This is Beirut 2025-10-23 15:45 - Reading : less than a minute
King Charles III Vatican Pope Leon XIV Catholic UK
Charles III, accompanied by Queen Camilla, met Pope Leo XIV at the Apostolic Palace before the two joined in a 45-minute ecumenical prayer focused on nature, blending Catholic and Anglican chants – a historic step for Anglican-Catholic dialogue.
Seth J. Frantzman 2025-10-23 15:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
In the early hours of October 15, an IED tore through a Chevy Tahoe in Baghdad’s northern outskirts, killing Safaa al-Mashhadani, a candidate in Iraq’s upcoming parliamentary elections. Three days later, gunmen opened fire on the office of another candidate, Muthanna al-Azzawi, 25 kilometers south of the Iraqi ...
This is Beirut 2025-10-23 14:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Syrian authorities have agreed to a ceasefire with a group of jihadists led by Frenchman Oumar Diaby in northwest Syria, sources from both sides told AFP on Thursday. Government forces surrounded the camp of Firqatul Ghuraba ("the Foreigners' Brigade") on Wednesday, leading to the first clashes with jihadists under Syria's new leadership since ...
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-10-23 12:00 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
Stroke Shampoo Basin Syndrom Awareness Health
That day, Julien never imagined that a simple shampoo would turn his life upside down. Sitting comfortably at the basin with his head tilted back, he enjoyed a moment of calm, unaware that a hidden danger was looming. A few days later, he suffered a stroke. On Instagram, he shared: “When I had my stroke, one of the first questions the ...
This is Beirut 2025-10-23 11:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Volodymyr Zelensky US Sanctions Donald Trump Russia Energy
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday hailed the "strong and much-needed" message sent by US sanctions on Russia's energy sector, after President Donald Trump moved to ratchet up pressure on Moscow in step with the EU. "We waited for this. God bless, it will work, and this is very important," Zelensky told journalists at an EU summit ...
Salam El Zaatari 2025-10-23 11:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Iran wedding Islamic Republic of Iran
In mid-October 2025, a leaked video from a private wedding set Iran ablaze, digitally, politically and morally. It wasn’t just any celebration. The footage showed the daughter of Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani, one of Iran’s most powerful men and a close confidant of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, parading in a strapless white gown at the ...
This is Beirut 2025-10-23 09:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
AI Technology Google OpenAI Atlas
Tech firms battling for supremacy in artificial intelligence are out to transform how people search the web, challenging the dominance of the Chrome browser at the heart of Google's empire. Chatbots that started out as AI-powered assistants have gradually merged with web browsers and can independently scour the internet for detailed answers to ...
This is Beirut 2025-10-23 09:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Khartoum Sudan United Nations Clashes Drones
Drones targeted the army-held Sudanese capital and its airport on Thursday, witnesses told AFP, marking the third consecutive day of such strikes. "At 4:00 am (0200 GMT) I heard the sound of two drones passing above us," one witness said, adding that the drones were headed towards military facilities. Another witness, meanwhile, said he saw the ...
This is Beirut 2025-10-23 09:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Donald Trump USA Gustavo Petro Colombia Drones Drugs
President Donald Trump and his Colombian counterpart, Gustavo Petro, traded angry threats Wednesday as the United States announced strikes on two alleged drug-smuggling boats in the Pacific Ocean that left five people dead. Trump branded Petro a "thug" and suggested he was a drug trafficker leading his country to ruin, prompting the leftist ...
This is Beirut 2025-10-23 05:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Palestine Gaza United States
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday warned Israel against annexing the West Bank, saying steps taken by parliament and settler violence threatened a Gaza peace deal. Israeli lawmakers voted Wednesday to advance two bills on annexing the occupied West Bank, barely a week after President Donald Trump pushed through a deal aimed at ending ...
This is Beirut 2025-10-22 23:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
European Union USA Volodymyr Zelensky Donald Trump Europe
US President Donald Trump slapped sanctions on Russia's two largest oil companies on Wednesday, complaining that his talks with Vladimir Putin to end the Ukraine war "don't go anywhere." The European Union also unveiled a fresh wave of sanctions to pressure Russia to end its relentless, three-and-a-half-year invasion of its ...
This is Beirut 2025-10-22 22:45 - Reading : less than a minute
The EU and Egypt held their first joint summit on Wednesday, inking several loan deals including one worth another four billion euros ($4.6 billion) in European aid for Cairo. "We will sign a number of agreements that will open even more business opportunities in Egypt," European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said as she welcomed ...