This is Beirut 08/09 10:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Asylum applications to the European Union fell by 23 percent in the first six months of 2025, driven by a massive drop in Syrians seeking protection, the EU's asylum agency said Monday. Data from the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) showed Syrians lodged around 25,000 requests in the 27-nation bloc plus Switzerland and Norway (EU+), down ...
This is Beirut 08/09 09:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Emmanuel Macron France Francois Bayrou Government Confidence
France's parliament is expected to oust Prime Minister François Bayrou on Monday after just nine months in office, plunging the key EU member into new political uncertainty and creating a painful dilemma for President Emmanuel Macron. Bayrou blind sided even his allies by calling a confidence vote to end a months-long standoff over his austerity ...
This is Beirut 08/09 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
United States Russia Donald Trump Sanctions
US President Donald Trump threatened Sunday to impose more sanctions on Russia, after the Kremlin unleashed its biggest-ever aerial barrage at Ukraine. Russian missiles and drones rained down across Ukraine early Sunday, killing four people and setting government offices in the capital Kyiv ablaze. Trump told reporters after the assault he was ...
Charles Chartouni 08/09 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Palestine USA Hamas Hezbollah Israel
The observation of political realities in both Lebanon and Gaza sends us back to the same impasses that have prevailed over the last two years despite the mutating strategic landscape. Iran is trying ex post facto to stall the political dynamics and revert to a previous stage whereby it restores its control over political life and dictates its ...
This is Beirut 08/09 05:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Donald Trump Gaza Palestine Israel
US President Donald Trump said Sunday he was issuing a "last warning" to Hamas, saying the Palestinian militant group must accept a deal to release hostages in Gaza. "The Israelis have accepted my terms. It is time for Hamas to accept as well. I have warned Hamas about the consequences of not accepting. This is my last ...
This is Beirut 07/09 22:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Donald Trump Europe Israel Tehran United Nations
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sunday bemoaned his country's oil production levels and called for the diversification of its export markets as Tehran faces renewed pressure from the West. "Oil production in the country -- with the importance it has in the economy, which is obvious -- is low," Khamenei said in a ...
This is Beirut 07/09 18:44 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A drone launched from Yemen injured eight people when it fell on Ramon airport in southern Israel on Sunday, Israel's Magen David Adom emergency service said. "Paramedics are providing medical treatment... to a 63-year-old male in mild condition, fully conscious, with shrapnel injuries to his limbs," the service said in a ...
This is Beirut 07/09 15:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Ukraine Russia Volodymyr Zelensky
Russia fired its biggest-ever aerial barrage at Ukraine early Sunday, killing two people and setting the seat of the Ukrainian government in Kyiv ablaze in an attack President Volodymyr Zelensky warned would prolong the war. The Sunday attack was the first to hit Ukraine's cabinet of ministers, a sprawling government complex at the heart of ...
This is Beirut 07/09 15:06 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Sunday he would step down after less than a year in power, during which he lost his majority in both houses of parliament. The announcement means fresh uncertainty for the world's fourth-largest economy as it battles rising food prices and deals with the fallout of US tariffs on its vital auto ...
This is Beirut 07/09 15:04 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Syria Saudi Arabia Syria Reconstruction KSrelief
Saudi Arabia announced on Sunday humanitarian projects for Syria, including the removal of wartime rubble around Damascus, weeks after inking investment deals worth billions to help rebuild the country's infrastructure. The oil-rich Gulf kingdom has been a major backer of the new Syrian government, which came to power after an Islamist-led ...
This is Beirut 07/09 14:38 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Clashes between members of two local tribes in Iraq's capital, Baghdad, have killed at least six people, including four policemen who intervened in the violence, the interior ministry said on Sunday. Iraqi security officials, speaking to AFP on condition of anonymity, said that the clashes late Saturday erupted over increased fees for a ...
This is Beirut 07/09 14:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Pope Leo XIV Carlo Acutis Vatican
Pope Leo XIV on Sunday officially proclaimed Italian teenager Carlo Acutis the Catholic Church's first millennial saint, to applause from thousands of faithful gathered at the Vatican. Acutis, who died of leukemia in 2006 at the age of 15, has been dubbed "God's Influencer" for his efforts to spread the Catholic faith online. Tens of thousands ...