This is Beirut 05/11 09:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump made their final case Monday in the hours before Election Day, when voters will either choose America's first woman president or hand the Republican an unprecedented comeback likely to rattle the world. With polls showing a dead heat, Trump promised to lead the United States to "new heights of glory" ...
Alain E. Andrea 04/11 23:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The 2024 Lancet Countdown report on health and climate change reveals that global warming poses an increasingly significant threat to public health. Compiled annually by researchers from various universities and UN agencies, the study highlights the multiple dangers facing the global population. “Data in this year’s report show that people all ...
This is Beirut 04/11 22:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Ultra-Orthodox Jews Lebanon Gaza Israel Army
Israel's Defense Minister Yoav Gallant issued 7,000 additional army draft orders Monday for individuals from the country's ultra-Orthodox community, historically exempted from mandatory service until a June Supreme Court decision. Gallant approved the Israeli army's "recommendation to issue an additional 7,000 orders for screening and evaluation ...
This is Beirut 04/11 21:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Syria Damascus Sayyeda Zaynab Area IRGC
Israel's military said its air force struck the intelligence headquarters of Hezbollah's Syrian branch in a strike on Damascus on Monday, an attack a war monitor said killed two people. It was a rare acknowledgement by Israeli authorities of an attack against Syria. The military has intensified its strikes on targets in Syria since ...
This is Beirut 04/11 21:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Hamas said on Monday it held talks with rival Palestinian faction Fatah in Cairo to discuss the war in Gaza and moves towards national consensus. "A meeting was held with the brothers in the Fatah movement at a generous Egyptian invitation. They discussed various national issues, especially the war on Gaza and pathways for national action," ...
This is Beirut 04/11 19:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
NATO will stay united no matter who wins the US election, the alliance's Secretary General Mark Rutte said in Berlin Monday, as Washington's allies nervously await the outcome of the vote. "Whoever wins those elections, we will work with Kamala Harris, we will work with Donald Trump, and make sure that the alliance stays united," Rutte said ...
Tylia El Helou 04/11 18:20 - Reading : less than a minute
Kamala Harris Donald Trump USA Election
With just one day to go, former president and Republican candidate Donald Trump and vice president and Democratic candidate Kamala Harris are trying as hard as they can to saturate the media despite polls predicting a particularly close race.
Natasha Metni Torbey 04/11 17:38 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Israel has officially terminated its agreement with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA). On Monday, Tel Aviv formally informed the UN of this decision, which had been approved by an overwhelming parliamentary majority the week before. Historically fraught with deep-rooted disagreements, Israel's ...
This is Beirut 04/11 17:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Middle East Turkey United States Recep Tayyip Erdogan Donald Trump
The outcome of Tuesday's knife-edge US election is unlikely to have much of an impact on the tepid ties between Washington and Ankara, although presidential chemistry might help, experts say. Long gone is the closeness of the 1990s when the United States and Turkey saw each other as indispensable allies. Following an extended period of soul ...
This is Beirut 04/11 16:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
US Presidential Election United States Donald Trump Kamala Harris US Swing States
US Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump are hurtling toward their November 5 election showdown, one of the closest contests in modern American history. And in the handful of critical states framing the 2024 race, there is little daylight between the rivals so close before Election Day. Under the US Constitution, ...
This is Beirut 04/11 16:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
West Bank Shin Bet Israeli Settlers
Israeli settlers torched nearly 20 cars early Monday in the occupied West Bank city of Al-Bireh near Ramallah, according to the Palestinian civil defense and an Israeli security source. An AFP journalist saw several cars completely charred, and the blackened facade of the five-storey building outside which they were parked. An alert rang "at ...
This is Beirut 04/11 15:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Abdallah Bou Habib Amal European Union USA
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati held a series of diplomatic meetings on Monday “to support the Lebanese position to put an end to the Israeli aggression.” Mikati reiterated calls for putting pressure on Israel “to stop its aggression, opening the way for discussion on how to implement, to the letter, the provisions of resolution 1701 ...