Sarah Martin 09/07 17:40 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Turkey Kurds PKK Abdullah Öcalan Disarmament
More than four decades after the start of an armed insurgency that has claimed over 45,000 lives, an announcement made on July 9, 2025, could mark a decisive turning point in Turkey’s modern history. Speaking from his isolated prison cell on the island of Imrali, Abdullah Öcalan, the historic leader and founder of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party ...
Mario Chartouni 09/07 17:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
International Court of Justice Donald Trump peace war economics
Warlords often repeat the same line to their followers: We know what’s best for you, and you must fight for a cause we’ve already defined. But in a world where conflicts can be resolved through law, why drive people into violence that is both senseless and costly? War: A Losing Proposition In societies built on cooperation and the rule of ...
Chelsea Al Arif 09/07 17:10 - Reading : less than a minute
Ghost Fleet Russia Iran Sanctions Petrol
They are invisible yet omnipresent. Hundreds of oil tankers sail in the shadows, without insurance, without rules, off the radar… These are the ghost fleets. Script by Élie-Joe Kamel
Rayan Chami 09/07 17:10 - Reading : less than a minute
Europe Climate Change Heat Wave
Over 2,305 lives lost in just 10 days. A brutal heatwave, intensified by climate change, swept through 12 major European cities. Most victims were elderly, dying quietly in homes or hospitals. Scientists link two-thirds of these deaths to human-driven climate change. With each record-breaking summer, the message is clear: this is a crisis, and ...
This is Beirut 09/07 17:02 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Volodymyr Zelensky Ukraine Rome Pope Leo XIV
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met Wednesday with Pope Leo XIV on the eve of an international conference in Rome on rebuilding his war-torn country. The two men discussed "the urgent need for a just and lasting peace," a Vatican statement said, while Zelensky thanked the Holy See for its efforts to help Ukraine get back ...
This is Beirut 09/07 15:20 - Reading : less than a minute
After more than ten years away, Superman makes his grand return to the big screen. Under the direction of James Gunn, the myth is being reinvented: a more human, vulnerable hero, facing doubts and the tensions of a fractured world.
Bélinda Ibrahim 09/07 15:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Raphaël Rodriguez Ferroptosis Curie Institute Cancer Metastatic Cells
At the Curie Institute in the heart of Paris, a low-profile chemist is taking on one of the biggest puzzles in modern cancer research. Raphaël Rodriguez, a research director at the CNRS, has spent years investigating how metastatic cells —scattered, dormant tumor cells that often evade treatment — manage to defy medicine. More importantly, he ...
This is Beirut 09/07 14:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
European Union United States Trade
The European Union wants to strike a deal with the United States "in the coming days" to avoid sweeping tariffs, a spokesman said Wednesday. If the EU does not clinch an agreement with the United States, higher tariffs will return and risk unleashing a bitter trade war. US President Donald Trump's sweeping levies were due to snap back into force ...
This is Beirut 09/07 13:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A Kurdish military commander met with Syria's leader in Damascus on Wednesday in the presence of a US envoy to discuss stalled efforts to integrate the country's autonomous Kurdish administration into the Syrian state. Mazloum Abdi of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) -- the Kurdish administration's de facto army -- and interim President Ahmed ...
This is Beirut 09/07 12:25 - Reading : less than a minute
Greece Acropolis Temperatures Heatwave
The Acropolis in Athens will limit its operating hours for a second straight day because of heatwave conditions, the Greek culture ministry said Wednesday. The ministry in a statement said the world-renowned site would be shut till 5:00 pm (1400 GMT) "for the safety of workers and visitors, owing to high temperatures." The four-day heatwave ...
This is Beirut 09/07 12:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Wednesday he was "cautiously optimistic" about the prospects of a deal between the European Union and the United States to avert increased tariffs threatened by President Donald Trump. "I am cautiously optimistic that we may succeed in reaching an agreement with the United States in the next few days or at ...
This is Beirut 09/07 11:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Sergei Lavrov Russia North Korea Ukraine
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit North Korea this weekend, the latest in a series of high-profile visits by top Moscow officials as the two countries deepen military ties. Lavrov "will visit the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on July 11-13" for the "second round of strategic dialogue at the level of foreign ministers," ...