This is Beirut, 29/09 16:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
France has joined other European countries by sending anti-drone resources to Denmark to secure the EU summit on Wednesday and Thursday in that country, which has been overflown for several days by mysterious drones. "A temporary joint armed forces detachment has been deployed to Denmark. This detachment, already operational, consists of 35 ...
This is Beirut, 29/09 13:07 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said Monday Russia was likely behind mysterious drone flights over several Scandinavian airports ahead of an EU summit in Copenhagen. Drone sightings across Norway and Denmark in particular since September 22 have prompted the closure of several airports. Speaking to broadcaster TV4, Kristersson said "the ...
This is Beirut, 27/09 18:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Saturday that Ukraine has received a Patriot air defense system from Israel, a costly American-made weapon crucial for repelling Russian missile attacks on the country. “An Israeli (Patriot) system is operational in Ukraine; it has been working for a month,” Zelensky said at a press conference, ...
This is Beirut, 27/09 17:52 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Ukraine Russia Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant
Ukraine on Saturday accused Russia of disconnecting the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant from the Ukrainian grid for four days in an attempt to “steal” it by linking it to the Russian-controlled network, despite safety risks. “We urge all nations concerned with nuclear safety and security to make it clear to Moscow that its ...
This is Beirut, 24/09 18:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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President Volodymyr Zelensky cast doubt Wednesday on NATO's ability to guarantee Ukraine's security but praised Donald Trump after the US president unexpectedly flip-flopped to say he thinks Russia can be defeated. Addressing the United Nations, Zelensky suggested that even NATO membership, which Trump has ruled out for Ukraine, might not be ...
This is Beirut, 24/09 11:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The Kremlin on Wednesday said it had no choice but to continue its military offensive on Ukraine, as Moscow rejected US President Donald Trump's claim that Russia was a "paper tiger". The comments come a day after Trump said Ukraine could win back all of its territory from Russia, which he characterized as a "paper tiger" with a failing economy ...
This is Beirut, 23/09 23:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Donald Trump United States Russia Ukraine
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Ukraine could win back all of its territory from Russia and even go further, in a major pivot after meeting President Volodymyr Zelensky. The astonishing turnaround came shortly after Trump also called for NATO countries to shoot down any Russian jets that violate their airspace. "I think Ukraine, with ...
This is Beirut, 23/09 14:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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NATO on Tuesday warned Russia to stop an "escalatory" pattern of airspace violations along its eastern flank, after the alliance held urgent talks about a jet incursion over Estonia last week. "Russia bears full responsibility for these actions, which are escalatory, risk miscalculation and endanger lives. They must stop," NATO's 32 member states ...
This is Beirut, 22/09 09:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The head of the Kremlin-backed government in annexed Crimea blamed Ukraine on Monday for a deadly drone strike, while Kyiv said a Russian attack had killed three people in the country's southeast. Sergey Aksyonov said the Ukrainian military had targeted the Crimean resort town of Foros, damaging the grounds of a sanatorium and a school ...
This is Beirut, 20/09 18:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday he would meet his US counterpart, Donald Trump, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly next week as Russia intensified deadly strikes across his country. Russia carried out one of its largest aerial attacks, firing 40 missiles and some 580 drones at Ukraine in a nighttime barrage that ...
This is Beirut, 19/09 18:38 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The European Union proposed Friday to bring forward by a year a ban on Russian gas imports as part of new sanctions to sap Moscow's war chest and please US President Donald Trump. The 19th package of EU sanctions targeting Moscow since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine also seeks to hit firms as well as banks and traders in China, India, and other ...
This is Beirut, 19/09 11:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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More than 140 world leaders will descend on New York next week for the annual United Nations General Assembly summit, which will be dominated this year by the future of the Palestinians and Gaza. One world leader who will miss the gathering is Mahmud Abbas, the Palestinian president who Washington denied US visas to attend, along with his ...