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Arab League Rejects Trump Gaza Proposal as 'Recipe for Instability'

This is Beirut 05/02 17:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The Arab League said on Wednesday that a shock suggestion by US President Donald Trump to take over Gaza and displace Palestinians would violate international law and cause further instability. While "confident in the United States and its president's desire to achieve a just peace in the region", the Arab League's secretariat said Trump's ...

Trump Wants US to Take Over Gaza and Rebuild it

This is Beirut 05/02 13:43 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

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President Donald Trump revealed an extraordinary plan Tuesday for the United States to take over the Gaza Strip, resettle Palestinians in other countries – seemingly whether they wanted to leave or not – and turn the territory into "the Riviera of the Middle East." Trump made the stunning proposal to audible gasps during a ...

Sudan Paramilitaries Shell Hospital as Violence Rages Nationwide

This is Beirut 05/02 13:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Shelling by Sudanese paramilitaries killed five people outside one of the last functioning hospitals in Khartoum's twin city Omdurman Tuesday, with medical sources reporting escalating violence across the war-torn country. A medical source in Al-Nao Hospital in Omdurman, requesting anonymity for safety reasons, said volunteers were among the ...

Aga Khan, Leader of Ismaili Muslims, Dies Aged 88

This is Beirut 05/02 13:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The Aga Khan, imam of the Ismaili Muslims and head of a major development aid foundation, died Tuesday in Lisbon at the age of 88, his foundation announced. He was the founder and president of the Aga Khan Development Network, which employs 96,000 people and finances development programmes particularly in Asia and Africa. "His Highness Prince ...

Kremlin Calls Zelensky Comment on Direct Talks with Putin 'Empty Words'

This is Beirut 05/02 12:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The Kremlin on Wednesday dismissed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's statement that he was ready for direct talks with Russian counterpart Vladmir Putin to end fighting as "empty words". "So far this cannot be seen as anything but empty words," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists, after Zelensky said in an interview that he ...

Tariff Crisis: Trump Redefines Global Trade

Paul Guillot 05/02 12:20 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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The Trump administration has disrupted the global economy with a series of dramatic announcements and last-minute negotiations, imposing new tariffs on key trading partners – Canada, Mexico and China. While Canada and Mexico secured temporary reprieves through emergency agreements, China remains entrenched in a fierce tariff standoff. Amid ...

Trump says to reinstate 'maximum pressure' on Iran, Tehran promises “failure”

This is Beirut 05/02 11:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he was planning to reinstate what he called the "maximum pressure" policy against Iran over allegations that it is trying to develop nuclear weapons. However, Trump also said he hoped the policy will "hardly have to be used." Trump made the comment as he signed a memorandum reimposing the tough policy of ...

Iran's Khamenei names Hezbollah leader as Lebanon 'representative'

This is Beirut 05/02 11:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has named Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem as his "representative" in Lebanon, Iranian media reported Wednesday. "The leader of the revolution, in a decree, introduced Sheikh Naim Qassem, secretary general of Hezbollah, as his representative in Lebanon," Tasnim news agency said. Tasnim carried a copy of ...

Saudi Arabia Says no Israel Normalization Without Palestinian State

This is Beirut 05/02 09:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Saudi Arabia said Wednesday it will not formalize ties with Israel unless a Palestinian state is established, after Israel's prime minister remarked that he thought normalisation with the Gulf kingdom was "going to happen". "Saudi Arabia will continue its relentless efforts to establish an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its ...

USAID, a Soft Power Tool That Does Not Serve Trump’s Policy

Samar El-Kadi 05/02 08:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Insubordination, waste of taxpayers’ money and promotion of agendas that run counter to US national interests are some of the reasons spelled out by US President Donald Trump’s administration for freezing foreign aid and targeting the US Agency for International Development (USAID) in particular. Trump, a long-term critic of overseas ...

Trump Wants to Jail American Citizens in Salvador

This is Beirut 05/02 04:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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President Donald Trump on Tuesday backed an offer by El Salvador to take in prisoners -- including US citizens -- despite clear legal problems with such an outsourcing under American law. "If we had the legal right to do it, I would do it in a heartbeat," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. "It's no different than our prison system, except ...

Trump Signs Order Withdrawing US from UN Human Rights Council

This is Beirut 04/02 23:09 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order withdrawing his country from a number of United Nations bodies, including its Human Rights Council (UNHRC), and setting up a broader review of US funding for the multilateral organization. The executive order said it withdrew Washington from UNHRC and the main UN relief agency for ...