This is Beirut 17/10 21:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Pakistan launched strikes on Afghan soil late Friday, breaking a ceasefire that had brought two days of calm to the border, a senior Taliban official told AFP, warning that Kabul would "retaliate." The 48-hour truce had paused nearly a week of bloody border clashes that killed dozens of troops and civilians on both sides. "Pakistan has broken ...
This is Beirut 17/10 19:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Donald Trump European Union Hamas Gaza
The EU is looking at providing funding and expertise to help disarm Hamas under US President Donald Trump's peace plan for Gaza, a document seen by AFP Friday said. The 27-nation bloc is discussing what role it can play after Europe was left on the sidelines as Trump sealed a ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel. The agreement has so far seen ...
This is Beirut 17/10 19:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The US government shutdown could force the layoffs of most of the employees handling the nation's nuclear weapons, the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee warned Friday. "We were just informed last night (that) the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) -- the group that handles and manages our nuclear stockpile -- that the ...
Bélinda Ibrahim 17/10 19:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Europe Euros Banknotes Culture
Nearly a quarter of a century after their introduction, euro banknotes are set to be completely redesigned, both aesthetically and in terms of security. If the ECB stays on schedule, the new banknotes are expected to be unveiled from 2026, following an unprecedented public consultation and design process. Since 2002, euro banknotes have depicted ...
This is Beirut 17/10 18:05 - Reading : less than a minute
Syrian Interior Minister Anas Khattab announced the arrest of Nemir al-Assad and Qossay Wajih Ibrahim, the former commander of the Mountain Brigade under the ousted regime of Bashar al-Assad. In a post on X, Khattab said, “Nemir al-Assad and his terrorist group, as well as the criminal Qossay Wajih Ibrahim, former commander of the Mountain ...
This is Beirut 17/10 16:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Donald Trump will hold talks with China's Xi Jinping during the upcoming APEC summit in South Korea, the US president said in a Fox interview excerpt released Friday. "We're going to meet in a couple of weeks. We're going to meet in South Korea, actually with the President Xi and other people, too," Trump said in an interview with Fox News show ...
This is Beirut 17/10 15:55 - Reading : less than a minute
Seventeen installations transform Prague’s streets into a living gallery. Light, movement and creativity breathe new life into its UNESCO-listed heart.
Mario Chartouni 17/10 15:50 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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As the war in Ukraine enters its fourth year, the prospect of US Tomahawk missiles reaching Kyiv raises both hope and caution. For some, these iconic precision weapons could give the Ukrainian military a strategic edge against a fatigued Russia. For others, they are chiefly a political signal aimed at shaping future negotiations. Could these ...
This is Beirut 17/10 13:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), Mazloum Abdi, has announced a “preliminary agreement” with the Syrian government to integrate SDF fighters into a unified military structure within the Syrian army, according to Al Hadath. In an interview with the Associated Press (AP) on Thursday, Abdi discussed what could be a ...
This is Beirut 17/10 11:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Ceasefire Hezbollah Tehran
Iran on Friday condemned strikes by its arch-foe Israel on southern Lebanon, a stronghold of its close ally Hezbollah. The foreign ministry spokesman, Esmaeil Baqaei, called the strikes a "blatant violation of Lebanon's sovereignty and territorial integrity," in a statement. Of course, this claim is rich coming from Iran, a country ...
This is Beirut 17/10 10:20 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Ceasefire Hamas Palestine
Hamas said it was committed to the US-brokered agreement that halted its war with Israel, and to returning all the bodies of hostages still unaccounted for under the ruins of Gaza. Responding to a call from the militant group for assistance with locating the bodies of the 19 hostages, buried under the rubble alongside an untold number of ...
This is Beirut 17/10 09:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nearly 80 percent of the world's poorest, or about 900 million people, are directly exposed to climate hazards exacerbated by global warming, bearing a "double and deeply unequal burden," the United Nations warned Friday. "No one is immune to the increasingly frequent and stronger climate change effects like droughts, floods, heat waves, and air ...