This is Beirut 16/11 14:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Two senior Islamic Jihad figures were killed in an Israeli strike on Syria this week, said on Saturday the Palestinian group which has fought against Israel in Gaza alongside Hamas. An Islamic Jihad statement confirmed that Abdel Aziz Minawi and Rasmi Yusuf Abu Issa were killed alongside "a group of the movement's cadres" in the ...
This is Beirut 16/11 13:06 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iran Elon Musk Donald Trump New York Times
Iran's foreign ministry spokesman on Saturday “categorically” denied The New York Times report on Tehran's ambassador to the United Nations meeting with US tech billionaire Elon Musk, state media reported. In an interview with state news agency IRNA, spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei was reported as “categorically denying such a ...
This is Beirut 16/11 12:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
United Nations Simon Stiell Baku COP29 Climate
The UN's climate chief urged G20 nations on Saturday to push COP29 negotiations toward a deal to raise money for developing nations, warning there was a “long way to go.” Negotiators worked through the night to narrow their differences at the UN talks in Baku before ministers arrive next week for the final days of the summit, but ...
This is Beirut 16/11 12:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran Israel Nuclear program Parchin Taleghan 2
Israel carried out a covert airstrike targeting the Parchin military complex in Iran, setting back Tehran’s nuclear ambitions during his late October strike, Axios reported on Friday. The strike specifically hit the Taleghan 2 facility, a site previously known for its clandestine operations. According to Israeli officials cited by Axios, ...
This is Beirut 16/11 11:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Young Libyans have mobilized for Saturday's municipal elections, the first time many will vote in the fractured North African country where polls have been rare since Muammar Gaddafi’s 2011 overthrow. “Elections are a new concept here,” said Radouane Erfida, 21, from Misrata, as he and other volunteers eagerly gave out leaflets and engaged ...
Amal Chmouny 16/11 11:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
As President-elect Donald Trump approaches his second term, there's an increasing focus on the potential impacts of his foreign policy choices, especially following the appointments of key loyalists to his administration. With a cabinet emphasizing a penchant for disruption, Trump's strategy appears set to shift from traditional political norms. ...
This is Beirut 16/11 10:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Emmanuel Macron Javier Milei Argentina France
French President Emmanuel Macron is expected in Argentina on Saturday to meet with libertarian President Javier Milei, an admirer of Donald Trump, in hopes of “reintegrating him” into the “international consensus” ahead of the G20 summit in Brazil. The French President is scheduled to arrive in Buenos Aires in the evening, where he will ...
This is Beirut 16/11 10:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Karoline Leavitt Donald Trump White House
Karoline Leavitt, President-elect Donald Trump's 27-year-old pick for White House press secretary, has had a meteoric rise since getting her break as a student assistant for Fox News during Trump’s 2016 campaign for the White House. After serving as an assistant press secretary during Trump's first stint as president, she is set to return as ...
This is Beirut 16/11 09:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Donald Trump Elon Musk SpaceX NASA
Should NASA return to the Moon or go straight to Mars? Maintain its focus on climate science, or pivot away? President-elect Donald Trump's second term, alongside SpaceX CEO and new consigliere Elon Musk, could mark a Big Bang for the US space program. The brash billionaire duo share a knack for disruption and a hunger for making history — ...
This is Beirut 15/11 21:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Emil Bove Todd Blanche D. John Sauer
US President-elect Donald Trump is stacking his administration's legal team with veteran lawyers who defended him in his multiple criminal cases, following his stunning pick of former Florida congressman Matt Gaetz to be attorney general. Trump, the first former US president ever to be convicted of a crime, named Todd Blanche, his lawyer in his ...
This is Beirut 15/11 20:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Ukraine Russia Vladimir Putin Olaf Scholz Germany
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to engage in peace talks with Ukraine, in the first call between the two leaders in almost two years. In the call, Scholz "condemned Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine and called on President Putin to end it and withdraw troops", the chancellor's spokesman ...
This is Beirut 15/11 19:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Gaza Israel Humanitarian Aid Israel Army
Looting of aid reaching Gaza has been made easier by Israel's army targeting the local police which would otherwise be able to prevent it, a group of non-governmental organizations said Friday. A report by the 29 NGOs, including Save the Children, Oxfam and Care, said that humanitarian aid entering the Palestinian territory had fallen to an ...