Rayan Chami 31/10 12:00 - Reading : less than a minute
In Ukraine, drones now rule the battlefield. Fast, precise, and remotely operated, they are redefining modern warfare. From hypersonic missiles and AI to advanced air defenses, the front line has become a high-tech laboratory.
This is Beirut 31/10 11:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Donald Trump APEC2025 China Japan Canada
President Xi Jinping on Friday invited Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to China, in the first formal talks between the nations' leaders since 2017, before also holding first discussions with Japan's new premier. Canada's relations with China are among the worst of any Western nation, but both are at the sharp end of Donald Trump's tariff ...
This is Beirut 31/10 09:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
United Kingdom King Charles III Andrew Windsor Epstein
King Charles III is stripping his younger brother Andrew of his royal titles and ousting him from his long-term residence on the Windsor estate, the palace said on Thursday, the latest fallout to hit the scandal-plagued royal over the Jeffrey Epstein affair. "Prince Andrew will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor," Buckingham Palace said, ...
This is Beirut 31/10 09:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Donald Trump Republicans Democrats USA Filibuster
President Donald Trump on Thursday called for the "Nuclear Option" of scrapping the key 60-vote threshold required for the Senate to advance legislation, as Republicans face mounting pressure to end the US federal shutdown. The move would get rid of a longstanding rule that enables 41 of the 100 senators to block any bill from debate or vote -- a ...
This is Beirut 31/10 09:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
United Nations Hurricane Melissa Jamaica Haiti
The death toll from Hurricane Melissa rose Thursday to nearly 50 people, officials said, after the ferocious storm devastated Caribbean islands and was bearing down on Bermuda. Flooding was expected to subside in the Bahamas although high water could persist in Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti and neighboring Dominican Republic, the US National Hurricane ...
This is Beirut 31/10 08:52 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Donald Trump United States Nuclear China Russia
US President Donald Trump landed back in Washington on Thursday after a surprise directive to begin nuclear weapons testing that raised the specter of renewed superpower tensions. The announcement on social media was issued just before Trump -- who boasts frequently about being a peace president -- went into a summit with Chinese ...
This is Beirut 30/10 21:34 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
United States Donald Trump Xi Jinping China Nuclear Weapons
US President Donald Trump landed back in Washington Thursday after a surprise directive to begin nuclear weapons testing that raised the specter of renewed superpower tensions. The announcement on social media was issued just before Trump, who boasts frequently about being a peace president, went into a summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in ...
This is Beirut 30/10 20:06 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
UN Security Council El-Fasher Rapid Support Forces Sudan
The UN Security Council condemned on Thursday paramilitaries' reported "atrocities" in El-Fasher in western Sudan, where an aid group and activists have described a dire situation since the city's fall. The Rapid Support Forces' capture on Sunday of El-Fasher, the last army holdout in the vast region of Darfur, came after ...
This is Beirut 30/10 19:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Russia Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky
Russia battered Ukrainian energy facilities with hundreds of drones and missiles, Kyiv said Thursday, killing at least four people, wounding children, and piling more pressure on Ukraine's fragile energy grid. The attack came as Russian forces said they had captured two more villages in eastern and southern Ukraine, where Kyiv's outnumbered ...
This is Beirut 30/10 19:27 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Germany Syria Ahmad al-Sharaa Johann Wadephul
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul discussed the possible return of Syrian refugees with President Ahmed al-Sharaa during a visit to Damascus on Thursday. Germany has a large Syrian community, with hundreds of thousands having settled there after fleeing the civil war. Wadephul said it was "in the understandable interest of the Syrian ...
This is Beirut 30/10 18:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Donald Trump G7 United States USA Washington
Donald Trump is taking aim at China’s dominance over rare earths, the invisible metals that power everything from smartphones to missiles. His goal: to free the global economy from its dependence on Beijing and secure US access to these critical resources. What Are Rare Earths? Despite their name, rare earths are 17 metals, including ...
This is Beirut 30/10 17:42 - Reading : less than a minute
Nawaf Salam Hamas Gaza Israeli Hostages
Israel said its security forces in the Gaza Strip had received the remains of two hostages from the Red Cross returned on Thursday as part of a US-brokered ceasefire deal. "Israel has received, through the Red Cross, the bodies of two hostages that were handed over to the Israeli army and Shin Bet forces inside the Gaza Strip," a ...