Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Catch up on yesterday's live coverage of news updates in the region.Friday, May 30, 2025Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz.Some key things to watch today:Hamas is reviewing the proposed cease-fire deal for Gaza.11:00 a.m. – Information Minister Paul Morcos signs the 2025 action plan with UNICEF at the Ministry, 6th floor.1:30 p.m. – Culture Minister Ghassan Salamé meets with UN envoys Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert (Lebanon) and Geir Pedersen (Syria) at the National Library in Sanayeh.7:30 p.m. – Graduation ceremony at the American University of Beirut, held under the patronage of Prime Minister Nawaf Salam. Israel accepts amended temporary Gaza truce proposal under review by Hamas: Israel accepted a U.S. proposal for a temporary truce in Gaza, amended from an earlier draft approved by...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Catch up on yesterday's live coverage of news updates in the region.Friday, May 30, 2025Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz.Some key things to watch today:Hamas is reviewing the proposed cease-fire deal for Gaza.11:00 a.m. – Information Minister Paul Morcos signs the 2025 action plan with UNICEF at the Ministry, 6th floor.1:30 p.m. – Culture Minister Ghassan Salamé meets with UN envoys Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert (Lebanon) and Geir Pedersen (Syria) at the National Library in Sanayeh.7:30 p.m. – Graduation ceremony at the American University of Beirut, held under the patronage of Prime Minister Nawaf Salam. Israel accepts amended temporary Gaza truce proposal under review by Hamas: Israel accepted a U.S. proposal for a temporary truce in Gaza, amended from an earlier draft...