This is Beirut 20/03 17:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Israeli army and the Internal Security Service (Shin Bet) announced on Thursday that they had eliminated several Hamas and Islamic Jihad security officials in the Gaza Strip. Among the targets was Rachid Jahjouh, head of Hamas' General Security Service, who had taken up his post after the elimination of his predecessor, Sami Ouda, in July ...
This is Beirut 20/03 17:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday that Ukrainian and US officials would meet in Saudi Arabia next Monday to make progress on a proposed halt in Russian and Ukrainian strikes on energy facilities. His announcement came shortly after the Kremlin confirmed that Russian officials would also hold talks with the United States in Saudi Arabia ...
This is Beirut 20/03 17:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The Kremlin on Thursday accused European countries of planning to "militarize" rather than seek peace, as Western military chiefs gathered in Britain to discuss how to protect Ukraine. Major European powers, including France and the UK, have sought to boost military spending since Donald Trump took office in January, amid fears the US is no ...
This is Beirut 20/03 16:20 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Hamas said it fired rockets at Israeli commercial hub Tel Aviv on Thursday in its first military response to the growing civilian death toll from Israel's resumption of air and ground operations in Gaza. Israel said it had closed off the territory's main north-south route as troops expanded the ground operations they resumed on Wednesday. Gaza's ...
This is Beirut 20/03 15:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi held a rare meeting on Thursday with U.S. officials in Kabul, where they discussed detainees, his office said. "Bilateral relations, the release of prisoners, and consular services for Afghans in the United States" were among the topics discussed in the meeting between Muttaqi and U.S. official Adam ...
This is Beirut 20/03 13:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Thursday that a recent letter sent by US President Donald Trump calling for new nuclear talks was "actually more of a threat", and that Tehran would respond soon. Araghchi told Iranian state television that while the letter purported to offer up opportunities, it was "actually more of a threat", ...
This is Beirut 20/03 12:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The Kremlin said Thursday that the next US-Russia talks could take place on Sunday or early next week, as Washington is also due to hold talks with Kyiv in Saudi Arabia in the coming days. US President Donald Trump spoke to both Russia's Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky earlier this week. "It may not be Sunday itself, the nuances ...
This is Beirut 20/03 11:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Thursday's release of action-adventure epic "Assassin's Creed Shadows" marks a make-or-break moment not just for struggling French games heavyweight Ubisoft, but for the entire European gaming ecosystem. With its almost 18,000 employees and global footprint, Ubisoft has nevertheless suffered one setback after another in recent years with ...
This is Beirut 20/03 10:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Barely a month ago, a phone call between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin sent an unmistakable message across the Atlantic: the United States may not be there forever to keep Europe safe from an aggressive Russia. By the time the pair spoke again this week, a whirlwind of diplomacy had seen Europe juggle alliances and rewrite long-held rules – ...
This is Beirut 20/03 10:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Azerbaijan and Armenia said Thursday that they had wrapped up talks aimed at resolving the Caucasus neighbours' decades-long conflict, with both sides agreeing on the text of a possible treaty. A deal to normalize ties would be a major breakthrough in a region where Russia, the European Union, the United States and Turkey all jostle for ...
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Istanbul's powerful mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, remained in police custody Thursday over graft and terror allegations after his arrest the day before, as his party called for more protests in Turkey's largest city. Imamoglu of the main opposition CHP is President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's main political rival and his detention came just days before the ...
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Germany officially reopened its embassy in Syria on Thursday, a foreign ministry source said, with a small diplomatic team working in Damascus. Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock ordered the reopening of the mission which had closed in 2012 amid the Syrian civil war, some three months after the fall of president Bashar al-Assad. Consular affairs ...