This is Beirut 11/02 20:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Benjamin Netanyahu Gaza Israel Hamas
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday said Israel would resume "intense fighting" in Gaza if Hamas did not return hostages by Saturday noon, without specifying whether he was referring to all captives. "If Hamas does not return our hostages by Saturday noon, the ceasefire will end, and the Israeli military will resume ...
Vanessa Kallas 11/02 19:00 - Reading : less than a minute
Visitors are returning to Palmyra, “the Desert Jewel,” as it slowly recovers from years of conflict.
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More than $53 billion will be required to rebuild Gaza and end the "humanitarian catastrophe" that has gripped the war-ravaged territory, including $20 billion in the first three years, according to a United Nations estimate released Tuesday. "While it has not been possible in the current environment to fully assess the totality of needs that ...
Bélinda Ibrahim 11/02 18:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Iran Archaeology Culture Story
In 1973, a team of archaeologists excavating the ancient site of Teppe Hasanlu in Iran uncovered a discovery both startling and poignant. Amid the ruins of a city destroyed around 800 BCE, two skeletons lay locked in a final embrace, frozen in time by tragedy. Known as the Hasanlu Lovers, their remains continue to spark debate about their ...
This is Beirut 11/02 17:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Novelist Salman Rushdie described Tuesday the moment a knife-wielding attacker stormed on stage and attempted to kill him with a frenzied attack that left him blind in one eye. "The Satanic Verses" author told jurors at the trial of his alleged attacker, 23-year-old American-Lebanese Hadi Matar, that Matar "was stabbing and slashing" at him. "I ...
This is Beirut 11/02 17:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
JD Vance United States Artificial Intelligence Paris
US Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday warned European allies against over-regulating the US-dominated artificial intelligence sector and China against using the technology to tighten its grip on power. The confrontational remarks by Donald Trump's deputy to world leaders gathered in Paris to discuss AI punctured the unity that host France had ...
This is Beirut 11/02 16:14 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Gaza Hamas Donald Trump Israël
The Gaza ceasefire appeared increasingly fragile Tuesday after Hamas said US President Donald Trump's latest warning "further complicates" the agreement with Israel, which has so far led to five hostage-prisoner swaps. Trump said that "all hell" would break out if Hamas failed to release all Israeli hostages by the ...
This is Beirut 11/02 14:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Syria Kurdish camps refugees SDF
Syria's semi-autonomous Kurdish administration aims to empty camps in the northeast of thousands of displaced Syrians and Iraqi refugees, including suspected relatives of jihadists, by the end of the year, an official said. "The autonomous administration is working to empty the camps" of Syrians and Iraqis "in 2025... in coordination with the ...
This is Beirut 11/02 14:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Donald Trump Gulf of Mexico Gulf of America US
Google renamed on Monday the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America” in its mapping service for users in the United States. The change follows an executive order signed by US President Donald Trump in tribute to the “greatness of America,” according to the US Board on Geographic Names. Google stated that the update aligns with its policy ...
This is Beirut 11/02 14:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Donald Trump Pope Francis United States
Pope Francis launched a stinging critique Tuesday of US President Donald Trump's deportations of undocumented migrants, describing it as a "major crisis" that "damages the dignity of men and women". In a letter to US bishops, he urged Catholics and others "not to give in to narratives that discriminate against and cause unnecessary suffering to ...
This is Beirut 11/02 13:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Middle East Abdel Fattah al-Sisi Gaza
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi urged on Tuesday the reconstruction of Gaza "without displacing Palestinians", after US President Donald Trump said he could "conceivably" halt aid to Egypt and Jordan if they refuse to take in Gazans. During a phone call with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Sisi "stressed the necessity of starting ...
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Volodymyr Zelensky Donald Trump Ukraine Kyiv
US President Donald Trump floated the idea that Ukraine "may be Russian someday", as his Vice President JD Vance gears up to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky later this week. Pushing for an end to the nearly three-year war with Russia, Trump discussed the conflict in an interview with broadcaster Fox News that aired ...