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Trump To Leave G7 Early After Warning of Iran Attack

This is Beirut, 16/06 20:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump was leaving a Group of Seven summit early on Monday as he hinted of greater involvement in the Israel-Iran conflict after issuing an ominous warning for the capital Tehran to evacuate. After a day of speaking with G7 leaders at a Canada summit about the need for a negotiated deal, Trump took to social media to back ...

USS Nimitz Reported Heading Toward Middle East as Iran and Israel Fight

This is Beirut, 16/06 17:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz was leaving Southeast Asia on Monday after canceling plans to dock in Vietnam, amid reports it is headed to the Middle East to boost the US presence as Israel and Iran do battle. At 13:45 GMT, the carrier was traveling through the Malacca Strait toward the Indian Ocean, according to Marine Traffic, a ship-tracking ...

UAE Tops List of Most Expensive Arab Countries and Lebanon Ranks 9th

This is Beirut, 16/06 15:45 - Reading : less than a minute

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According to recent figures published by the Numbeo platform, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was ranked as the most expensive Arab country in terms of cost of living, with an index score of 54.1. The index uses New York City, set at a baseline of 100, as a reference point to show how expensive it is to live in other countries compared to the ...

Genealogy of a War of Choice

Charles Chartouni, 16/06 09:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

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The launched Israeli war is the latest stage of the strategy that aimed at the progressive dismantling of the “integrated operational platforms” instrumentalized by the Iranian regime. The performance and the audacity of the undertaking raise several questions about the future geopolitical and geostrategic evolutions after the earthquake ...

Trump Flexes Military Might at Parade as Protests Sweep US

This is Beirut, 15/06 05:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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President Donald Trump hosted the largest US military parade in decades on his 79th birthday on Saturday, as protesters rallied across the country to accuse him of acting like a dictator. Trump hailed the United States as the "hottest country in the world" after watching tanks, aircraft and troops file past him in Washington to honor ...

Putin, Trump Discuss Middle East, Ukraine in Call

This is Beirut, 14/06 19:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the conflict between Israel and Iran, as well as efforts towards a Ukraine settlement in a phone call with US counterpart Donald Trump, the Kremlin said Saturday. It was the fourth phone call between the two leaders under efforts to reset relations since Trump took office, in a stark pivot from the ...

Minnesota Lawmaker Shot Dead, Another Wounded in Targeted Attack

This is Beirut, 14/06 19:06 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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A gunman shot two Democratic state lawmakers in Minnesota early Saturday, killing one and her husband and wounding the other, in what the northern US state's governor said were "politically motivated" attacks. The shootings came at a moment of deep political divisions in the United States, as thousands prepared to take to the ...

After Conquering Europe, PSG Now Have Sights on Club World Cup Glory

This is Beirut, 14/06 17:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Freshly crowned kings of Europe, Paris Saint-Germain arrived this week in the United States for the Club World Cup and are treating FIFA's lucrative new competition not as a nuisance at the end of an exhausting season but as a serious objective. "I think it is an incredible competition," PSG coach Luis Enrique said of the Club World Cup in the ...

Can Ahmad al-Sharaa Deliver on His Anti-ISIS Policy?

Alexandre Baz, 14/06 15:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Ahmad al-Sharaa, once a senior figure in the jihadist group Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), has emerged as a central player in post-Assad Syria. Since taking power in December 2024 in a country ravaged by 13 years of war, Sharaa has positioned himself as a pragmatic and reform-minded leader, both to foreign governments and Syria’s deeply ...

Striking the Head of the Snake

David Hale , 14/06 08:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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The past twenty months have been devastating for Iran's Arab proxies, and seen a major reversal of fortune for Iran's leaders. But until June 12, Iran had not faced an existential threat despite its evident weaknesses and miscalculations in the conduct of its regional war against Israel. That reality changed overnight with Israel's dramatic ...

Marines Deploy in Los Angeles Ahead of Mass Anti-Trump Protests

This is Beirut, 14/06 05:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Armed Marines arrived on the streets of Los Angeles Friday, part of a large deployment of troops ordered by Donald Trump that has raised the stakes between the US president and opponents claiming growing authoritarianism. Men in fatigues and carrying semiautomatic rifles were seen around a federal building, where passersby questioned why they ...

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