Maria Chami 2025-03-15 14:25 - Reading : less than a minute
Mark Carney is sworn in as Canada's prime minister, taking charge of a country rattled by a breakdown in US relations since President Donald Trump's return to power
This is Beirut 2025-03-15 13:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Iraqi security forces have killed a senior Islamic State (IS) group leader responsible for foreign operations, according to the country's prime minister, with US President Donald Trump saying later Friday his "miserable life was terminated". Although Iraq had proclaimed in 2017 the defeat of the jihadist group on its territory, IS cells have ...
Christiane Tager 2025-03-15 12:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
By hosting talks between the United States and Ukraine, Saudi Arabia seeks to establish itself as an essential mediator in global affairs. Traditionally recognized as a key player in the energy sector due to its vast oil reserves, the kingdom now aspires to expand its influence beyond energy. By facilitating peace negotiations, it demonstrates its ...
Élie-Joe Kamel 2025-03-15 12:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon United Nations Hamas Hezbollah
Whenever an agreement—whether purely technical or otherwise—between Lebanon and Israel is discussed, confusion arises, often followed by accusations and excessive speculation. Many Lebanese tend to mix up and confuse the terms "armistice," "normalization," and "peace." This makes it necessary to clarify the differences between these three ...
Fady Noun 2025-03-15 10:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
One can only be horrified by the atrocities that have recently unfolded in the “Alawite country,” just a few hundred kilometers from our television screens. In the age of smartphones, the images have reached us, more graphic and harrowing than ever before. The interim Syrian president, Ahmad al-Shareh, has promised an investigation and the ...
This is Beirut 2025-03-15 04:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
United States Politics Economy Shutdown
The United States averted a government shutdown with hours to spare Friday as lawmakers already reeling from President Donald Trump's radical federal spending cuts voted to keep the lights on through September. Facing a midnight deadline to fund the government or allow it to start winding down, Democrats dropped plans for a blockade on a ...
This is Beirut 2025-03-14 23:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Ebrahim Rasool South Africa United States Donald Trump
The United States is expelling South Africa's ambassador to Washington, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday, accusing the envoy of hating the country and President Donald Trump. "South Africa's ambassador to the United States is no longer welcome in our great country," Rubio posted on X. Ebrahim Rasool is "a ...
This is Beirut 2025-03-14 22:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Syria Damascus Ahmad al-Sharaa Constitution
Syria's new temporary constitution concentrates power in interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa's hands and fails to include enough protections for minorities, experts warn. The declaration, signed into law on Thursday, establishes a five-year transitional period and follows the toppling of Bashar al-Assad's repressive government by Islamist-led ...
This is Beirut 2025-03-14 22:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A 21-year-old man was reportedly killed by Israeli fire near Nablus in the north of the occupied West Bank, as Israel's military said stone-throwers were targeted. "Omar Abdelhakim Daoud, 21, was martyred by fire from occupation forces in the village of Salem east of Nablus," a Palestinian health ministry statement said. An Israeli military ...
This is Beirut 2025-03-14 22:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Vladimir Putin Russia Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday called on Ukrainian troops fighting in the Kursk region to surrender, after US President Donald Trump urged him to "spare" the lives of Ukrainian soldiers. Trump and Putin said that the Russian army had Ukrainian forces surrounded there - claims rejected by Kyiv, even as President Volodymyr Zelensky ...
This is Beirut 2025-03-14 21:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Greenland United States Donald Trump
The leaders of all Greenland's political parties on Friday denounced US President Donald Trump's vow to take over the Danish autonomous island. "We - all party leaders - cannot accept the repeated statements about annexation and control of Greenland," the leaders of Greenland's five parliamentary parties said in a joint ...
This is Beirut 2025-03-14 20:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The UN Security Council on Friday condemned recent massacres of civilians in Syria and urged its transitional authorities to respect all people regardless of religion or ethnicity. In a statement, the council said it condemned widespread violence in western Syria since March 6 that has included "mass killings of civilians," particularly among the ...