Netanyahu Dodges Snap Election Threat as Dissolution Bill Fails in Knesset

This is Beirut 12/06 09:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Haredim Knesset Opposition

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hard-right government survived an opposition bid to dissolve parliament on Thursday, as lawmakers rejected a bill that could have paved the way for snap elections. Out of the Knesset's 120 members, 61 voted against the proposal, with 53 in favor. The opposition had introduced the bill hoping to force ...

Hamas Accused of Killing Gaza Aid Workers Backed by US and Israel

This is Beirut 12/06 08:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Gaza Hamas Gaza Humanitarian Foundation

A US - and Israeli-backed charity operating in Gaza accused Palestinian militant group Hamas of attacking aid workers en route to a distribution centre on Wednesday, saying at least five people were killed. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said a bus carrying its staff to a distribution site near Khan Younes in the south was "brutally attacked by ...

Protests Spread Across US Despite Trump Threats

This is Beirut 12/06 05:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

United States Protests Immigration Donald Trump

Protests against Donald Trump's harsh immigration policies spread Wednesday across the United States despite a military-backed crackdown in Los Angeles and threats by the hard-right Republican president to use "heavy force." In Los Angeles, where the unrest began last Friday, an overnight curfew intended to keep people out of the ...

U.S. Embassies Brace for Evacuations Amid Escalating Regional Tensions

This is Beirut 11/06 23:17 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

United States Middle East Iraq Kuwait Bahrain

The United States is taking urgent steps to reduce its diplomatic and military presence in parts of the Middle East region as tensions continue to mount, with officials citing increasing security risks. "Based on our latest analysis, we have decided to reduce the footprint of our mission in Iraq," an anonymous U.S. official told AFP. A ...

Israel to Expel French Nationals on Gaza Aid Boat by End of Week

This is Beirut 11/06 22:12 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Gaza Rima Hassan Madleen Jean-Noel Barrot France

Israel is to expel by the end of the week four French nationals held after security forces intercepted their Gaza-bound aid boat, France's foreign minister said Wednesday, as an Israeli NGO said one of the French campaigners was briefly put in solitary confinement. The announcement came as France's prime minister accused activists aboard ...

Board of US Fulbright Program Quits, Citing Trump Interference

This is Beirut 11/06 21:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

United States Education Fullbright Program

The board overseeing the Fulbright program, the prestigious exchanges between US and foreign scholars, quit on Wednesday, accusing President Donald Trump's administration of political interference. Members of the board, nominated by successive presidents, voiced alarm about "injecting politics and ideological mandates" into a long non-partisan ...

EU and UK Strike Deal on Gibraltar's Post-Brexit Status

This is Beirut 11/06 19:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

European Union United Kingdom Gibraltar Brexit

The European Union and Britain on Wednesday sealed a "historic" deal on the status of the territory of Gibraltar, five years after Brexit. The deal will ease the flow of people and goods over the Gibraltar-Spain border, forming part of London's much-vaunted "reset" in ties with Brussels. When Britain left the EU in 2020, the relationship between ...

VideosFires Force Indigenous Canadians to Tourist Town of Niagara Falls

This is Beirut 11/06 17:40 - Reading : less than a minute

When Travis Bighetty fled his village in central Canada, it was “practically engulfed in fire,” and ash was falling from the sky. Since then, like thousands of other evacuees, this Indigenous man has found refuge over 2,000 kilometers away, near Niagara Falls.

Iran Hangs Man over 2022 Protest Deaths, Activists Say Conviction Wrongful

This is Beirut 11/06 17:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Iran Hanging Human Rights

Iran on Wednesday hanged a man convicted of killing seven people, including a 10-year-old boy, during nationwide protests in 2022 but human rights groups said he was the victim of a wrongful conviction. Abbas Kurkuri, also known as Mojahed Kurkur, was hanged at dawn in Sheiban prison in the western city of Ahvaz, the Norway-based Iran Human ...

President Donald Trump Hails Rare Earth Deal with China, Praises "Excellent" Relations

This is Beirut 11/06 16:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

United States China Rare Earths Donald Trump

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday welcomed a tentative agreement reached overnight in London between Washington and Beijing, which he says will enable the supply of rare earth minerals to the United States, praising the “excellent” relationship between the two countries. "An agreement with China has been reached, pending final approval ...

SpotlightLife Emits a Light That Death Extinguishes

Bélinda Ibrahim 11/06 16:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Light Body Death Life Living Beings

Until a few decades ago, this phenomenon remained virtually unknown. All living organisms, from plants to mammals, continuously emit a faint, invisible light, far too subtle for the human eye to detect. This emission, referred to as ultra-weak bioluminescence or oxidative chemiluminescence, ceases abruptly upon death. Long overlooked, this optical ...

Nuclear: Iran Threatens US Military Bases in the Middle East, Trump Less and Less Confident

This is Beirut 11/06 15:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Iran Middle East United States Nuclear

Iran threatened Wednesday to target US military bases in the region if conflict breaks out, while President Donald Trump said he was "less confident" about reaching a nuclear deal. Tehran and Washington have held five rounds of talks since April to thrash out a new nuclear deal to replace the 2015 accord that Trump abandoned during his ...