This is Beirut 2025-09-02 21:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
French police on Tuesday killed a man suspected of stabbing at least five people in the southern port city of Marseille, one of whom is in "critical condition," a public prosecutor said. The attacker was a Tunisian national with legal status in France who stabbed the manager of a hotel that had just evicted him for non-payment, prosecutor Nicolas ...
This is Beirut 2025-09-02 19:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Russia China Valdimir Putin Power of Siberia 2 Pipeline
Russia said Tuesday it had signed a legally binding agreement with China to build a new cross-border gas pipeline, the latest in a series of moves by the allies to bolster ties. The memorandum of understanding, aimed to build the Power of Siberia 2 pipeline, was signed during a visit to China by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Although the ...
This is Beirut 2025-09-02 19:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Uranium Syria Reactor IAEA Deir al-Zor
The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog detected uranium particles at a remote site in Syria that was bombed by Israel in 2007, reviving questions about whether the destroyed facility once housed a secret nuclear reactor. According to a confidential report shared with member states, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) found a ...
This is Beirut 2025-09-02 18:50 - Reading : less than a minute
United States U.S. Department of Treasury U.S. Sanctions Iran
The United States Department of Treasury announced on Tuesday new sanctions aimed at cutting off revenue to Iran for its destabilizing activities in Iraq, the Middle East, and beyond. “The sanctions target a network of companies and vessels led by Waleed al-Samarra’i, an Iraqi and Saint Kitts and Nevis dual citizen, accused of smuggling ...
This is Beirut 2025-09-02 18:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
United Sates U.S. Congress Jeffrey Epstein
U.S. lawmakers returned to Washington on Tuesday after more than a month of recess, during which the prospect of a federal government shutdown has only grown closer. With a deadline set for September 30, Congress now has less than a month to act and pass a budget, even a temporary one. If no agreement is reached, large parts of the federal ...
This is Beirut 2025-09-02 17:04 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
French judicial authorities have issued arrest warrants for ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and six other top former officials over the bombardment of a rebel-held city in 2012 that killed two journalists, lawyers said Tuesday. Marie Colvin, 56, an American working for The Sunday Times of Britain, and French photographer Remi Ochlik, 28, ...
This is Beirut 2025-09-02 16:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
United States Donald Trump Defense
US President Donald Trump will make an "exciting" announcement on Tuesday about the Department of Defense, the White House said, days after Trump said he planned to rename it the Department of War. Republican Trump was due to make the announcement from the Oval Office at 2:00 pm (1800 GMT), according to his daily schedule, which did not give ...
This is Beirut 2025-09-02 15:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
US President Donald Trump vowed Tuesday to quickly resolve what he called "the crime problem" in Chicago, hinting at sending troops into what he branded the "most dangerous city in the world." "I will solve the crime problem fast, just like I did in DC," Trump posted on his Truth Social platform, referring to his deployment of National Guard ...
This is Beirut 2025-09-02 15:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
China Iran Masoud Pezeshkian Xi Jinping
President Xi Jinping told his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday that China supported Iran's right to civilian nuclear energy and opposed the use of force to resolve differences, state media reported. "The use of force is not the right way to resolve differences. Communication and dialogue are the right path to achieving lasting ...
This is Beirut 2025-09-02 14:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Volodymyr Zelensky Emmanuel Macron Kyiv Ukraine Paris
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet European leaders in Paris on Thursday to discuss security guarantees to prevent Russian attacks if a peace deal with Moscow is reached, his office said. The Ukrainian leader was set to meet EU chief Ursula von der Leyen, NATO chief Mark Rutte, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and UK Prime Minister ...
This is Beirut 2025-09-02 13:10 - Reading : less than a minute
Afghanistan Earthquake Survivor Rubble
In Afghanistan’s Kunar province, which was struck on Monday by a magnitude-6 earthquake, survivors are sifting through the rubble of their homes and organizing funerals for the victims, whose bodies were carried by helicopter from the hospital.
Philippe Abi-Akl 2025-09-02 11:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hezbollah Lebanese Forces Lebanese Army Tehran
Without ceremony or pomp, Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri buried the American proposal brought to Lebanon by envoy Tom Barrack, a plan already endorsed by the Lebanese government. In a televised address marking the 47th anniversary of Imam Musa al-Sadr’s disappearance with his two companions, Berri declared, “We are open to ...