South Korea Court Reinstates Impeached PM Han as Acting President

This is Beirut 24/03 09:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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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 ...

AnalysisThe 'Improbable Nation' and the Dysfunctional State

Charles Chartouni 24/03 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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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 ...

Under Trump's Threat, Canada Calls for Early Elections

This is Beirut 24/03 05:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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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 ...

Turkey Wants More Than 700 X Accounts Blocked

This is Beirut 23/03 21:45 - Reading : less than a minute

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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 ...

Israel Presses Ground Offensive in Gaza

This is Beirut 23/03 18:38 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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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 ...

US-Ukraine Talks in Saudi Underway, as Kremlin Warns of 'Difficult Negotiations'

This is Beirut 23/03 18:26 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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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 ...

Palestinians Denounce Israeli Recognition of New West Bank Settlements

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," ...

Hamas Says Israeli Strike Kills Political Bureau Member

This is Beirut 23/03 15:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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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 ...

Pope Expresses Gratitude in First Public Appearance Since February 14

This is Beirut 23/03 13:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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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 ...

Istanbul mayor's lawyers vow to appeal court's arrest decision

This is Beirut 23/03 12:34 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu's legal team will appeal a court decision Sunday that formalized the key opposition figure's arrest in a graft probe, one of the lawyers told AFP. Separately, the court decided against formalizing his arrest in a "terror" probe. Imamoglu's detention on Wednesday over both investigations has ...

Paramilitary Shelling Kills 3 in Omdurman After Sudan Army Gains

This is Beirut 23/03 11:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Three civilians including two children were killed Sunday in an artillery attack by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces on Omdurman, part of Greater Khartoum, a medical source told AFP. Eyewitnesses in the area said the strikes were some of the heaviest in recent months, coming two days after the army recaptured the capital's presidential ...

Op-edWhy America Should Keep Leading the Free World

Pierre Nahas 23/03 11:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

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In 1958, President Eisenhower sent 10,000 US Marines to Lebanon to protect it from a potential takeover by Gamal Abdel Nasser, whose ambition was to unite all Arab countries under a Pan-Arab vision. This was the first and only time the Eisenhower Doctrine was used. Without American troops and shrewd diplomacy at the time, Lebanon would not exist ...