Middle East

Israel says to Act with 'Great Force' in Gaza City

This is Beirut 2025-09-09 10:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Israel's military said on Tuesday that it will act with "great force" in Gaza City and told residents to leave as it stepped up its deadly assault on the Palestinian territory's largest urban center. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a similar warning, as Israel intensified its bombardment in preparation for an operation to seize Gaza City ...

40 Years of 'Mario' Games that Have Grown up With Fans

This is Beirut 2025-09-09 09:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Surrounded by thousands of objects bearing the likeness of Nintendo's mustachioed plumber, 40-year-old Kikai reflects that his "life would be totally different without Mario" who also marks four decades this week. The colorful "Super Mario Bros.", released for Nintendo's home consoles in Japan on September 13, 1985, was a landmark of early video ...

Iran's Foreign Minister to Meet IAEA Chief in Egypt

This is Beirut 2025-09-09 09:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will meet on Tuesday with United Nations nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi in Egypt, the first such meeting since Tehran suspended cooperation with the agency two months ago. "During a trip to Cairo, a meeting will be held with the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency to conclude ...

Macron Scrambles to Find New French PM After Bayrou Ousted

This is Beirut 2025-09-09 09:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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President Emmanuel Macron will accept the resignation of Prime Minister Francois Bayrou on Tuesday after his government was ejected in a confidence vote, with the French leader rushing to find a successor and stave off a new political crisis. On Monday, Bayrou suffered a crushing loss in a confidence vote he had himself called, plunging France ...

Gold Hits Another High

This is Beirut 2025-09-09 09:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Gold climbed to a fresh all-time high in Asian trading on Tuesday, reaching $3,654 an ounce around 02:30 GMT. The yellow metal is reaffirming its role as a safe-haven asset, buoyed by expectations of U.S. Federal Reserve rate cuts, inflation concerns, and political uncertainty in France and Japan. “Gold provides the clearest expression of ...

Israeli Strike Hits Near Syrian City of Homs

This is Beirut 2025-09-09 09:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Israeli air strikes hit areas of the central and western Syrian cities of Homs and Latakia late Monday, state news agency SANA reported. Britain-based war monitor the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that "the Israeli strike near Homs targeted a military unit south of the city." Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes in ...

Op-edWill Lebanon Disarm Hezbollah, or Not?

Hussain Abdul-Hussain 2025-09-09 09:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

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The Lebanese cabinet heard, on Friday, a presentation from Army Chief Rodolphe Haykal on a confidential plan to monopolize arms, as tasked by the government on August 5. The cabinet then issued a statement, and Information Minister Paul Morcos held a press conference. The vague responses left observers divided, with each side interpreting the ...

Macron Scrambles to Find New French PM after Bayrou Ousted

This is Beirut 2025-09-08 23:18 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Maduro Deploys 25,000 Troops to Venezuela Borders

This is Beirut 2025-09-08 20:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said he had deployed 25,000 troops along the Caribbean coast and the border with Colombia amid soaring tensions with US President Donald Trump. In a message Sunday night on social media, Maduro said he had deployed "25,000 men and women from our glorious National Bolivarian Armed Forces" to the frontier with ...

Israeli PM Tells Gaza City Residents to 'Leave Now' as Assault Intensifies

This is Beirut 2025-09-08 20:15 - Reading : less than a minute

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday told residents of Gaza City to evacuate, saying troops were being assembled to enter the Palestinian territory's main urban center. "In two days we brought down 50 terror towers, and this is only the opening stage of the intensified ground maneuver in Gaza City. I say to the residents: you have ...

At the UN, the Snapback Reshuffles the Iranian File

Mario Chartouni 2025-09-08 19:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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At the end of August, the United Kingdom, France and Germany (the E3) officially triggered the snapback mechanism outlined in UN Security Council Resolution 2231, which governs the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal (the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA). This unprecedented procedure in the multilateral system stipulates that all previous UN ...

BRICS Leaders Denounce Protectionism, Tariff 'Blackmail'

This is Beirut 2025-09-08 19:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Leaders of the 11-member BRICS bloc railed against economic protectionism and "tariff blackmail" during a virtual meeting Monday held amid a damaging trade war with US President Donald Trump. The group of emerging economies met via videoconference at the initiative of Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, whose office ...