This is Beirut 2025-06-02 23:02 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Yemen Houthi Movement
The Israeli army said it intercepted a missile launched Monday from Yemen, whose Houthis insurgents claimed an attack targeting Israel's main airport. "Following the sirens that sounded a short while ago in several areas in Israel, a missile launched from Yemen was intercepted," the army said in a statement, as loud booms were heard ...
This is Beirut 2025-06-02 21:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Donald Trump United States Xi Jinping China
US President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping will likely hold a long-awaited call later this week, the White House said Monday, as trade tensions between the world's two biggest economies ratchet back up. Trump reignited strains with China last week when he accused the world's second-biggest economy of violating a deal that had led ...
This is Beirut 2025-06-02 20:44 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Turkey Ukraine Russia Volodymyr Zelensky Vladimir Putin Donald Trump
US President Donald Trump is open to an invitation by his Turkish counterpart to hold three-way peace talks in Turkey with the Russian and Ukrainian leaders, the White House said Monday. "The president has said he's open to it if it comes to that, but he wants both of these leaders and both sides to come to the table together," Press Secretary ...
This is Beirut 2025-06-02 20:35 - Reading : less than a minute
Volodymyr Zelensky Ukraine United States Donald Trump
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday urged his US counterpart, Donald Trump, to approve more sanctions to "push" Russia into a full ceasefire after Moscow once again declined a 30-day halt to hostilities. "We really expect Trump to take strong steps," he said at a briefing with journalists after a second round of ...
This is Beirut 2025-06-02 20:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran Nuclear Sanctions Diplomacy Enrichment MiddleEast
As global attention shifts back to Tehran, the Iranian government is reportedly reviewing a far-reaching US proposal aimed at reviving the stalled nuclear talks. The plan, relayed via Oman, was drafted by Steve Witkoff, the US President’s special envoy to the Middle East. According to diplomatic sources quoted by Kuwait’s Al-Jarida, the ...
Mario Chartouni 2025-06-02 20:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Middle East United Arab Emirates Bahrain Hezbollah
From the peace treaties signed between Israel and certain Arab States – most notably Egypt in 1979 and Jordan in 1994 – to the wave of diplomatic normalizations initiated in 2020 with the Abraham Accords, two concepts have consistently shaped discussions about regional diplomacy: peace agreements and normalization. Although these terms are ...
This is Beirut 2025-06-02 20:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
A huge plume of ash, gas, and rock spewed forth on Monday from Italy's Mount Etna as authorities warned people to steer clear of Europe's largest active volcano. Sicily's Mount Etna has been active recently but Monday's eruption was the most dramatic, with experts warning that such activity could continue for weeks. Images showed ...
This is Beirut 2025-06-02 18:41 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky Russia Vladimir Putin
Ukraine and Russia agreed to another large-scale prisoner exchange at talks in Istanbul on Monday but failed to make a breakthrough on an immediate halt to the fighting. At the second round of direct talks between the warring sides, Ukraine said Moscow had rejected its call for an unconditional ceasefire, offering instead a partial truce of two ...
This is Beirut 2025-06-02 17:57 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Iran Egypt IAEA Iran Nuclear Program
Iran said Monday it will not accept a nuclear agreement that deprives it of what it called "peaceful activities," a reference to uranium enrichment, as it pressed the United States for guarantees it would drop sanctions. Uranium enrichment has remained a key point of contention between the foes in talks to seal a nuclear deal, ongoing ...
This is Beirut 2025-06-02 16:40 - Reading : less than a minute
Gaza's civil defense agency said an Israeli strike on a home in the northern town of Jabalia killed 14 people on Monday. "The number of martyrs from the targeting of the Al-Bursh family home has risen to 14, including six children and three women, in addition to more than 20 missing individuals still under the rubble," agency spokesman Mahmud ...
This is Beirut 2025-06-02 15:08 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Palestine Colorado Hostages Gaza
A man yelling "free Palestine" used incendiary devices to torch protesters rallying in support of Israeli hostages, injuring at least eight people in the US state of Colorado on Sunday. The FBI said it was investigating the incident as a "targeted terror attack" and identified the suspect as 45-year-old Mohamed Sabry ...
This is Beirut 2025-06-02 13:05 - Reading : less than a minute
Egypt unveils Jirian, a luxury city built in the desert along an artificial canal. As the first project of the "New Delta" program, this city embodies an ambitious future combining modern urban planning and innovative agriculture.