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France's Macron Condemns Israel's Gaza Plan as Path to 'Permanent War'

This is Beirut 11/08 15:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday condemned Israel's plan to expand its operations and take control of Gaza City as a "disaster" and a path to "permanent war". "This war must end now with a permanent ceasefire," Macron said in a statement, adding Israel's plan to take control of Gaza City was "a disaster of unprecedented gravity and a ...

Zelensky Says 'Concessions' Will Not Make Russia End War

This is Beirut 11/08 14:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Volodymyr Zelensky Ukraine Russia Conflict

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday warned against capitulating to the demands of President Vladimir Putin ahead of talks Friday between the Russian leader and US President Donald Trump. The US-Russia summit -- so far planned without Zelensky -- will be the first between a sitting US and Russian president since 2021. Kyiv is ...

Iran Seizes Foreign Tanker Over Fuel Smuggling

This is Beirut 11/08 14:40 - Reading : less than a minute

Iran Politics Fuel

Iranian authorities have seized a foreign tanker accused of smuggling fuel in the Gulf waters and arrested its 17 crew members, local media reported Monday. "Police border guards in Hormozgan province seized a tanker named Phoenix, flying the flag of a third country, in Iranian territorial waters," ISNA news agency reported, without ...

SpotlightMossad’s Reach: How Israel Penetrated Iran’s Inner Sanctum

Soumia Benmerzoug 11/08 13:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

Banks Gulf Israel Tehran

In June 2025, Iran was struck by a wave of operations of an unusual kind: targeted sabotage, “accidental” explosions, digital disruption, targeted assassinations… The whole affair bears the hallmarks of a hybrid offensive, silent yet devastatingly effective. But beyond technological prowess, the structural collapse of a paranoid regime ...

HighlightThe Russian Past of Alaska, Where Trump and Putin Will Meet

This is Beirut 11/08 09:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Alaska Russia USA Politics

Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will hold a high-stakes meeting about the Ukraine war on Friday in Alaska, which the United States bought from Russia more than 150 years ago. Russian influence still endures in parts of the remote state on the northwest edge of the North American continent, which extends just a few miles from ...

Four Days Left to Square the Circle on Global Plastic Pollution Treaty

This is Beirut 11/08 09:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

United Nations Plastic Pollution

Countries remained at loggerheads Monday over how to tackle plastic pollution, with only four days left to craft a landmark global treaty on reining in the ever-growing scourge. While plastic has transformed modern life, plastic pollution poses an increasing threat to the environment and the human body -- and every day the garbage accumulates on ...

SpotlightThree-Quarters of UN Members Support Palestinian Statehood

This is Beirut 11/08 09:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

United Nations European Union Palestine Australia

Three-quarters of UN members have already or soon plan to recognize Palestinian statehood, with Australia on Monday becoming the latest to promise it will at the UN General Assembly in September. The Israel-Hamas war, raging in Gaza since the Palestinian militant group's attack on October 7, 2023, has revived a global push for Palestinians to be ...

EU to Hold Urgent Ukraine Talks Before Trump-Putin Meeting

This is Beirut 11/08 09:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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EU foreign ministers will hold emergency talks on Monday to discuss their next steps before talks between presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, as Europe fears any deal made without Ukraine could force unacceptable compromises. The two leaders will meet in the US state of Alaska on Friday to try to resolve the three-year war but the ...

AnalysisThe Institutionalized Impasses

Charles Chartouni 11/08 09:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

Lebanon Gaza Israel Hezbollah

Eight months after the Presidential election and the formation of a new cabinet, Lebanon is still debating the decommissioning of Hezbollah and the restoration of the state’s sovereignty. The constitutional terms and the international mandates were not enough to sway the recalcitrance of the government, to dissuade Hezbollah and to stop the ...

Israel PM Says New Plan for Gaza 'Best Way to End The War'

This is Beirut 11/08 07:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Benjamin Netanyahu Gaza Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended his plan to take control of Gaza City and target the remaining Hamas strongholds, saying Sunday it was "the best way to end the war", despite growing calls to stop the fighting. More than 22 months into the war, sparked by Hamas's unprecedented attack on Israel, the country is ...

Al Jazeera Says 5 Journalists Killed in Israeli Strike in Gaza

This is Beirut 11/08 05:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Gaza Palestine Israel

Al Jazeera said two of its correspondents, including a prominent reporter, and three cameramen were killed in an Israeli strike on their tent in Gaza City on Sunday. The Israeli military admitted in a statement to targeting Anas al-Sharif, the reporter it labelled as a "terrorist" affiliated with Hamas. The attack was the latest to see ...

6.1-Magnitude Quake Hits Western Turkey

This is Beirut 10/08 21:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Turkey

A 6.1-magnitude quake struck Sindirgi in western Turkey on Sunday, the Turkish disaster management agency (AFAD) reported. The quake was felt across several cities in the west of the country, including Istanbul and the tourist hotspot of Izmir. No deaths were reported. About 10 buildings collapsed in Sindirgi, the epicentre of the earthquake, ...