Rami Rayess 2024-11-20 12:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Donald Trump Israel Middle East Tehran
Iran faces mounting questions about how best to navigate its relationship with US President-elect Donald Trump ahead of his expected return to the White House on January 20, 2025. Tensions remain high following his first term (2016–2020), which was marked by the assassination of Quds Force Commander General Qassem Suleimani, one of Iran's most ...
This is Beirut 2024-11-20 10:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
China on Wednesday urged "calm" and "restraint" after Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a nuclear threat and Ukraine fired longer-range US missiles at its territory for the first time. Moscow has reacted furiously to a decision by US President Joe Biden to change policy on Ukraine and allow Kyiv to use US-supplied long-range missiles to ...
This is Beirut 2024-11-20 09:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Donald Trump New York US Supreme Court USA
Prosecutors who secured a historic criminal conviction of Donald Trump signaled Tuesday they would accept a new delay for sentencing, as the judge deliberated how best to proceed against the US president-elect. Trump was convicted of 34 felony counts in May after a jury found he had fraudulently manipulated business records to cover up an alleged ...
This is Beirut 2024-11-20 09:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Ceasefire Hamas Israel Palestine UN Security Council USA
The UN Security Council is expected to vote Wednesday on another draft resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza in its latest attempt to exert pressure to end the war. But the draft could be blocked by the United States, Israel's main ally. The latest draft of the resolution demands "an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire" in the ...
This is Beirut 2024-11-20 09:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Iran IAEA United Nations Iran Nuclear Program
Western countries on Wednesday formally submitted a new resolution critical of Iran at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) ahead of its board meeting, diplomatic sources said. "The text was formally submitted" just before midnight on Tuesday, a diplomatic source told AFP on condition of anonymity, with a second diplomatic source ...
This is Beirut 2024-11-20 09:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The US embassy in Kyiv warned Wednesday of a "potential significant air attack" and shuttered its doors, following Russia's vow to respond after Ukraine fired longer-range US missiles at its territory for the first time. "The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv has received specific information of a potential significant air attack on November 20," it said in a ...
This is Beirut 2024-11-20 05:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The United States said Tuesday it recognizes opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia as president-elect of Venezuela -- the first time it called him that -- four months after a disputed election in which incumbent Nicolas Maduro claimed victory amid accusations of fraud. The statement from Secretary of State Anthony Blinken prompted a ...
This is Beirut 2024-11-20 05:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
United States Donald Trump Space SpaceX
SpaceX flew its latest test flight of its Starship megarocket on Tuesday, with President-elect Donald Trump joining Elon Musk to witness the spectacle firsthand in the latest sign of their ever closer ties. But the Republican leader was deprived of the chance to see the descending first stage caught in the launch tower's "chopstick" arms, an ...
This is Beirut 2024-11-19 21:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
United States Donald Trump Howard Lutnick US Secretary of Commerce
President-elect Donald Trump nominated Howard Lutnick, the co-chair of his transition team, as his commerce secretary on Tuesday -- a choice set to bring a tougher stance on China from the incoming administration. Lutnick will also lead the country's tariff and trade agenda, with "additional direct responsibility for the Office of the United ...
This is Beirut 2024-11-19 21:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israel Benjamin Netanyahu Gaza Israeli Hostages
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that Israel was offering a reward of $5 million to anybody who brings out a hostage held in Gaza. "Anybody who brings out a hostage will find with us a secure way for them and their family to leave" Gaza, Netanyahu said in a video filmed inside the Palestinian territory, according to his ...
This is Beirut 2024-11-19 18:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran Nuclear Iran IAEA Masoud Pezeshkian Josep Borrell
Tehran has taken steps to halt the expansion of its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, according to a confidential report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) seen by AFP on Tuesday. Tensions between Iran and the agency have repeatedly flared since a 2015 deal curbing Tehran's nuclear programme in exchange for sanction relief ...
This is Beirut 2024-11-19 17:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Russia said on Tuesday that Ukraine's use of long-range ATACMS missiles against its territory marked a "new phase of the Western war" against Moscow, and vowed to react "accordingly." Ukraine used the missiles to target a military facility in Russia's Bryansk border region overnight, Moscow said, just days after Washington gave the green light ...