This is Beirut, 23/05 18:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The fifth round of nuclear negotiations between Iranian and US delegations held in Rome on Friday has ended, the Omani foreign minister who mediated the talks said. "The fifth round of Iran US talks have concluded today in Rome with some but not conclusive progress," Badr Albusaidi said on X, adding that he hoped "the remaining issues" will be ...
This is Beirut, 21/05 16:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has recovered well after his release from jail last year, his wife told AFP ahead of the premiere of a documentary Wednesday that includes never-seen-before footage of the whistleblower. Assange is at the Cannes Festival to promote the documentary by American filmmaker Eugene Jarecki, who said he was trying to ...
This is Beirut, 17/05 11:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Hadi Matar, the American-Lebanese man who stabbed Salman Rushdie in 2022, was sentenced Friday to 25 years in prison in the United States. Rushdie, a symbol of freedom of expression, sustained serious injuries in the knife attack. Matar, 27, who grew up in the U.S., was found guilty in February of attempted murder and assault by a jury following ...
This is Beirut, 14/05 21:12 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump said Wednesday Qatar Airways had placed a "record" order for 160 planes from Boeing as he signed a raft of deals in Doha alongside Qatar's emir. The order, which the White House said was Boeing's largest ever for wide-body jets, deepens ties between the US aerospace giant and the giant Middle East ...
Soumia Benmerzoug, 13/05 16:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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On May 13 in Riyadh, Donald Trump kicked off a high-stakes tour of the Middle East, starting with a lavish welcome in Saudi Arabia. Escorted by Saudi F-15 fighter jets and greeted warmly by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the former real estate mogul turned president is under close scrutiny from the Kingdom. What are the Saudis really hoping to ...
This is Beirut, 13/05 16:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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American celebrity Kim Kardashian told a Paris court on Tuesday she feared she was going to be killed by masked men who robbed her at gunpoint of millions of dollars of jewellery during the French capital's fashion week. Ten suspects have been on trial since late April over the armed robbery in 2016, which saw jewellery worth some $10 million ...
Sana Richa Choucair, 12/05 17:15 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Edan Alexander, 21, is the only American national still held alive in Gaza. After moving from New Jersey to Israel in 2022, he joined an elite unit of the Israeli army and was taken by Hamas during the October 7, 2023 attack. In a statement released on Sunday, the spokesperson for Hamas’s military wing, the al-Qassam Brigades, said: “The ...
This is Beirut, 12/05 17:10 - Reading : less than a minute
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he would send mediators to Qatar on Tuesday to discuss the release of hostages held in Gaza after Hamas announced the release of US-Israeli Edan Alexander. Following a meeting with US envoy Steve Witkoff and ambassador Mike Huckabee, "the Prime Minister instructed to send a negotiation ...
This is Beirut, 11/05 17:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
A ceasefire appeared to hold on Sunday between India and Pakistan, hours after the nuclear-armed rivals accused each other of violating a truce that brought them back from the brink of all-out war. The ceasefire was agreed on Saturday after four days of missile, drone and artillery attacks that killed at least 60 people and sent thousands fleeing ...
Amal Chmouny, 10/05 17:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Discussions are ongoing in Washington about how to address the potential consequences of a nuclear-capable Iran. President Donald Trump has taken a firm stance, advocating for the complete dismantlement of Iran's nuclear ambitions, asserting that this approach is vital for maintaining international security. In a recent "Meet the Press" interview, ...
Marc Saikali, 08/05 08:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Amid the ongoing turmoil in the Middle East, patterns emerge that we pretend to understand, only for them to slip through our fingers. The latest example: repeated missile launches by Yemen’s Houthis targeting Israel. In this absurd drama, the Houthis have spent the past several months directing their attacks at Israel. Why? To support Gaza, ...