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Palestinians Return to North Gaza after Breakthrough in Hostage Diplomacy

This is Beirut 27/01 13:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Palestinians began returning to the north of the war-battered Gaza Strip on Monday after Israel and Hamas said they had reached a deal for the release of another six hostages. The breakthrough preserves a fragile ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, which has devastated the Gaza Strip and displaced nearly all its residents, paving the way for more ...

Kremlin Awaiting 'Signals' from US on Possible Putin-Trump Meeting

This is Beirut 27/01 13:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The Kremlin said Monday it was still waiting for "signals" from the United States about a possible meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and newly-inaugurated US counterpart Donald Trump. The leaders of both countries said last week they were ready for contact but neither side has indicated when or how. "So far, we have not received ...

Iran Deploys AI-Equipped missiles During Drills in Gulf

This is Beirut 27/01 12:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Iran's Revolutionary Guards have deployed missiles featuring artificial intelligence technology during military drills in the Gulf, state media reported Monday. The Guards' naval force "fired Ghaem and Almas missiles equipped with artificial intelligence from advanced Mohajer-6 and Ababil-5 drones", the IRNA state news agency said. The report ...

EU to Agree Easing Syria Sanctions

This is Beirut 27/01 10:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said she expected the bloc to agree Monday to begin easing sanctions on Syria after the ouster of Bashar al-Assad. "It is a step for step approach," Kallas said at the start of a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels to discuss the move. Europe is keen to help the reconstruction of the war-ravaged ...

Colombia Caves on Deportations after Trump Threats

This is Beirut 27/01 09:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Colombia on Sunday backed down and agreed to accept deported citizens sent on US military aircraft, hours after President Donald Trump threatened painful tariffs to punish the defiance to his mass deportation plans. Colombia's leftist president, Gustavo Petro, had earlier said he would only take back citizens "with dignity," such as on civilian ...

Palestinians Denounce Trump's Idea Of Displacing Gazans

This is Beirut 27/01 04:15 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Both Hamas and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday criticised Donald Trump's proposal to move the inhabitants of Gaza to Egypt and Jordan in order, in his words, to ‘clean house’ in the territory, where a fragile truce has entered its second week. Israel and Hamas accused each other on Sunday of violating the terms of the ceasefire, ...

Macron Urges Netanyahu to 'Withdraw His Forces Still Present in Lebanon'

This is Beirut 26/01 19:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday called on Israeli Prime Minister to "withdraw his forces still present in Lebanon", his office said in a readout of a phone call between the two leaders. "The President of the Republic stressed to the Prime Minister the importance of ensuring that nothing compromises the efforts of the new Lebanese ...

Palestinian Sources say to Free Gaza Hostage Demanded by Israel Before Next Swap

This is Beirut 26/01 19:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Two Palestinian sources told AFP on Sunday that an Israeli woman held hostage in Gaza, and whose release Israel has demanded before allowing the return of displaced Palestinians, will be handed over within days. "Arbel Yehud is expected to be freed before the next (hostage-prisoner) exchange" scheduled for February 1, said a source from the ...

VideosBetween Hope and Despair: Displaced Residents Attempt to Return Home on Ceasefire’s Final Day

Yara Germany 26/01 18:50 - Reading : less than a minute

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On Sunday, the final day of the ceasefire, displaced residents of southern Lebanon attempted to return to their villages, only to find their homes destroyed.

Trump Suggests Relocating Gazans to Egypt and Jordan

This is Beirut 26/01 18:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Sunday welcomed US President Donald Trump's idea to "clean out" Gaza by relocating Palestinian residents of the territory to Egypt and Jordan. On Saturday, Trump said he had spoken to Jordan's King Abdullah II about moving Palestinians out of Gaza. "I'd like Egypt ...

Trump Hints At Unblocking Delivery Of 2,000-Pound Bombs To Israel

This is Beirut 26/01 17:28 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that a ‘large number of things’ ordered by Israel from the US had now been delivered, in response to press reports that his administration had released a delivery of 2,000 pound (907kg) bombs. ‘A lot of things that were ordered and paid for by Israel, but not sent by Biden, are now on ...

Iran and Afghanistan Call for more Ties in High-Level Kabul Talks

This is Beirut 26/01 16:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Iran and Afghanistan called for increased cooperation during a trip to Kabul by Tehran's foreign minister on Sunday, the highest-level Iranian official to visit the Afghan capital since the Taliban's takeover in 2021. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met with his Afghan counterpart, Amir Khan Muttaqi, and Taliban government Prime Minister ...