaded on Monday for a full and transparent implementation of UN Resolution 1701 to put an end to the raging conflict between Hezbollah and Israel, though a ceasefire agreement remains complicated amid the surge in violence. After a meeting with Speaker Nabih Berri, Hochstein said Washington wants to end the ...
This is Beirut, 20/10 14:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Donald Trump USA White House Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris turns 60 on Sunday in the final stretch of a knife-edge election battle with 78-year-old Donald Trump, who is now the oldest presidential candidate in US history. Age has been a crucial factor in a campaign that President Joe Biden quit over fears about his capacity, and where Harris has steadily taken aim at Trump's mental fitness ...
This is Beirut, 10/10 12:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Democrats Donald Trump Gulf Republicans USA White House
Hurricane Milton crashed into the Florida coast Wednesday, packing furious winds and triggering life-threatening storm surges across a region still reeling from another massive storm two weeks before. The weather front made landfall as a Category 3 storm near Siesta Key hit a densely populated area on the US state's western coast. Milton ...
This is Beirut, 09/10 22:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Benjamin Netanyahu United States White House Joe Biden
United States President Joe Biden held talks over the phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, during which they discussed Israel’s military operations in Lebanon and its potential military response to the Iranian missile attack. “Today’s phone call between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US ...
This Is Beirut, 01/10 10:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Democrats Donald Trump New York Republicans USA White House
US vice presidential contenders J.D. Vance and Tim Walz face off in what could be an unusually important undercard debate Tuesday as they compete for the decisive votes of the American heartland. The debate between Democrat Walz, the Minnesota governor chosen by Kamala Harris, and Republican Vance, the Ohio senator who is Donald Trump's running ...
Ali A. Hamadé, 29/09 17:25 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Hamas Hassan Nasrallah Benjamin Netanyahu New York Palestine South Lebanon US Supreme Court Washington White House
On Friday, September 27, Israel launched its most extensive military operation against Hezbollah since the opening of the southern front line on October 8, 2023, decapitating the group. The strike resulted in the death of Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah and the elimination of several key commanders of the pro-Iranian ...
This Is Beirut, 24/09 20:21 - Reading : less than a minute
White House Deputy National Security Advisor Jon Finer says that United States officials were in talks with allies to help ease the escalating tensions between Hezbollah and Israel, according to a report by the Associated Press. "We’re working on that in real time right here in New York and in capitals around the world," Finer said in an ...