Ukraine: Kyiv Accuses Moscow of Cutting Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Off Grid for Four Days

This is Beirut 2025-09-27 17:52 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Ukraine Russia Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant

Ukraine on Saturday accused Russia of disconnecting the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant from the Ukrainian grid for four days in an attempt to “steal” it by linking it to the Russian-controlled network, despite safety risks. “We urge all nations concerned with nuclear safety and security to make it clear to Moscow that its ...

UAE Foreign Minister Holds Talks with Netanyahu on West Bank Annexation

This is Beirut 2025-09-27 15:25 - Reading : less than a minute

Nawaf Salam United Arab Emirates Benjamin Netanyahu Abdullah bin Zayed West Bank

A meeting reportedly took place between the UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. Sheikh Abdullah conveyed “the UAE’s decisive position closing the file on Israeli annexation of Palestinian lands,” wrote Anwar Gargash, diplomatic ...

AnalysisEnemy or Peace?

Amine Jules Iskandar 2025-09-27 14:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Lebanon Peace Enemy

According to Carl Schmitt, the concept of the enemy lies at the heart of politics. It stands apart from morality, aesthetics, and economics. To identify an enemy is thus a strictly political act, carrying no moral weight and showing no regard for historical accuracy. Within this realm, free from any claim to objectivity, an enemy can be conceived ...

Iraq Resumes Kurdish Oil Exports after Two-Year halt

This is Beirut 2025-09-27 13:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Iraq Oil and Gas Iraqi Kurdistan

Iraq resumed crude exports from the autonomous Kurdistan region on Saturday after a more than two-year halt over legal and technical disputes. Control over lucrative oil exports has been a major point of contention between Baghdad and Arbil, the capital of the Kurdistan region, with a key pipeline to Turkey shut since 2023. Iraq's oil ministry ...

Iran Sanctions Look Set To Return Even as Nuclear Inspections Resume

This is Beirut 2025-09-26 23:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

United Nations Iran sanctions

Deep sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program look set to go into force once again, even as a UN watchdog confirmed Friday inspections of its atomic sites had resumed. Russia failed in an effort with Beijing Friday to delay the reimposition of the measures on Tehran, with Moscow raising the prospect that it may not enforce the sanctions -- ...

Twelve Nations to Back Cash-Strapped Palestinian Authority

This is Beirut 2025-09-26 23:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Palestine Palestinian Authority Gaza

Twelve countries including Britain, France, Japan, Saudi Arabia and Spain on Friday announced a new coalition to financially support the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority as Israel withholds its tax revenues. The Emergency Coalition for the Financial Sustainability of the Palestinian Authority "was established in response to the urgent and ...

Israel Detains Palestinians in Nablus, Reopens West Bank-Jordan Crossing

This is Beirut 2025-09-26 19:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam West Bank Palestine Jordan crossing

The Israeli military detained several Palestinians in an overnight raid in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, an AFP journalist at the scene said on Friday. When contacted by AFP, an Israeli military spokesman confirmed the raid and said that "forces operated in the Nablus area to apprehend several suspects involved in terrorist ...

Netanyahu at UN: Conditional Peace with Lebanon, a New Middle East

This is Beirut 2025-09-26 17:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Lebanon Benjamin Netanyahu Palestine Donald Trump Hamas Hezbollah

In an address to the United Nations General Assembly on Friday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reopened the door to peace with Lebanon. He declared that “peace between Israel and Lebanon is possible,” contingent on the disarmament of Hezbollah. “If Lebanon takes action to disarm Hezbollah, I’m confident peace will follow,” he ...

VideosNigerian Leather, from Local Workshops to Luxury Brands

This is Beirut 2025-09-26 15:45 - Reading : less than a minute

Nigerian leather is already coveted by top luxury houses such as Gucci, Prada, Hermès and Louis Vuitton. But more and more local designers want to go further: they aim to give “Made in Nigeria” leather its own identity and true added value.

SpotlightJustice Department Pushes Prosecutors to Investigate Soros Foundation

This is Beirut 2025-09-26 15:41 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

United States Department of Justice Donald Trump Open Society

In a move hailed by supporters as a long-overdue step toward accountability, the U.S. Justice Department has directed federal prosecutors across several jurisdictions to begin preparing investigations into the Open Society Foundations, the powerful global network funded by billionaire financier George Soros. The directive, circulated by a senior ...

VideosVenezuela: Powerful Earthquakes Damage Infrastructure

This is Beirut 2025-09-26 15:30 - Reading : less than a minute

Multiple quakes exceeding magnitude 6 struck the state of Zulia in Venezuela, damaging roads, homes and hospitals. No casualties were reported, but residents remain shaken as recovery efforts begin.

Moscow to Build Four Nuclear Power Plants in Iran

This is Beirut 2025-09-26 14:52 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Iran Rosatom Russia Energy Nuclear

Iran and Russia signed a $25 billion deal to build nuclear power plants in the Islamic republic, Iranian state media reported Friday, just hours ahead of the likely return of sweeping UN sanctions on Iran. "A deal for the construction of four nuclear power plants with a value of $25 billion in Sirik, Hormozgan, was signed between the Iran ...