This is Beirut 2025-04-25 09:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Vatican on Thursday said at least 130 foreign delegations had confirmed their attendance at Pope Francis's funeral, including 51 heads of state and 10 reigning monarchs. Here is a list of VIP guests whose offices have confirmed they will be in Rome on Saturday. Americas ARGENTINA: President Javier Milei. BRAZIL: President Luiz Inacio ...
This is Beirut 2025-04-25 09:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The Vatican will make final preparations Friday for Pope Francis's funeral as the last of the huge crowds of mourners file through St Peter's Basilica to view his open coffin. Many of the 50 heads of state and 10 monarchs attending Saturday's ceremony in St Peter's Square, who include US President Donald Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr ...
This is Beirut 2025-04-25 09:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Russia's foreign minister said Thursday that Moscow was ready to do a deal on its war in Ukraine after Donald Trump urged Vladimir Putin to halt attacks, in a rare rebuke following the deadliest strikes on Kyiv in months. "We are ready to reach a deal, but there are still some specific points... which need to be fine-tuned, and we are ...
This is Beirut 2025-04-25 02:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
United States Donald Trump Harvard Education
US President Donald Trump on Thursday bashed Harvard as an "Anti-Semitic, Far Left Institution," as the prestigious university battles his administration's funding freeze in court. The latest outburst from Trump comes as his administration cracks down on US universities on several fronts, alleging widespread anti-Semitism, ...
This is Beirut 2025-04-24 23:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Spain Yolanda Diaz Benjamin Netanyahu
Spain on Thursday cancelled a contract to buy bullets from an Israeli company following pressure from the Socialist-led government's far-left coalition partner -- a move swiftly condemned by Israel. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, one of the most outspoken critics of Israel's military operations in Gaza, halted weapons transactions with ...
This is Beirut 2025-04-24 22:55 - Reading : less than a minute
Steve Witkoff Iran United States Oman
Globe-trotting US envoy Steve Witkoff will take part in talks with Iran on Saturday in Oman, his third encounter within weeks on Tehran's nuclear program, the State Department said. Michael Anton, a conservative scholar who serves as the State Department head of policy planning, will lead technical work on the US side, the State Department ...
This is Beirut 2025-04-24 22:54 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Netherlands Caspar Veldkamp Iran Assassination attempt
The Dutch AIVD intelligence on Thursday accused Iran of staging an "assassination attempt" on an Iranian living in the country. An Iranian man residing in the northern city of Haarlem saw two men climb onto his balcony in the dead of the night in June last year, and police intervened to arrest two suspects, according to the AIVD. The pair were ...
This is Beirut 2025-04-24 21:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Gaza rescue teams and medics said Israeli airstrikes killed at least 55 people on Thursday, as the military threatened an even larger offensive if hostages were not freed soon. Israel resumed its military assault in the Gaza Strip on March 18, after the collapse of a two-month ceasefire that had brought a temporary halt to fighting in the ...
Marie de La Roche Saint-André 2025-04-24 21:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Pope Francis Banks Europe Middle East
Following the death of Pope Francis on April 21, a conclave is set to convene in early May to elect his successor as the leader of the Catholic Church. The 267th pope will face formidable challenges in continuing the mission of this 2,000-year-old institution and spreading the message of Jesus. This responsibility is particularly daunting in a ...
This is Beirut 2025-04-24 20:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
President Donald Trump announced Thursday he will sit for an interview with the reporter who uncovered a major security lapse after being inadvertently added to a group chat in which top US officials shared secret military strike plans. The Atlantic magazine editor Jeffrey Goldberg was propelled to global fame -- and roundly attacked by Trump and ...
This is Beirut 2025-04-24 18:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Donald Trump Vladimir Putin Russia Ukraine
Donald Trump on Thursday called on Vladimir Putin to halt attacks on Ukraine, in a rare rebuke of the Russian leader after Moscow fired a barrage of missiles and drones at Kyiv, killing at least 12 in the deadliest attack on the capital in months. The direct appeal to Putin came after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged his allies to put ...
This is Beirut 2025-04-24 18:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Gaza United Nations
Israeli tank fire killed a UN worker in Gaza last month, according to initial findings from an investigation released Thursday by Israel's military, which initially denied operating in the area. The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) announced on March 19 the death of one of its employees in the central Gaza city of Deir el-Balah ...