Middle East

Macron to Host Syrian President's First European Visit

This is Beirut 2025-05-06 09:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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French President Emmanuel Macron will host Syrian counterpart Ahmed al-Chareh on Wednesday for the former Islamist rebel's first European visit, the French presidency told AFP. Macron will "reiterate France's support for the construction of a new Syria, a free, stable, sovereign Syria that respects all components of Syrian society", the ...

Ford Sees $1.5 Bn Tariff Hit This Year, Suspends 2025 Forecast

This is Beirut 2025-05-06 05:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Ford reported a 65 percent drop in first-quarter profits Monday, citing a near-term drag on auto sales from new vehicle launches, as it withdrew its forecast amid tariff uncertainty. The carmaker estimated a full-year net hit of about $1.5 billion in adjusted operating earnings following President Donald Trump's myriad tariff actions since ...

Israel Strikes Yemen After Houthi Attack on Ben Gurion Airport

This is Beirut 2025-05-05 22:14 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Israel struck Yemen on Monday in what the Houthis said was a joint raid with the United States, a day after the Iran-backed Houthis claimed missile fire at Israel's main airport. The Houthi-run Al-Masirah television said six airstrikes hit the port of Hodeida, on Yemen's western coast, and reported an attack on Bajil district in the same ...

Iran Says Israel's Netanyahu Dragging US into 'Disaster' in Region

This is Beirut 2025-05-05 21:13 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Monday accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of attempting to drag the United States into "disaster" in the Middle East, warning against any attempt to attack Iran. "Netanyahu is directly MEDDLING within the US government to DRAG it into another DISASTER in our region," ...

ICJ Throws Out Sudan Genocide Case Against UAE

This is Beirut 2025-05-05 20:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The top United Nations court on Monday threw out Sudan's case against the United Arab Emirates over alleged complicity in genocide during the brutal Sudanese civil war. Sudan had taken the UAE to the International Court of Justice over its alleged support for the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), saying it was contributing to a ...

Spain Probes Deaths of Thousands of Spaniards in Nazi Camps

This is Beirut 2025-05-05 17:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Spanish prosecutors on Monday said they were investigating whether General Francisco Franco's dictatorship collaborated with Nazi Germany during World War II to send thousands of exiled Spaniards in France to death camps. Thousands of Spaniards fled to France after Franco's Fascist-backed nationalists overthrew a republic in the 1936-1939 civil ...

Pro-EU or Pro-Trump? Romania Faces Decisive Choice in Vote

This is Beirut 2025-05-05 16:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Pro-EU Romania is facing a possible foreign policy shift, with a far-right leader -- and fan of US President Donald Trump -- topping the first round of a tense election rerun and now up against a centrist mayor for president. While politicians opposed to Trump's policies have won in Canada and Australia recently, George Simion, who leads the ...

Woman Killed as Gunmen Attack Damascus Nightclub

This is Beirut 2025-05-05 16:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Armed men opened fire inside a club in Damascus on Monday, killing a woman, according to a witness and a war monitor, the second attack in a week targeting the Syrian capital's nightlife. The perpetrators or their motives were unknown. Some Syrians have expressed fears that the country's new Islamist authorities would seek to impose restrictions ...

UK Pays Tribute To the Last Surviving WWII Veterans

This is Beirut 2025-05-05 15:45 - Reading : less than a minute

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Eighty years on, the UK honors the last of its WWII heroes with parades, remembrance, and royal tributes.

Israeli Army Destroys Former Syrian Regime Outpost on Mount Hermon

This is Beirut 2025-05-05 14:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The Israeli army declared that it had located and demolished a former Syrian regime military headquarters situated on the summit of Mount Hermon in southern Syria. The operation was conducted over the past week by troops from the recently established HeHarim, or “Mountain Brigade.” Formed in 2024, the HeHarim Brigade is tasked with securing ...

Francis's Popemobile Converted Into Clinic for Gazan Children

This is Beirut 2025-05-05 13:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Before his death, Pope Francis donated one of his popemobiles to be converted into a children's clinic in war-torn Gaza, Catholic charity Caritas said on Monday. The iconic open-sided vehicle, designed to allow the pontiff to greet crowds of well-wishers, has been transferred to Caritas Jerusalem and will head to Gaza if and when Israel opens a ...

Syrians' Asylum Requests in Europe Drop to Decade Low

This is Beirut 2025-05-05 13:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Asylum applications filed by Syrians in the European Union dropped to their lowest in over a decade in February following the ouster of Bashar al-Assad, the EU's asylum agency said Wednesday. Data from the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) showed Syrians lodged 5,000 requests in the 27-nation bloc plus Switzerland and Norway in February, ...