Mario Chartouni 24/03 11:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
United Nations Israel United Kingdom United States
From the dusty streets of Bangui to the mountains of Lebanon, over 70,000 United Nations peacekeepers put their lives on the line every day to uphold a fragile peace. Drawn from 125 countries, these missions represent one of the UN’s most dangerous undertakings. But how much do we really know about these operations that, for more than 70 ...
This is Beirut 24/03 10:45 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Turkey Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu
Istanbul's embattled Ekrem Imamoglu spent his first night in jail Monday a day after his suspension as mayor, as 10 journalists were detained for covering the mass demonstrations that his detention sparked across Turkey. The protests began in Istanbul after Imamoglu's arrest on Wednesday and have since spread to more than 55 of Turkey's 81 ...
This is Beirut 24/03 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Yemen's Huthi rebels said one person had been killed and 13 others injured in strikes late Sunday on the capital Sanaa that they blamed on the United States. "A citizen was killed and 13 others were injured, including three children, in the final toll of the US aggression on a residential building in the Aser area," said Huthi health ministry ...
This is Beirut 24/03 09:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Duck-soo South Korea Constitutional Court
South Korea's Constitutional Court dismissed the impeachment of Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on Monday, reinstating him as acting president—a role he took after the president was suspended for declaring martial law. The court ruling is the latest development in South Korea's complex and sprawling political crisis, which President Yoon Suk Yeol ...
Charles Chartouni 24/03 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The resumption of the reckless bombardment of Israeli territories from South Lebanon is a blatant violation of the internationally mandated truce stipulations and puts at stake the stability of Lebanon and its hypothetical national security. The tedious game of pinpointing the culprits is part of a hackneyed stratagem whose goal is to perpetuate ...
This is Beirut 24/03 05:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Canada United States Donald Trump Politics Elections
Canada's new Prime Minister Mark Carney on Sunday called early elections for April 28, pledging to defeat Donald Trump's drive to annex the United States' huge northern neighbor. Carney, a former central banker, was chosen by Canada's centrist Liberal Party to replace Justin Trudeau as prime minister, but he has never faced the ...
This is Beirut 23/03 21:45 - Reading : less than a minute
Turkey Protests Erdogan Ekrem Imamoglu
Turkey's authorities, faced with a mass opposition movement following the detention of the opposition mayor of Istanbul, have called for the closure of more than 700 accounts on X, the online platform said Sunday. "We object to multiple court orders from the Turkish Information and Communication Technologies Authority to block over 700 ...
This is Beirut 23/03 18:38 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Israel's military pressed ground operations across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, encircling part of Rafah city near Egypt almost a week into a renewed assault on the Palestinian territory. Deployment of Israeli troops in parts of Gaza, despite calls to revive a January truce with Hamas militants, comes alongside a deadly flare-up in Lebanon and ...
This is Beirut 23/03 18:26 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Ukraine Russia United States Saudi Arabia
US and Ukrainian officials were meeting in Saudi Arabia on Sunday for talks on a partial ceasefire in the war with Russia, with Washington hoping for "real progress" but the Kremlin warning of "difficult negotiations" and a long journey to peace. US President Donald Trump is pushing for a rapid end to the three-year war and ...
This is Beirut 23/03 18:08 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The Palestinian foreign ministry condemned on Sunday an Israeli decision to recognize more than a dozen new settlements in the occupied West Bank, upgrading existing neighborhoods to independent settlement status. The decision by Israel's security cabinet was a show of "disregard for international legitimacy and its resolutions," ...
This is Beirut 23/03 15:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hamas Gaza Israël Salah al-Bardawil
Palestinian group Hamas confirmed on Sunday that Salah al-Bardawil, a senior member of its political bureau, was killed in an Israeli air strike in southern Gaza the previous day. Bardawil, 65, was killed along with his wife in a camp in al-Mawasi, near Khan Younes, according to the Palestinian Islamist movement. He is the third member of the ...
This is Beirut 23/03 13:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Pope Francis greeted and thanked the faithful from a balcony of Rome's Gemelli hospital Sunday, the first time the 88-year-old has been seen in public since his admission on February 14. "Thank you, everyone," a weak-sounding Francis said into a microphone as he sat in a wheelchair, waving gently to hundreds of people gathered below ...