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Pope Francis’ Funeral Set for Saturday, World Leaders Expected

This is Beirut, 22/04 12:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Pope Francis's funeral will be held on Saturday, the Vatican announced Tuesday, as world leaders from US President Donald Trump to Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky said they would attend to honor the Catholic leader. The Argentine pontiff, 88, died on Monday from a stroke, less than a month after returning home from five weeks in hospital battling ...

Russia Resumes Air Attacks After Easter Truce

This is Beirut, 21/04 12:41 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Russia launched a wave of aerial attacks at Ukraine on Monday in an abrupt end to a fragile 30-hour Easter truce between the two sides. The renewed strikes, confirmed by both Moscow and Kyiv, cast doubt on Donald Trump's hopes for a broader ceasefire between the two sides, hours after the US President said he hoped a "deal" could be ...

Russia and Ukraine Accuse Each Other of Breaching Easter Truce

This is Beirut, 20/04 18:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Russia and Ukraine on Sunday accused each other of violating an Easter truce announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian forces were continuing their shelling and assaults along the front line despite Putin announcing the surprise truce. The 30-hour truce starting Saturday evening to mark ...

Zelensky Says Ukraine Will Observe Putin’s Easter Truce but Claims Violations

This is Beirut, 20/04 03:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday his forces would observe a surprise Easter truce announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin set to last until midnight on Sunday, even as air-raid sirens sounded in Kyiv. The truce would be the most significant pause in the fighting throughout the three-year conflict. But just hours after the ...

Easter Truce Under Scrutiny as Ukraine Accuses Russia of Violations

This is Beirut, 19/04 18:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Saturday that Ukraine would observe the Easter ceasefire declared earlier that day by Russian President Vladimir Putin. However, Zelensky simultaneously accused Moscow of breaching its own commitment just hours after it was announced. “If Russia is genuinely willing to commit, Ukraine will do ...

Trump: US Will “Take a Pass” on Ukraine Talks if Stalemate Persists

This is Beirut, 18/04 20:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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President Donald Trump said Friday the United States will "take a pass" on brokering further Ukraine war talks unless there is quick progress from Moscow and Kyiv. Trump was speaking after Secretary of State Marco Rubio commented -- following talks with European allies - that Washington would "move on" if a truce did not seem "doable" within ...

Ukraine PM to visit Washington Next Week for Resource Deal Talks

This is Beirut, 18/04 12:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Ukraine's prime minister will visit Washington next week for talks with top US officials aimed at clinching a long-fraught minerals and resources deal by April 26, according to a memorandum released on Friday. Kyiv and Washington had planned to sign a deal on extracting Ukraine's strategic minerals weeks ago, but a clash between presidents Donald ...

Rubio Says US to Decide Within Days if Ukraine Ceasefire 'Doable', Calls on Europe to Act over Iran’s Nuclear program

This is Beirut, 18/04 11:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday said Washington needed to decide soon if an Ukraine truce was feasible, as he left Paris following meetings with European officials. He also said that European countries needed to decide whether to reimpose sanctions on Iran as Tehran was not complying with a nuclear deal. "We need to figure out here ...

China Says 'Never Provided Lethal Weapons' to Parties in Ukraine War

This is Beirut, 18/04 10:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Beijing on Friday denied giving any party in the Ukraine war lethal weapons, after President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed he had "information" that China was supplying arms to Russia. "The Chinese side has never provided lethal weapons to any party in the conflict, and strictly controls dual-use items," foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian ...

Trump Softens on Zelensky, Claims Mineral Deal Coming Soon

This is Beirut, 17/04 23:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump on Thursday said he doesn't hold Volodymyr Zelensky "responsible" for Russia's invasion of his country but continued to criticize the pro-Western Ukrainian leader. Trump has repeatedly made the false claim that Ukraine started the war and this week accused Zelensky of responsibility for "millions" of deaths. "I don't ...

France Hails Constructive Talks for Ceasefire in Ukraine

This is Beirut, 17/04 22:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday hailed rare talks involving top US, European, and Ukrainian officials as a "very important occasion for convergence" as Kyiv's allies seek to rekindle stalled ceasefire efforts amid transatlantic tensions. The talks involving US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US envoy Steve Witkoff come as Donald ...

Paris and Washington Face Off Over Peace in Ukraine

Ryan Chaba, 17/04 20:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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During a visit to Paris on Thursday, April 17, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is working to revive ceasefire talks on Ukraine. But while the US pushes for a swift agreement, European leaders fear a rushed deal could undermine Ukraine’s territorial integrity. Diverging Positions Three years into the war between Russia and Ukraine, the ...

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