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European Intelligence: Iran Rebuilding Missile Program

This is Beirut, 2025-10-29 21:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Western intelligence agencies have revealed that Iran is actively rebuilding its ballistic missile program in defiance of renewed UN sanctions, with significant assistance from China, according to a CNN report. European intelligence sources said that several shipments of sodium perchlorate, a key ingredient in the solid fuel used to power ...

UNIFIL Restores Blue Line Markers Damaged by Last Year’s War

This is Beirut, 2025-10-28 19:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) announced that it has begun repairing the Blue Line markers damaged during last year’s conflict between Hezbollah and Israel – “an important step toward restoring stability in southern Lebanon,” the mission said in a statement on X Tuesday evening. Since the start of the operation on ...

Sudan Army-Aligned Group Accuses RSF of Executing 2,000 in El-Fasher

This is Beirut, 2025-10-28 10:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Sudanese army allies, the Joint Forces, accused paramilitaries of having "executed more than 2,000 unarmed civilians" since taking control of the western city of El-Fasher on Sunday, as alarming reports of atrocities emerge. The Rapid Support Forces (RSF), at war with the army for over two years, "committed heinous crimes against innocent ...

UN probe Finds New Russian Crimes Against Humanity in Ukraine

This is Beirut, 2025-10-27 21:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Russia has committed a crime against humanity in forcing people to flee Ukrainian-held territory through continual drone attacks targeting civilians, a United Nations-backed investigation said Monday. The UN's Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine also determined that Russia had committed war crimes in deporting and ...

'Disarmament:' The Challenge of Peace

Sana Richa Choucair, 2025-10-26 15:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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In this final week of October, the Disarmament Week set by the United Nations resonates with new urgency. On one front, Washington has issued an ultimatum to Hamas to disarm under Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan. On another, the Lebanese government is under US pressure to disarm Hezbollah, a key Iranian proxy in the region. Tehran remains ...

Seven Yemeni UN workers detained in Sanaa: Houthi security source

This is Beirut, 2025-10-24 21:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Several Yemenis working for the United Nations in the rebel-held capital Sanaa have been detained on accusations of spying for Israel, a Houthi security official told AFP Friday, in the latest arrests targeting the world body's staff. Earlier this week, 20 UN staff, including 15 foreigners, were released after being held in their compound since a ...

UN Day 2025: Lebanon Marks Ties with the United Nations

This is Beirut, 2025-10-24 11:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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President Joseph Aoun marked United Nations Day 2025 by recalling the principles that have guided both Lebanon and the UN since the organization’s founding 80 years ago. “This day is a reminder of a pact made eight decades ago – a pact that feels like a charter for Lebanon’s mission and struggle,” he said on Friday. Emphasizing the ...

Rebuilding Wrecked Syria Vital for Regional Stability

This is Beirut, 2025-10-24 09:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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After 14 years of destruction, Syria must be swiftly rebuilt to bring stability to the country and the wider region, a top UN official in the war-ravaged nation told AFP. Reconstruction is one of the most significant challenges facing Syria's new Islamist authorities after the overthrow of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad last December. "The ...

Cyprus Border Deal Reaffirms Mikati’s 2011 Decision

Bassam Abou Zeid, 2025-10-23 13:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The Cabinet is set to approve the Lebanon-Cyprus maritime border agreement, despite claims that Lebanon forfeited around 5,000 square kilometers along the median line of the two countries’ exclusive economic zones. Lebanese negotiators assert that these claims have no basis in international law, and studies indicate that disputing them would ...

Drone Attacks in Khartoum for Third Consecutive Day

This is Beirut, 2025-10-23 09:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Drones targeted the army-held Sudanese capital and its airport on Thursday, witnesses told AFP, marking the third consecutive day of such strikes. "At 4:00 am (0200 GMT) I heard the sound of two drones passing above us," one witness said, adding that the drones were headed towards military facilities. Another witness, meanwhile, said he saw the ...

12 UN Staff Leave Yemen's Sanaa After Huthi Detention: UN Statement

This is Beirut, 2025-10-22 18:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Twelve international United Nations employees who had been held by Yemen's Huthis inside their compound flew out of the rebel-held capital on Wednesday, the UN said. The Iran-backed Huthis raided the UN compound in the capital Sanaa last weekend, holding 20 staff including 15 foreigners. Five Yemeni nationals were released on Sunday. The rebels ...

UN Says Yemen's Houthis Detaining 20 Staff, Including 15 Foreigners

This is Beirut, 2025-10-19 18:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The UN's office in Yemen said Sunday that 20 of its staff were still being detained by Houthis following a raid on their building in Sanaa the day before. On Saturday, the UN office had said Houthi security forces had made an "unauthorized entry" into their compound, adding the staff there were "safe and accounted for." "Five national staff and ...

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