Category: 4. World

Tom Barrack first landed in Beirut in 1972 with neither connections nor a hotel reservation — just an antiquated Arabic dialect learnt from his grandparents.

A fresh-faced American lawyer on one of his first overseas assignments, Barrack was…

The US on Friday accused Colombian President Gustav Petro of doing too little to reduce crime and drug trafficking. US Ambassador Mike Waltz told a UN Security Council meeting that Petro’s policies toward “narco-terrorist groups” are…

The map revealed by U.S. President Donald Trump on his Truth Social account resembles the initial withdrawal line that was also outlined in the map already published as part of the president’s 20-point plan last week, but it is more detailed. The…

Over the past 48 hours, there has been significant movement toward a possible ceasefire in Gaza. As you are likely aware, Hamas has accepted the core elements of the plan proposed by Donald Trump. He, surprisingly, reacted positively to…

By Bassem Mroue And Adam Geller in Beirut

BEIRUT (AP) — Minutes after journalists gathered outside a Gaza hospital to survey the damage of an Israeli strike, Ibrahim Qannan pointed his camera up at the battered building as the others climbed…