This is Beirut 30/05 10:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Islamic State (IS) group on Thursday claimed its first attack on Syria's new government forces since the fall of longtime Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, two war monitors said. In a statement picked up by SITE Intelligence Group, IS said it had planted an "explosive device" on a Syrian forces' vehicle in the southern province of ...
This is Beirut 30/05 10:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Elon Musk stormed into US politics as President Donald Trump's chainsaw-brandishing sidekick. Four turbulent months later it's the tech tycoon himself on the chopping block. Trump hailed Musk as "terrific" as he announced that they would hold a joint press conference on Friday as the South African-born magnate leaves the so-called Department of ...
This is Beirut 30/05 09:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Saudi Arabia Transport Traffic Social Metro
For decades, civil servant Zayed al-Ghamdi's social circles in Saudi Arabia were more than predictable, bound by routine and kinship in a country where societal divisions have rarely been challenged. Then came the metro. A decade after breaking ground, Riyadh's gleaming new metro opened in December, offering the capital's eight million residents ...
This is Beirut 30/05 09:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Ukraine Russia Negotiations Istanbul Peace
Ukraine said Thursday it was ready to hold more talks with Russia in Istanbul next week but again demanded that Moscow supply a document setting out its conditions for peace. And as the United Nations said that hopes for peace in the three-year-old war were "barely" alive, the United States again warned that it could withdraw from mediation ...
This is Beirut 30/05 09:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Sudan Conflict Disease Cholera Khartum
Paramilitary forces fighting Sudan's military have said they captured two strategic towns in the war-ravaged nation, which has been hit by a cholera outbreak that killed 70 people in the capital this week. For more than two years Africa's third-largest country has been engulfed by a war between the army, led by the nation's de facto ...
This is Beirut 30/05 09:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Singapore France Ukraine Russia Conflict
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that Washington faces a "credibility test" over its response to Russia dragging its feet on a Ukraine ceasefire. Moscow has rebuffed calls for an immediate ceasefire and kept up an intense bombardment of Ukraine even as diplomatic efforts to end the war have gained momentum. US President Donald ...
This is Beirut 30/05 09:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
United States Trade Tariff Court
US President Donald Trump celebrated a temporary reprieve for his aggressive tariff strategy on Thursday, with an appeals court preserving his sweeping import duties on China and other trading partners -- for now. The short-term relief will allow the appeals process to proceed after the US Court of International Trade barred most of the tariffs ...
This is Beirut 29/05 22:35 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hamas Palestine USA Gaza Ceasefire
The White House said Thursday Israel had "signed off" on a new Gaza ceasefire proposal submitted to Hamas, but the Palestinian militant group said the deal failed to satisfy its demands. Negotiations to end more than 19 months of war have so far failed to achieve a breakthrough, with Israel resuming operations in Gaza in March after a ...
This is Beirut 29/05 21:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam USA Hamas Palestine Donald Trump Gaza
The White House said on Thursday that Israel had "signed off on" a new Gaza ceasefire proposal submitted to Hamas, as the Palestinian militants confirmed they were studying the deal. Negotiations to end more than 19 months of war have so far failed to achieve a breakthrough, with Israel resuming operations in Gaza in March after a brief ...
This is Beirut 29/05 21:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Donald Trump Palestine Hamas Gaza
The White House said Thursday that Israel had accepted US President Donald Trump's proposal for a Gaza ceasefire, while discussions were "continuing" with Hamas. The Palestinian militant group had earlier said it was examining a new deal proposed by Trump's Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, while there was no immediate ...
Chelsea Al Arif 29/05 20:40 - Reading : less than a minute
Truce, ceasefire, armistice, peace treaty: these are some of the terms we hear when talking about war, but they don’t all mean the same thing.
This is Beirut 29/05 19:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Donald Trump Harvard Sanctions
Harvard held its annual graduation ceremony Thursday as a federal judge considers the legality of punitive measures taken against the university by US President Donald Trump. Hundreds of robed students and academics squeezed onto the steps of the campus's main library as Trump piled unprecedented pressure onto the university, one of the most ...