This is Beirut 22/04 12:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
More than 100,000 Afghans have left Pakistan in the past three weeks, the interior ministry reported on Tuesday, following Islamabad's announcement of the widespread cancellation of residence permits. Calling Afghans "terrorists and criminals," the Pakistani government launched its mass eviction campaign on April 1. Analysts suggest that the ...
This is Beirut 22/04 12:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Pope Francis's funeral will be held on Saturday, the Vatican announced Tuesday, as world leaders from US President Donald Trump to Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky said they would attend to honor the Catholic leader. The Argentine pontiff, 88, died on Monday from a stroke, less than a month after returning home from five weeks in hospital battling ...
This is Beirut 22/04 11:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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From responding to weather disasters to facing rising competition in the fast-warming Arctic, militaries are increasingly exposed to climate change and cannot afford to let it become a strategic "blind spot," security experts say. Concerns have grown recently that climate action is being sidelined, as Europe bolsters its defense and the United ...
This is Beirut 22/04 10:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Gaza's civil defense agency said that a spate of Israeli air strikes since dawn on Tuesday killed at least 25 people across the Hamas-run territory. Israel resumed an intense air and ground offensive on Gaza on March 18, ending a two-month ceasefire that had largely halted the fighting in the besieged Palestinian territory. "The total number of ...
This is Beirut 22/04 10:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Long known for its deep-rooted independence movement, Quebec has been embracing its identity as part of Canada with rare vigor in the face of the sharp attacks from Donald Trump. The US president's broadsides against America's northern neighbor, and his avowed aim of making it the 51st state, have pushed people all over the country to reconsider ...
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India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in Saudi Arabia's Jeddah on Tuesday for his third visit as premier to the oil-rich Gulf kingdom. The trip comes a day after Modi held high-level talks with US Vice President JD Vance in India, with New Delhi looking to seal a trade deal with Washington and stave off punishing tariffs. "India deeply ...
This is Beirut 22/04 09:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lawyers and relatives on Monday denounced the hefty sentences handed down to Tunisian opposition figures in last week's mass trial as "fabricated" and "unfounded", and said they will appeal. A court in Tunis in the early hours of Saturday handed down jail terms of up to 66 years to around 40 defendants, including vocal critics of President Kais ...
This is Beirut 22/04 09:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Cardinals will meet Tuesday to decide the date for Pope Francis's funeral, starting a process that will culminate in the election of a new Catholic leader within three weeks. Francis, the head of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics, died at his home in the Vatican on Monday aged 88 after suffering a stroke. He had been recovering from double ...
This is Beirut 22/04 05:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Harvard sued US President Donald Trump's administration Monday in a sharp escalation of the fight between the prestigious university and the Republican, who has threatened its funding and sought to impose outside political supervision. Trump has sought to bring several prestigious universities to heel over claims they tolerated campus ...
This is Beirut 21/04 23:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
US government attorneys urged a federal judge Monday to make Google spin off its Chrome browser, arguing artificial intelligence is poised to ramp up the tech giant's online search dominance. The Department of Justice (DOJ) made its pitch at a hearing before District Judge Amit Mehta, who is considering "remedies" after making a landmark decision ...
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday issued a series of pointed threats against Iran and its regional allies, warning of an “expanded Israeli response” that could reach beyond the borders of Yemen. “Israel’s response will not be confined to Yemen,” Netanyahu declared. “It will extend to Lebanon and every other front.” ...
This is Beirut 21/04 21:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The new US ambassador to Israel on Monday called on Palestinian militant group Hamas to accept a deal that would secure the release of hostages, in exchange for the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza. "We call upon Hamas to sign an agreement so that humanitarian aid can flow into Gaza to the people who desperately need it," Mike Huckabee said in ...