This is Beirut 2025-07-03 10:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
United Nations South Sudanese Salva Kiir
With South Sudan's President Salva Kiir undergoing medical tests abroad after years of rumors about his health, analysts say a long-gestating plan has been set in motion to secure his succession. Kiir returned from at least 10 days in the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday, with state media saying he had been "exploring new avenues for ...
Salam El Zaatari 2025-07-03 10:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Iran Hezbollah United States
As the dust settles from the most consequential Israel–Iran confrontation in decades, attention is shifting sharply to a more familiar, but no less volatile, battleground: Lebanon. The war may have moved west, but its logic remains the same. Deter, dismantle, destroy. The question no longer is whether Hezbollah will disarm, it’s what Israel ...
This is Beirut 2025-07-03 09:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
China's top diplomat warned his EU counterpart against "confrontation", his foreign ministry said Thursday, after she urged Beijing to stop undermining Europe's security. Meeting Kaja Kallas in Brussels on Wednesday, Wang Yi said China and the European Union "should not be regarded as opponents because of differences, nor should they seek ...
This is Beirut 2025-07-03 09:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Astronomers Solar System ATLAS NASA Interstellar
Astronomers on Wednesday confirmed the discovery of an interstellar object racing through our Solar System -- only the third ever spotted, though scientists suspect many more may slip past unnoticed. The visitor from the stars, designated 3I/Atlas, is likely the largest yet detected, and has been classified as a comet, or cosmic snowball. "It ...
This is Beirut 2025-07-03 09:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Thailand's king is scheduled Thursday to swear in a new cabinet in a reshuffle that will see a third person in a week take on the role as the country's prime minister. The Southeast Asian nation's top office was plunged into turmoil on Tuesday when the Constitutional Court suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra pending an ethics probe ...
This is Beirut 2025-07-03 05:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Two French nationals detained for more than three years in Iran have been charged with spying for Israel's intelligence agency Mossad, diplomatic and family sources told AFP on Wednesday. They have also been charged with "conspiracy to overthrow the regime" and "corruption on earth", the Western diplomatic source and the ...
This is Beirut 2025-07-02 23:31 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Iran's suspension of cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), is unacceptable, US State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said Wednesday. Tehran officially suspended its cooperation with the IAEA, a move triggered by the unprecedented Israeli and US strikes on its nuclear facilities over 12 ...
This is Beirut 2025-07-02 23:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
United States Pentagon Iran Iran Nuclear Program
US intelligence assessments indicate that strikes on Iranian nuclear sites set the country's atomic program back by up to two years, the Pentagon said on Wednesday. "We have degraded their program by one to two years at least; intelligence assessments inside the (Defense) Department assess that," Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell told journalists, ...
This is Beirut 2025-07-02 22:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Ukraine appealed to the United States for clarity on Wednesday after it was caught off guard by a White House announcement that Washington was halting some arms shipments to the war-battered country. The Ukrainian defense ministry, which is deeply dependent on US arms, said it had not been prior notified about the reduction in aid announced one ...
This is Beirut 2025-07-02 22:09 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Syrian state media reported Wednesday that statements on signing a peace agreement with Israel were "premature," days after Israel said it was interested in striking normalization agreements with Syria and neighboring Lebanon. "Statements concerning signing a peace agreement with the Israeli occupation at this time are considered ...
This is Beirut 2025-07-02 21:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hamas Gaza Donald Trump
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Wednesday to eradicate Hamas, even as the Palestinian militant group said it was discussing new proposals from mediators for a ceasefire in Gaza. The Israeli leader had yet to comment on US President Donald Trump's claim that Israel had backed a plan for a 60-day truce in its offensive against ...
This is Beirut 2025-07-02 19:51 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
United States Donald Trump Vietnam Tariffs
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he had struck a trade deal with Vietnam under which the country would face a minimum 20 percent tariff and open its market to US products. The deal comes less than a week before Trump's self-imposed July 9 deadline for steeper tariffs on US trade partners to take effect if agreements are not ...