This is Beirut 12/10 17:24 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel was ready to receive all hostages held in Gaza, ahead of their exchange on Monday for Palestinian prisoners under a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. "Israel is prepared and ready for the immediate reception of all our hostages," Netanyahu said in a statement issued on Sunday. Israel will not ...
This is Beirut 12/10 13:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Islamabad on Sunday promised a “strong response” to an Afghan reprisal operation against its forces overnight along their shared border, which Kabul says killed “58 Pakistani soldiers.” On Saturday night, the Taliban Ministry of Defense said it had successfully carried out an armed “reprisal operation” against Pakistani security ...
This is Beirut 12/10 12:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israel plans to destroy what remains of Hamas's network of tunnels under Gaza, working with US approval after its hostages are freed, it said Sunday. Defense Minister Israel Katz said the operation would be conducted under an "international mechanism" led by the United States, sponsor of the three-day-old Gaza ceasefire. "Israel's great ...
This is Beirut 12/10 12:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Philippines said a Chinese ship deliberately rammed one of its government vessels in the disputed South China Sea on Sunday, although Beijing blamed Manila for the incident. Confrontations between Philippine and Chinese vessels occur frequently in the contested waterway, which Beijing claims nearly in its entirety despite an international ...
This is Beirut 12/10 12:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will on Monday chair a Gaza peace summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, also attended by world leaders including the UN chief. The gathering in the Red Sea resort town will bring together "leaders from more than 20 countries," Sisi's office said. It will aim "to end the war in the ...
This is Beirut 12/10 08:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Three Qatari diplomats were killed and two injured in a car crash on Sunday near the Egyptian town of Sharm el-Sheikh, according to the Gulf state's embassy. Diplomats and official delegations had descended on the Red Sea resort town in recent days to negotiate a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal. Egyptian state-linked media Al-Qahera News ...
This is Beirut 12/10 05:25 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Hamas will begin releasing Israeli hostages held in Gaza on Monday morning, a top official from the Palestinian militant group told AFP, before US President Donald Trump chairs an international summit in Egypt on his peace plan for the region. As part of the deal's first phase, Hamas, whose deadly attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023 sparked ...
Bélinda Ibrahim 11/10 19:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
#MeToo Justice Hollywood Cinema Culture Trials
When #MeToo erupted, it broke years of silence. Suddenly, abuse, toxic behavior, and hidden crimes were exposed. But after the media frenzy died down, a new question emerged: does the justice system really treat everyone equally? Behind high-profile trials and secret settlements, #MeToo revealed a troubling reality. Equality before the law is not ...
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French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to Egypt on Monday to back the Gaza ceasefire deal brokered by the United States and to discuss implementation of its next phases, the Elysee Palace said. The French presidency did not say whether Macron would be meeting with US President Donald Trump, who will also be in Egypt and who brokered the ...
This is Beirut 11/10 17:26 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israel has begun transferring prisoners to two jails ahead of their release as part of the Gaza ceasefire deal, designed to lead to the release of hostages held by Hamas, the prison service said Saturday. Thousands of staff, including prison officers, "operated throughout the night in order to implement the government's decision: ...
This is Beirut 11/10 17:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
United States Tennessee Explosion
Nineteen people were missing and an unspecified number were killed after a massive blast tore through a US military explosives plant on Friday, prompting emergency responders to scour the ravaged site for any survivors, officials said. Aerial footage broadcast by US media showed smoldering debris at the factory in Hickman County, Tennessee, with ...
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The head of the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said Saturday he visited Gaza to discuss post-conflict stabilization and insisted no US troops will be deployed to the Palestinian territory. Admiral Brad Cooper wrote on X that he just returned from a trip to Gaza to discuss the creation of a CENTCOM-led "civil-military coordination center" ...