This is Beirut 24/09 09:15 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
United States USA Sanctions Iran Persian carpets
Once a symbol of cultural prestige, Iran's handmade rugs are no longer selling as fast as they once did, as sanctions weigh on an already troubled economy and buyers' tastes change. Commanding more than $2 billion in export revenues in its heyday of the early 1990s, the industry now struggles to scrape together around $40 million, marking a ...
This is Beirut 24/09 05:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
United States UN China Climate
China's emissions-cutting pledge is poised to take center stage at a United Nations climate meeting Wednesday, after US President Donald Trump unleashed a blistering -- if predictable -- broadside against the science surrounding planet-warming fossil fuels. Some 118 nations will outline plans to curb global warming, which is driving disasters ...
This is Beirut 23/09 23:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Donald Trump United States Russia Ukraine
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Ukraine could win back all of its territory from Russia and even go further, in a major pivot after meeting President Volodymyr Zelensky. The astonishing turnaround came shortly after Trump also called for NATO countries to shoot down any Russian jets that violate their airspace. "I think Ukraine, with ...
This is Beirut 23/09 22:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Donald Trump United States Assassination Attempt
A man charged with attempting to assassinate Donald Trump at his Florida golf course last year was convicted by a federal jury on all counts Tuesday. Ryan Routh, 59, of Hawaii, appeared to try to stab himself in the neck with a pen after the guilty verdict was read in court, and court marshals had to restrain him, Fox News and NBC ...
This is Beirut 23/09 22:13 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Ali Khamenei Iran Uranium Enrichment Iran Nuclear Program Hezbollah Lebanon
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Tuesday said the Islamic republic would not give in to pressure to abandon its enrichment of uranium. Khamenei, in a televised address, also called any talks with the United States a "dead end" that would be of no benefit to his country. His statement came as European powers seeking ...
This is Beirut 23/09 22:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
France Libya Nicolas Sarkozy Ziad Takieddine
A Paris court will rule this week whether former French president Nicolas Sarkozy accepted illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, after his key accuser died on Tuesday in Beirut. Thursday's verdict represents another critical juncture for Sarkozy, who denies the charges. The 70-year-old, who was president from 2007 ...
This is Beirut 23/09 22:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Donald Trump United States Emmanuel Macron France Gaza
US President Donald Trump could only win the Nobel Peace Prize if he stopped the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians over Gaza, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday. Macron told BFMTV in an interview from the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York that "there is only one person who could do something in the ...
Mario Chartouni 23/09 19:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Hamas Palestine Benjamin Netanyahu Fatah Clan
In a landscape ravaged by nearly two years of war between Israel and Hamas, local figures are stepping in to fill the void left by the weakening of the Palestinian movement in Gaza. In Kizan al-Najjar, a depopulated village south of Khan Younes in the southern enclave, Hossam al-Astal, a former Palestinian Authority officer, has announced the ...
This is Beirut 23/09 19:09 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Donald Trump UN General Assembly United States Iran United Nations
US President Donald Trump relentlessly mocked the United Nations on Tuesday in his first address since his White House comeback, blasting it for failing to bring peace and claiming the world body encourages illegal migration. In his return to the UN General Assembly podium, Trump accused the UN of fostering an "assault" through migration on ...
This is Beirut 23/09 18:33 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
United Nations USA Donald Trump New York
The US Secret Service said Tuesday it had dismantled a network of electronic devices that could have crashed New York's telecommunications network in an attack ahead of the UN General Assembly. The protective agency did not say who was responsible for the sophisticated material but linked it to "nation-state" actors and ...
Hussain Abdul-Hussain 23/09 18:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Lebanon Hezbollah Israel United States
Lebanon’s pursuit of its national interests is obstructed by a complex array of domestic and regional actors, with Hezbollah at the forefront, alongside some Arab capitals and the “Palestinian issue.” Lebanon must snap out of its shyness and stand up for its national interests, making it clear that it has bigger fish to fry than the ...
This is Beirut 23/09 16:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel Jordan Allenby bridge West Bank
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday ordered the complete closure of the Allenby Bridge, also known as the King Hussein Bridge, which connects the West Bank to Jordan. The measure, announced by Israeli Army Radio and confirmed by the Palestinian General Authority for Borders and Crossings, concerns the only official crossing point ...