This is Beirut 16/03 22:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Volodymyr Zelensky Kyiv Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has replaced the chief of the general staff of the armed forces, according to a decree issued on Sunday, as Kyiv’s frontline troops continue to face challenges. According to a communiqué, Anatoliy Bargylevych has been replaced by Andriy Gnatov, who “has been tasked with increasing the efficiency of the ...
This is Beirut 16/03 20:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Israel Shin Bet Ronen Bar Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday informed the head of the Shin Bet, the country's internal security agency, that he will ask the government to dismiss him. Netanyahu and Shin Bet agency chief Ronen Bar have been engaged in a public spat in recent weeks over reforms to the agency, which has been accused of failing to prevent the ...
This is Beirut 16/03 20:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Yemen Houthi Movement United States USS Harry S. Truman
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels claimed on Monday to have twice attacked an American aircraft carrier group within 24 hours, calling it retaliation for deadly US strikes. The Houthis initially said they launched 18 missiles and a drone at the "aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman and its accompanying warships" in the Red Sea, before ...
This is Beirut 16/03 19:56 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Israel said its negotiating team was discussing the hostage issue with Egyptian mediators on Sunday, as deep divisions persist between Israel and Hamas over the terms of a fragile ceasefire in Gaza. Mediated by Qatar, Egypt, and the United States, the initial phase of the ceasefire took effect on January 19, largely halting more than 15 months of ...
This is Beirut 16/03 19:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Greece Weather Athens National Observatory
Greece is riding a weather "rollercoaster," with weekend temperatures spiking to a record high for March, just ahead of a forecast bout of snow and frost, meteorologists said on Sunday. The mercury soared to 33.7 degrees Celsius (92.66 Fahrenheit) on Sunday in Lasithi, in Crete—the highest-ever recorded for March, according to the Athens ...
This is Beirut 16/03 19:14 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Iraqi security forces have seized more than a ton of captagon, an illegal stimulant, smuggled from Syria via Turkey, the interior ministry said on Sunday. Ministry spokesman General Moqdad Miri said the Narcotics Directorate "seized a truck from Syria, bound for Iraq, via Turkey, transporting 1.1 tons" of the synthetic drug in tablet ...
This is Beirut 16/03 19:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Millions of Cubans were without electricity for a second night Saturday after a widespread blackout hit the island, the fourth in less than six months. Cubans have been facing a serious economic crisis marked by widespread food, fuel, and medicine shortages, and the island's aging and often failing power system has made things worse. The latest ...
This is Beirut 16/03 18:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro, who is accused of backing an attempted coup, told a demonstration in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday that a ban on him seeking re-election next year amounted to a "denial of democracy." Several thousand supporters of the far-right firebrand lined Rio's famous Copacabana beach to show support for Brazil's ...
This is Beirut 16/03 17:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Donald Trump Turkey Ukraine Kyiv USA
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told US counterpart Donald Trump in a call on Sunday that he supported his "direct and decisive" initiatives to end the three-year war in Ukraine, his office said. NATO member Turkey has sought to maintain good relations with both of its Black Sea neighbors since the Russian invasion three years ago and has ...
This is Beirut 16/03 16:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
United States Donald Trump Vladimir Putin Russia Ukraine
US President Donald Trump and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin are expected to speak this week, officials said on Sunday, as Washington and Kyiv's European allies press Moscow to accept a ceasefire in the three-year war. The United States this week proposed a halt in fighting in the war after talks in Saudi Arabia, with Kyiv accepting the ...
This is Beirut 16/03 16:37 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
United States Steven Witkoff Hamas Houthi Movement Ukraine Vladimir Putin
US President Donald Trump is expected to speak with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin this week, an American envoy said Sunday, as Washington presses for Moscow to accept a ceasefire in the Ukraine war. Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff, who met for several hours with Putin days ago, told CNN in a televised interview that he thinks "the two ...
This is Beirut 16/03 14:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
In a message of gratitude to the faithful broadcast on Sunday from the hospital in Rome, where he has been receiving treatment for double pneumonia for over a month, Pope Francis expressed his thanks for the prayers and support he has received. "I am facing a trial and join many brothers and sisters who, like me, are sick and fragile at this ...