This is Beirut 25/08 20:41 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
World powers voiced shock at the killing of five journalists among 20 victims reported by Gaza's civil defense agency in an Israeli strike on a hospital on Monday. The Israeli military said it would investigate the strike in the area of Nasser Hospital, in the southern town of Khan Yunis, adding that it "regrets any harm to uninvolved ...
This is Beirut 25/08 19:53 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump said Monday he had talked to Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin since meeting in Washington last week with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders. Trump was last known to have spoken to Putin on August 18, when he interrupted his talks with Zelensky and the Europeans at the White House to call the Russian ...
This is Beirut 25/08 19:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Israeli strikes on Sunday targeting Houthi sites in Sanaa killed 10 people and injured around 100, according to an updated toll announced Monday by the pro-iranian group. The Houthis said the strikes hit “an oil company station” and a “power plant” in Sanaa, the Yemeni capital under their control. Houthi Health Ministry spokesperson ...
This is Beirut 25/08 19:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Gaza's civil defense agency said five journalists were among at least 20 people killed Monday when Israeli strikes hit a hospital in the south, with Reuters, the Associated Press and Al Jazeera mourning their slain contributors. The ongoing war in Gaza has been one of the deadliest for journalists, with around 200 media workers killed over ...
This is Beirut 25/08 18:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Syria Druze Hikmat al-Hijri Sweida
A prominent Druze leader in southern Syria demanded on Monday the creation of a separate region for his minority community, as he seeks to unite local armed factions following sectarian violence last month. The week of bloodshed in Sweida province began on July 13 with clashes between Druze fighters and Sunni Bedouin but rapidly escalated, ...
This is Beirut 25/08 17:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The United Nations Security Council will vote Monday on the future of the peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon, which has faced opposition from the US and Israel. The Council will consider a French-drafted compromise to keep the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), deployed in 1978 to separate Israel and Lebanon, for another year ...
This is Beirut 25/08 16:30 - Reading : less than a minute
Jasmine Egypt Perfume Climate change Nile Delta Flowers
In the Nile Delta, jasmine is becoming scarce, and its fragrance is fading under the impact of climate change.
This is Beirut 25/08 16:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iraq has announced plans to send back to their home countries “hundreds” of foreign women prisoners and their children, but two foreign diplomats told AFP on Monday that such procedures are expected to take a long time. The initiative excludes women sentenced to death but covers detainees affiliated with the Islamic State (IS) group as well ...
Mike Pompeo 25/08 16:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Hezbollah disarmament must come before any governance reforms can succeed. Lebanon stands at a crossroads. After decades of Iranian manipulation and Hezbollah's stranglehold on the country, President Donald Trump has a historic opportunity to help the Lebanese people reclaim their nation while advancing key American interests. But success ...
This is Beirut 25/08 14:15 - Reading : less than a minute
Kenya Waste Services Nairobi Water Food
In Kibera, Nairobi’s largest slum, collected plastic is exchanged for “green points” that provide families with food, clean water, sanitation and laundry services.
This is Beirut 25/08 14:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Syria's interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, will speak at the United Nations General Assembly next month, a foreign ministry official told AFP on Monday, the first Syrian leader to do so in decades. Sharaa "will take part in the United Nations General Assembly in New York where he will deliver a speech", the official said, ...
This is Beirut 25/08 10:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nuclear talks scheduled for Tuesday between Iran and Britain, France and Germany will be held in Geneva, Iranian state media reported. "On Tuesday, Iran and the three European parties to the 2015 nuclear deal, along with the European Union, will hold a new round of talks at the level of deputy foreign ministers in Geneva," state ...