This is Beirut 2025-11-17 13:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
A Bangladesh court on Monday sentenced ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to be hanged for crimes against humanity, with cheers breaking out in the packed court as the judge read out the verdict. Hasina, 78, defied court orders that she return from India to attend her trial about whether she ordered a deadly crackdown against a student-led ...
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In the gyms of Tehran, girls discover a new kind of strength. Karate gives them discipline, courage, and a space to exist. For them, each training session is a way to push beyond the limits imposed on them.
Charles Chartouni 2025-11-17 13:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Middle East Donald Trump Gaza Syria Iran United States
The situation in the Near East is still groping its way towards a new equilibrium. So far, it seems that the destruction of the proxy networks mounted by Iran’s Islamic regime has not yet eclipsed pursuit of political revanche all along the geopolitical spectrum extending through Iraq, Syria, the Palestinian Territories, Gaza, and their ...
Samar El-Kadi 2025-11-17 12:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nearly a year after the fall of Bashar Assad’s government in December, the debate over the future of Syrian refugees in Lebanon has reignited. As conditions inside Syria evolve, Lebanon and international organizations – namely the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) – are coordinating ...
This is Beirut 2025-11-17 11:25 - Reading : less than a minute
Emirates ordered 65 Boeing 777X planes in a deal worth $38 billion on Monday, delivering a boost to the US manufacturer on day one of the Dubai Airshow. Deliveries are expected to start from the second quarter of 2027 under the deal, which also includes 130 GE9X engines from General Electric. "It's a long-term commitment that supports hundreds ...
This is Beirut 2025-11-17 11:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Europe Denmark Russia Drones Airport
The Aalborg airport in northern Denmark closed for several hours late Sunday after drones were reported in nearby airspace, airport authorities said, the latest in a spate of unexplained drone flights across Europe. "The airport was closed for landings and take-offs between 9:30 pm and 11:15 pm (2030 and 2215 GMT) last night after suspicious ...
This is Beirut 2025-11-17 10:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Kurdish militant group PKK said Monday its forces had withdrawn from a key border area in northern Iraq in a move aimed at shoring up the peace process with Turkey. The pullout comes six months after the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) formally renounced its armed struggle against Turkey, drawing a line under four decades of violence that had ...
This is Beirut 2025-11-17 09:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
US flights will return to normal schedules on Monday after reductions imposed during a government shutdown were lifted, the Federal Aviation Administration said. The FAA said Sunday evening that restrictions would be lifted and "normal operations can resume" across the country from 6:00 am Washington time (1100 GMT) on Monday. Thousands of ...
This is Beirut 2025-11-17 09:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
United Nations Mali Conflict Jihadists JNIM
By waging an economic blockade and conducting attacks on fuel convoys, the jihadist group JNIM has made itself the arch nemesis of Mali's junta, weakening the country's central government in an unprecedented manner. The Al-Qaeda-linked Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims, as it is formally known, is the "most significant ...
This is Beirut 2025-11-17 09:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Climate Cop30 UN Brazil Energy
Companies and groups backing carbon-capture technology, which critics slam as an excuse to keep burning fossil fuels, have deployed more than 500 participants to the COP30 climate talks, according to a list compiled by an NGO and shared exclusively with AFP. The list, assembled by the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), names oil ...
This is Beirut 2025-11-17 09:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Donald Trump Washington corruption Maduro
The United States plans to classify a cartel that it says Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro runs as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO), Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday, as tensions soar between the two countries. "Cartel de los Soles by and with other designated FTOs including Tren de Aragua and the Sinaloa Cartel are responsible ...
This is Beirut 2025-11-17 09:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Donald Trump Republicans Politics Epstein
US President Donald Trump said Sunday he backed lawmakers' efforts to release more files related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, despite previous opposition to the measure. "House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files, because we have nothing to hide," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. The 79-year-old Republican has ...