This is Beirut 2024-11-18 22:05 - Reading : less than a minute
Nawaf Salam Hezbollah Tel Aviv
Five people were injured, including one seriously, in a Hezbollah missile attack targeting central Israel near Bnei Brak and Ramat Gan, according to Israeli medics. Magen David Adom (MDA) reports transporting a 54-year-old woman in serious condition, another individual with moderate injuries, and three others with minor injuries to Beilinson ...
This is Beirut 2024-11-18 21:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Sudan Russia UN Security Council David Lammy
Russia on Monday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate end to hostilities in Sudan, where a war between two rival generals has been raging since April 2023. A draft of the resolution prepared by Britain and Sierra Leone, which was seen by AFP, had called on both sides to "immediately cease hostilities" and begin talks ...
This is Beirut 2024-11-18 18:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hamas Hezbollah Benjamin Netanyahu USA
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has set forth Israel's key conditions for any potential settlement with Lebanon, according to a report by Israeli Army Radio, based on his speech, on Monday, in the Knesset. The conditions are centered on addressing security concerns and ensuring Israel’s operational freedom in the ...
This is Beirut 2024-11-18 16:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
United States Volodymyr Zelensky Russia Ukraine
The Kremlin accused US President Joe Biden on Monday of escalating the war in Ukraine by allowing Kyiv to use long-range missiles supplied by Washington to strike targets inside Russia. The comments came as Moscow unleashed a second missile attack in as many days on the UNESCO-protected Ukrainian city of Odesa on the Black Sea that left 10 dead ...
This is Beirut 2024-11-18 16:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
UNRWA United Nations Philippe Lazzarini Gaza Humanitarian Aid
There is no alternative to the UN agency supporting Palestinian refugees, its chief insisted Monday, following Israel's order to ban the organization that coordinates nearly all aid in war-ravaged Gaza. "There is no plan B,” head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, Philippe Lazzarini, told reporters in ...
This is Beirut 2024-11-18 13:39 - Reading : less than a minute
Nawaf Salam Donald Trump Hamas Turkey Qatar
Diverging reports have emerged regarding Hamas's presence in Turkey. On one side, Israeli media claim that several senior Hamas officials, who had been based in Doha since 2012, have left Qatar to settle in Turkey, citing U.S. pressure to expel the group’s leaders. This relocation reportedly coincided with Qatar's suspension of ...
This is Beirut 2024-11-18 12:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Donald Trump Tehran United Kingdom United Nations United States
Iran said Monday it hoped talks on its nuclear program would be conducted "away from political pressure and considerations" ahead of a UN nuclear agency board meeting this week. "All our efforts and our emphasis in our talks were to allow the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to do its technical work away from the destructive and evil ...
Malo Pinatel 2024-11-18 11:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Middle East Tehran United Kingdom Iran
Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's second son, Mojtaba Khamenei, was chosen as his father's successor in September at a secret meeting of the Assembly of Experts, according to Israeli media outlet Yedioth Ahronot. The Assembly of Experts, whose members are 88 clerics elected by direct universal suffrage, is responsible for electing the next ...
This is Beirut 2024-11-18 09:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Ukraine Vladimir Putin G20 Brazil
G20 leaders gather in Brazil on Monday to discuss fighting poverty, boosting climate financing and other multilateral initiatives that could yet be upended by Donald Trump's impending return to the White House. US President Joe Biden will attend his last summit of the world's leading economies, but as a lame duck whom other leaders are already ...
This is Beirut 2024-11-18 09:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Donald Trump United States USA Philippines
US and Philippine defense chiefs signed an agreement Monday on sharing classified military information and technology, as the long-time treaty allies deepen cooperation in a bid to counter Chinese influence in the region. US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin signed the deal with his Philippine counterpart Gilberto Teodoro at the start of a visit to ...
Charles Chartouni 2024-11-18 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Iran Hezbollah
Lebanon is in a state of open warfare with no signs of abating. Dynamics are multipronged and resourced through coalescing conflicts. The prevalent stasis seems to thrive in the absence of working state institutions, the lack of national consensus, the abiding influence of the Iranian regime, and the ideological enthrallment that dominates the ...
Chelsea Al Arif 2024-11-18 08:10 - Reading : less than a minute
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