This is Beirut 2025-09-17 21:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
More than 15,000 deaths this summer in major European cities could be attributed to climate change, according to researchers in a preliminary study that has already been welcomed by other scientists. “Focusing on 854 European cities, this study concludes that climate change is behind 68% of the 24,400 deaths estimated to be linked to heat this ...
This is Beirut 2025-09-17 21:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Ghazi Hamad Hamas Al Jazeera Qatar
Ghazi Hamad, a top official in Hamas, appeared Wednesday in a live interview broadcast by Qatari channel Al Jazeera, in the first appearance of a Hamas leader since the Israeli attack on Doha on September 9. The attack occurred "less than an hour after we began studying the proposal" for a ceasefire in Gaza, he said, referring to a meeting of ...
This is Beirut 2025-09-17 19:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
On foot, by bike, or in vehicles, Palestinians are fleeing Gaza City in large numbers, targeted by a major Israeli military offensive whose bombings killed dozens across the territory on Wednesday. With U.S. support, Israel announced Tuesday the start of a ground and air campaign in Gaza City aimed at destroying the Palestinian Islamist group ...
This is Beirut 2025-09-17 19:35 - Reading : less than a minute
Iran Europe Iran Nuclear Program E3
Iran said Wednesday it was ready to reach a "fair and balanced" solution with European powers over its nuclear program, following over-the-phone talks with Britain, France and Germany. "Iran is prepared to achieve a fair and balanced solution that ensures mutual interests. Attaining such a goal requires a responsible and independent approach by ...
This is Beirut 2025-09-17 19:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Donald Trump United Kingdom Windsor Palace Charles III State visit
Donald Trump was treated to a royal reception featuring gun salutes, soldiers on horseback and bagpipes as he met Wednesday with Britain's King Charles III for a historic second state visit, which unfolded far from marching protesters. The pair laughed and joked as Trump inspected troops at Windsor Castle, west of London, in an elaborate ...
Rayan Chami 2025-09-17 17:40 - Reading : less than a minute
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Hezbollah Pagers
September 17, 2024, will be remembered as a dark day in Hezbollah’s history. Thirty-nine people were killed and around 3, 500 thousand of its officials and fighters were injured in brutal and unusual circumstances: the simultaneous explosion of booby-trapped pagers and walkie-talkies. Let’s break it down.
This is Beirut 2025-09-17 16:45 - Reading : less than a minute
Donald Trump USA terrorist milicia Iran Irak
The US State Department issued a statement on Wednesday designating four pro-Iranian militias as “terrorist organizations.” The four groups are Harakat al-Nujaba, Kata’ib Sayyid al-Shuhada, Harakat Ansar Allah al-Awfiya and Kata’ib al-Imam Ali. The State Department also stressed that “Iran continues to provide support enabling these ...
This is Beirut 2025-09-17 16:33 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam European Union Palestine Benjamin Netanyahu Hamas Gaza
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar on Wednesday warned the EU against taking action against Israel, after the bloc's executive proposed curbing trade ties and sanctioning ministers over the Gaza war. "The recommendations of the college of Commissioners led by President (Ursula) von der Leyen are morally and politically distorted," ...
This is Beirut 2025-09-17 16:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Syria Kurds Syrian Democratic Forces
Thousands of people in Kurdish-controlled northeastern Syria rallied Wednesday in support of their autonomous administration and called for decentralization as negotiations with Damascus over the region's future stall. Damascus and Syria's Kurds have been in talks to integrate Kurdish civil and military institutions into the central government ...
This is Beirut 2025-09-17 16:15 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Syria Sweida Ahmad al-Sharaa
In southern Syria, since the summer, the Druze province of Sweida has become the scene of bloody clashes and geopolitical rivalries. The violence that took place in July, which pitted Druze militias against Bedouin clans and government forces, deeply shook the region, leaving behind thousands of dead and accusations of massacres. As autumn ...
This is Beirut 2025-09-17 15:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
USA US Secretary of State Iran Missiles Nuclear
Iran on Wednesday dismissed as "nonsense" US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's criticism this week of the Islamic republic's missile program as an "unacceptable risk". "He was speaking nonsense," foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei told journalists, adding the United States was "not supposed to comment on the defensive capabilities of a ...
This is Beirut 2025-09-17 15:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Artificial intelligence could boost the value of global trade by almost 40 percent by 2040 thanks to cost reductions and productivity gains, the World Trade Organization said Wednesday. In its latest annual World Trade Report, the WTO identified AI as one of the few bright spots as the global trading system has been upended by the United States ...