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Morocco: The Symbolic Weight of the 50th Anniversary of the Green March

Marie de La Roche Saint-André 06/11 11:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

UN Security Council International Court of Justice Western Sahara Morocco Green March

This November 6, Morocco is marking the fiftieth anniversary of the Green March, a commemoration that carries particular symbolic weight this year, just days after the UN Security Council adopted a new resolution on October 31, 2025. The resolution describes Morocco’s autonomy plan for Western Sahara as “a serious and credible basis” for a ...

Israel Declares Egypt Border Area Closed Military Zone Due to Weapon-Smuggling Drones

This is Beirut 06/11 11:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Palestine Egypt

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz on Thursday said he instructed the army to turn the area at the border with Egypt into a closed military zone to combat weapons smuggling via drones. "I instructed the IDF (military) to turn the area adjacent to the Israel–Egypt border into a closed military zone and to amend the rules of engagement ...

ExplainerCan You Really Die of a Broken Heart?

Bélinda Ibrahim 06/11 10:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Broken Heart Science Takotsubo Cardiology

Losing a loved one, experiencing a breakup, or facing shocking news can make anyone feel, in moments of devastation, that their heart might literally burst. The saying “to die of a broken heart” once seemed little more than sentimental folklore. Yet modern medicine has shown otherwise. Emotional pain can, in rare cases, strike the heart with ...

US to Cancel Flights as Longest Govt Shutdown Drags On

This is Beirut 06/11 10:27 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

USA Flights Cancellation Shutdown Airport

US officials said the scheduled capacity for flights was being cut by 10 percent in 40 busy air traffic areas nationwide on Friday, as the longest government shutdown drags on. Federal agencies have been grinding to a halt since Congress failed to approve funding past September 30, with some 1.4 million federal workers, from air traffic ...

HighlightFive Things to Know About 'Forest COP' Host City Belem

This is Beirut 06/11 09:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

United Nations COP30 Brasil Belem

The eyes of the world are on Belem, a gateway city to the Brazilian Amazon playing host to what has been dubbed the "Forest COP" climate conference starting Monday. The city of 1.4 million got its name from Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus Christ. In Portuguese, it translates as Belem. Under a law promulgated Tuesday by President Luiz Inacio ...

Fears of a New Conflict Between Eritrea and Ethiopia

This is Beirut 06/11 09:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

United Nations Ethiopia Eritrea

Ethiopia accuses Eritrea of "preparing to wage war", Eritrea retorts that its neighbor's words were fuelling "dangerous conflicts", and analysts fear another war is brewing in the volatile Horn of Africa. What does Ethiopia want? For months, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been demanding access to the sea for his landlocked country ...

Trump to Host his First Summit with Central Asian Leaders

This is Beirut 06/11 09:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Donald Trump Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Turkmenistan

US President Donald Trump will host all five Central Asian leaders in Washington on Thursday for the first time, a few months after they held separate summits with Russia's Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping. The West has upped its interest in the resource-rich region, where Moscow's traditional influence has been questioned since the ...

US Circulates Draft UN Resolution for Trump's Gaza Plan

This is Beirut 06/11 09:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Donald Trump Palestine United Nations USA Gaza

The United States on Wednesday presented a draft UN Security Council resolution to partner nations aimed at bolstering President Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan, including by greenlighting an international security force, Washington's mission said. US Ambassador Mike Waltz shared the draft with the 10 elected members of the Security Council and ...

Belgium Probes Drone Sightings after Flights Halted Overnight

This is Beirut 05/11 22:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Belgium Russia Drones

Belgian authorities on Wednesday investigated drone sightings that halted air traffic overnight at several airports, as flights resumed after hundreds of passengers were left stranded. The main airport in Brussels and another in Liege had to suspend arrivals and departures late Tuesday for several hours after suspected drones were spotted ...

Israel Receives Gaza Hostage Body

This is Beirut 05/11 22:18 - Reading : less than a minute

Nawaf Salam Hamas Gaza Israeli Hostages

Israel has received the body of a hostage from the Red Cross in Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said in a statement on Wednesday night. The captive's coffin, handed over to the military and internal security service, "will be transferred to Israel, where it will be received with a military ceremony" before being ...

Iran: “Hostage Diplomacy,” an Intractable Dilemma for the West

This is Beirut 05/11 21:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Iran France Cécile Kohler Jacques Paris

For researchers, aid workers, and even tourists, Iran’s use of detention to extract concessions has become a serious dilemma for Western governments, which so far have failed to stop the practice. This so-called “hostage diplomacy,” consistently denied by Tehran, re-emerged just after the release on Tuesday of French nationals ...

France Moves to Suspend Shein Website as First Store Opens in Paris

This is Beirut 05/11 19:57 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Shein France

Shein opened its first physical store worldwide in Paris under the eye of riot police, as the French government said it was suspending the Asian e-commerce giant's online platform following outrage over its sale of childlike sex dolls. Hundreds of shoppers streamed into Shein's permanent physical store on the sixth floor of the BHV department ...