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Musk Met Iran UN Ambassador on Defusing Tension Under Trump

This is Beirut 15/11 09:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Elon Musk, the tech billionaire closely allied with US President-elect Donald Trump, met Iran's ambassador to the United Nations in a bid to defuse tensions between Tehran and Washington, The New York Times reported Thursday. The newspaper quoted anonymous Iranian sources as describing the meeting between the world's richest person and Ambassador ...

UN Committee Reports Israel Warfare in Gaza 'Consistent with Genocide'

This is Beirut 15/11 09:39 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Israel's warfare in Gaza is consistent with the characteristics of genocide, a special UN committee said Thursday, as a Human Rights Watch report said Israel's displacement of Gazans amounts to a "crime against humanity". Israel said HRW's claims were "completely false", insisting its "efforts are directed solely at dismantling Hamas's terror ...

China's Xi Arrives in Peru for APEC Summit, Biden Meeting

This is Beirut 15/11 09:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Peru Thursday for an Asia-Pacific summit where he will meet US counterpart Joe Biden under the shadow of a looming trade war with the incoming Donald Trump administration. Xi arrived at an air base outside the capital Lima hours before the expected touchdown of Biden on the eve of a two-day heads-of-state ...

US Sanctions Syrian Firm for Selling Oil to Fund Iranian Proxies

This is Beirut 15/11 09:29 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The US unveiled sanctions Thursday against 26 people, firms and ships allegedly associated with a Syrian conglomerate making hundreds of millions of dollars selling oil on behalf of Iran and its proxies. The US Treasury Department said in a statement that its designations were related to the Al-Qatirji Company, which it accuses of generating vast ...

Trump Chooses Vaccine Skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. To Head Health Dept

This is Beirut 15/11 05:25 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Donald Trump on Thursday tapped anti-vaccine activist and conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his secretary of health in the latest provocative nomination from the incoming Republican president. "We want you to come up with things and ideas and what you've been talking about for a long time and I think you're going to do ...

ExclusiveGlaser: Qard al-Hassan Is Funded by Illicit and Illegitimate Activities Led by Terrorist Regimes

Tylia El Helou 14/11 22:00 - Reading : less than a minute

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In an exclusive interview with This is Beirut, former Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing at the US Department of the Treasury, Daniel Glaser, explains how Hezbollah plays a role in Lebanon's economy beyond Qard al-Hassan, particularly concerning illicit activities or alternative financing. He also discusses how the US and international ...

Iran=Backed Militants Among 20 Killed in Israel Strikes on Syria

This is Beirut 14/11 20:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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A war monitor said Israeli strikes in and around Damascus on Thursday killed 20 people including Palestinian militants and Iran-backed fighters, as attacks intensify during the Lebanon war. Israel has ramped up strikes on Syria recently, including in areas near the Lebanese border mainly targeting bastions of Hezbollah. Israel has been at war ...

Iran Informs UN Nuclear Chief of Commitment to Resolve 'Ambiguities'

This is Beirut 14/11 17:43 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told the visiting head of the UN nuclear watchdog on Thursday that his government was willing to resolve doubts about its atomic programme, ahead of US President-elect Donald Trump's arrival in office. International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi said achieving "results" in nuclear talks ...

EU's Foreign Policy Chief Urges Bloc Suspend Dialogue with Israel

This is Beirut 14/11 12:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The EU's outgoing foreign policy chief has urged the bloc to suspend a political dialogue with Israel over human rights concerns in Gaza but it is likely to be vetoed, diplomats said Thursday. Josep Borrell raised his proposal during a meeting of ambassadors on Wednesday, according to four diplomats involved, and is expected to formalise it when ...

AnalysisMainstream Media Distorted Events in Amsterdam

Salam Zaatari 14/11 10:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

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In the wake of riots involving Israeli football fans in Amsterdam, Western media outlets have faced intense scrutiny for allegedly misrepresenting the events. According to eyewitnesses, including local journalist accounts, Israeli fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv caused significant disruptions, engaging in hooligan behavior and chanting anti-Arab slogans. ...

Trump’s Peace Plan for Ukraine Sparks Capitulation Fears

Ali A. Hamadé 14/11 10:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Newly elected United States President Donald Trump is pushing for a peace plan to resolve the Russo-Ukrainian conflict. He has repeatedly pledged that one of his first actions as president would be to end the war, claiming that had he won the 2020 election, the conflict would never have erupted, and asserting that he could bring it to a close ...

Human Right Watch Accuses Israel of 'War Crimes'

This is Beirut 14/11 09:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Human Rights Watch said in a report released Thursday that Israel's repeated evacuation orders in Gaza amount to the "war crime of forcible transfer", and to "ethnic cleansing" in parts of the Palestinian territory. "Human Rights Watch has amassed evidence that Israeli officials are... committing the war crime of forcible transfer," the report ...