Search : fc coins 2626 Visit Buyfc26coins.com for latest FC 26 coins news..PlXq 1385 result(s)

A Peacemaker Visits a Land of Perpetual War

Pope Leo XIV’s expected visit to Lebanon later this month comes at a moment of peril for the country. Lebanon’s most recent war, launched by Hezbollah on October 8, 2023, has barely ended, with Israel threatening to renew the conflict at any moment should Hezbollah not disarm. The Lebanese government has pledged to assert state power and ...

PKK Leader Ocalan Urges Progress in Turkish Peace Process

Imprisoned Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Öcalan called in a message published on Tuesday for all parties to the peace process in Turkey to make genuine efforts to ensure it succeeds. Öcalan, the founder of the Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK), is spearheading efforts to move from a four-decade armed Kurdish rebellion against the Turkish state ...

Aoun’s Push for Talks with Israel Must Overcome Hezbollah’s Ploys

President Joseph Aoun said Lebanon has no choice but to enter into talks with Israel to break the cycle of war, a step that media reports suggest he had agreed on with Hezbollah’s ally, Speaker Nabih Berri. Aoun’s position is commendable, but Hezbollah will use such talks as cover to rearm and prepare for another round of fighting, rather than ...

French Pair Released after 3-year Iran Jail Ordeal

Iran has released from prison a French pair held for more than three years and sentenced to lengthy jail sentences on espionage charges their families always rejected, French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Tuesday. Cecile Kohler, 41, and Jacques Paris, 72, both retired teachers, were both on a tourist visit to Iran when they were arrested ...

King Tut’s Collection Displayed for First Time at Egypt’s Grand Museum

Thousands of visitors streamed through the Grand Egyptian Museum on Tuesday as almost the entire collection of King Tutankhamun's treasures, over 4,500 artifacts, was displayed together for the first time since the young pharaoh's tomb was discovered in 1922. Curated and conserved over nearly two decades, the collection was unveiled to the ...

Juan Carlos Breaks His Silence in Reconciliation, the Memoirs of a Fallen King

Mixing historic anecdotes and regret over his own scandals, Spain's exiled king Juan Carlos I seeks to reconcile himself with his family and nation in newly published memoirs that offer dramatic reminiscences from one of the last surviving players of 20th-century history. From holding Franco's hand on the dictator's deathbed to helping defuse a ...

Trump to Host his First Summit with Central Asian Leaders

US President Donald Trump will host all five Central Asian leaders in Washington on Thursday for the first time, a few months after they held separate summits with Russia's Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping. The West has upped its interest in the resource-rich region, where Moscow's traditional influence has been questioned since the ...

Clearfield's Mechanism: Remaking Peace, Once Again

Same story, same players. After every lull along the southern border, the same words return, the same statements roll out, the same diplomats spring into action, each convinced that this time, “it’s different.” We hear about a “gradual de-escalation plan,” a “monitoring mechanism,” a “return to the core resolutions.” Earnest ...

International Sanctions: Mechanisms, Loopholes and Limits

Despite a major military setback suffered by the Iran-aligned axis in its war against Israel and the sanctions imposed on it, Hezbollah reportedly continues to receive $60 million per month in transfers from Iran. That is according to US envoy Thomas Barrack, who made the claim on September 22 in an interview with Sky News. In this context, a ...

New UK-Supported Border Checkpoint Opens in Eastern Lebanon

A new border checkpoint has been inaugurated along Lebanon’s eastern frontier, as part of a project funded by the UK’s Integrated Security Fund. This facility is part of a broader program aimed at strengthening the operational capacity of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) to combat smuggling and cross-border illegal activities. The site visit ...

Hamas Launches Gaza Crackdown as Trump Vows to Disarm Group

Hamas tightened its grip on Gaza's ruined cities Tuesday, launching a crackdown and executing alleged collaborators, even as US President Donald Trump vowed to disarm the group. The Israeli military said the remains of four more hostages held in Gaza had been brought into Israel, a day after Hamas handed over the bodies of four other captives and ...

Tested by Russia, NATO Looks to Strengthen its Defenses

NATO defense ministers will look Wednesday at shoring up the alliance's ability to counter Russian air incursions, as fears grow that Moscow is testing the West in a grey zone between war and peace. Focus will also be on bolstering support for Ukraine as US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth joins his 31 NATO counterparts with his boss, President ...

Extradition Treaties and the Assad Case

This Wednesday, Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa is visiting Moscow to meet Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin. According to Reuters, he may request the extradition of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who has been taking refuge in Russia since fleeing Damascus in December 2024. Behind this politically charged episode lies a longstanding and ...

Patriarch Rai Says Pope Leo XIV Brings Peace

Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Bechara Boutros Rai announced that Pope Leo XIV will visit Lebanon at the end of November, describing the upcoming trip as a “visit of peace and hope” for a country weary from decades of unrest. Speaking to Agence France-Presse in Bkerke, Rai stated that “the Pope has taken peace upon himself; his program is ...

UN Humanitarian Chief Says Israel Should Immediately Open Gaza Crossings to Aid

UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher urged Israel on Wednesday to immediately open all crossings into Gaza for humanitarian aid, as called for in a US-backed ceasefire plan. "It should happen now. We want it to happen immediately as part of this agreement," Fletcher told AFP in an interview in Cairo, ahead of a planned trip to the Gaza ...

South Lebanon: Security, Diplomacy, and Reconstruction

While touring southern Lebanon on Thursday, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam announced that an international conference in support of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and security services – in preparation for several months – is expected to be held "soon." The event aims to address the urgent needs of the army, particularly in ...

Don’t Let the Party Stop: Berlin’s Fight Against ‘Club Death'

Berlin, long hailed as one of the world's great party cities, is fighting to keep its famed techno clubs alive in the face of soaring prices, shifting tastes and a tightening property market. For now, the mood is exuberant at Renate, a labyrinthine club with multiple DJs housed in a dimly-lit complex near the Spree river, a Berlin institution ...

Trump Says 'We Will Disarm' Hamas, Urges Return of Gaza Bodies

US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that "we will disarm" Hamas if the Palestinian militants refuse to do it themselves, as he called for the group to release the bodies of hostages in Gaza. Trump's comments came the day after he swung through the Middle East to celebrate the Gaza ceasefire deal, with questions swirling about the ...

Trump and Putin Hold Phone Call Ahead of Zelensky's Visit to Washington

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin began a «long» phone conversation Thursday, according to the U.S. president. «I am currently in conversation with President Putin. The conversation is ongoing, it is long, and I will report on it, just like President Putin, at the end,» Trump wrote on his Truth Social network.  The call ...

BDL Governor Holds Key Talks with IMF Officials in Washington

The Governor of Lebanon’s Central Bank (BDL), Karim Souhaid, held a series of high-level meetings in Washington with officials from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), according to a statement issued by his press office on Thursday. Souhaid was accompanied by Deputy Governors Salim Shahine and Gaby Shnouzian, along with the Chairman of the ...

Trump to Meet Zelensky after Announcing Putin Summit

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meets Donald Trump at the White House Friday, seeking US-made Tomahawk missiles even as the US president reaches out to Russia's Vladimir Putin for a fresh summit. Zelensky will be making his third trip to Washington since Trump returned to office, following a disastrous televised shouting match in ...

Lebanon 2019: Behind a Programmed Revolution (1/2)

Six years have passed since the October 2019 uprising, an upheaval whose effects continue to heavily weigh on Lebanon. In just a few days, the country appeared to unite against a political class widely seen as corrupt and incapable of averting the looming economic collapse. This surge of public anger culminated in the resignation of Saad ...

Kabul Accuses Pakistan of Resuming Strikes on Afghan Soil

Pakistan launched strikes on Afghan soil late Friday, breaking a ceasefire that had brought two days of calm to the border, a senior Taliban official told AFP, warning that Kabul would "retaliate." The 48-hour truce had paused nearly a week of bloody border clashes that killed dozens of troops and civilians on both sides. "Pakistan has broken ...

Trump Suggests Too soon for Tomahawks in Talks with Zelensky 

US President Donald Trump suggested Friday it would be premature to give Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, saying as he hosted Volodymyr Zelensky that he hoped to secure peace with Russia first. "Hopefully they won't need it. Hopefully we'll be able to get the war over with without thinking about Tomahawks," Trump told journalists including an AFP ...

PSG Fightback Denies Strasbourg in Six-Goal Ligue 1 Thriller

Paris Saint-Germain produced a second-half fightback to draw 3-3 with an impressive Strasbourg on Friday as Luis Enrique's injury-hit side held on to top spot in Ligue 1. Bradley Barcola gave reigning French and European champions PSG an early advantage at the Parc des Princes, but Strasbourg came roaring back to lead 3-1 thanks to a Joaquin ...

Pakistan to Hold Talks with Afghanistan in Qatar after Latest Strikes

Pakistani and Afghan officials were due to meet in Qatar on Saturday, a day after Islamabad launched air strikes that killed at least 10 people in Afghanistan and broke a ceasefire that had brought two days of calm to the border. The strikes targeted what Pakistani security sources said was a militant group linked to the Pakistani Taliban in the ...

Trump Honors Charlie Kirk at Posthumous Medal Ceremony

US President Donald Trump hailed assassinated ally Charlie Kirk as a "martyr for truth and freedom" Tuesday as he posthumously awarded the right-wing activist America's highest civilian honor. Handing the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Kirk's tearful widow, Trump compared the 31-year-old conservative to Socrates, Saint Peter, Abraham Lincoln ...

Global Leaders Welcome Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Agreement

Leaders around the world have welcomed the ceasefire agreement reached between Israel and Hamas, formalized at a summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on October 13, 2025. The initiative was driven by US President Donald Trump and signed jointly by mediators from Egypt, Qatar and Turkey. The agreement calls for a halt to hostilities, the release of ...