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Trump Says Can 'Work Out' Israel-Turkey Tensions Over Syria

This is Beirut 08/04 09:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

US President Donald Trump on Monday touted himself as a mediator between Israel and Turkey in their struggle over politically fragile Syria, where both countries are jostling for influence. Trump, speaking alongside key ally Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, touted his "great relations" with Turkish leader Recep Tayyip ...

Yemen Rebels Say Targeted Israel Army Site, US Warships in Red Sea: Statement

This is Beirut 08/04 09:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam USA Houthi Palestine Yemen

Yemen's Huthis said they targeted a military site in Israel and attacked two US destroyers in the Red Sea Monday, shortly after Israel's army said it intercepted a drone launched from the east. The Iran-backed group "carried out a military operation targeting an Israeli military target in the occupied area of Yaffa (Tel Aviv) using a 'Yaffa' ...

China Vows 'Fight to The End' as Trump Warns 50% More Tariffs

This is Beirut 08/04 09:15 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

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China vowed on Tuesday to "fight to the end" against fresh tariffs of 50 percent threatened by US President Donald Trump, further aggravating a trade war that has already wiped trillions off global markets. Trump has upended the world economy with sweeping tariffs that have raised the specter of an international recession but has ruled out any ...

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Trump Announces Direct Nuclear Talks With Iran, While Tehran Describes Them as "Indirect"

This is Beirut 08/04 08:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Benjamin Netanyahu Donald Trump United States

President Donald Trump said the United States was starting direct, high-level talks with Iran over its nuclear program on Saturday, in a shock announcement during a White House meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Speaking Monday in the Oval Office, Trump said he was hopeful of reaching a deal with Tehran, but warned that the ...

US Supreme Court Lifts Order Barring Deportations Using Wartime Law

This is Beirut 08/04 05:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

United States Justice Supreme Court Migrants

The US Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump a victory on Monday by lifting a lower court order barring the deportation of undocumented Venezuelan migrants using an obscure wartime law. But the nation's top court also said that migrants subject to deportation under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act must be given an opportunity to legally ...

Trump, Netanyahu Prepare a New Deal for Hostages in Gaza

This is Beirut 08/04 04:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam United States Donald Trump Benjamin Netanyahou Gaza

President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that new negotiations were in the works aimed at getting more hostages released from Hamas captivity in Gaza. "We're working now on another deal that we hope will succeed, and we're committed to getting all the hostages out," Netanyahu told reporters in the Oval ...

France, Egypt, Jordan say Palestinian Authority Must Head Post-War Gaza

This is Beirut 07/04 21:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The leaders of France, Egypt, and Jordan on Monday said the Palestinian Authority must head post-war governance in Gaza. The question of who will rule the Palestinian territory has been one of the main sticking points in efforts to prolong a ceasefire in Gaza that collapsed last month. On a visit to Cairo, where he met his counterpart, Abdel ...

SpotlightFrance-Algeria: Has the Power Dynamics Approach Failed?

Soumia Benmerzoug 07/04 21:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Emmanuel Macron

Eight months of diplomatic tensions led France and Algeria to initiate a rapprochement, formalized by the visit of French Minister Jean-Noël Barrot to Algiers on April 6. The relations between France and Algeria, shaped by a painful colonial history, have always been marked by ups and downs. However, the crisis that erupted in 2024 reached ...

WTO Powerless Against Protectionist Wave

This is Beirut 07/04 20:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

World Trade Organization United States Donald Trump

Often referred to as the "global trade police," the WTO is actually bound hand and foot by its members, with Washington's actions especially leaving it all but powerless against the protectionist wave washing over the globe. A number of countries have begun filing complaints with the World Trade Organization, charging that the steep ...

Trump Threatens Further 50% Tariffs on China, Stacking on Earlier Rate

This is Beirut 07/04 20:02 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump on Monday threatened huge additional tariffs on imports from China if Beijing did not withdraw its retaliation plans, adding that Washington would begin talks with other countries that want negotiations. The fresh action would stack on an already steep US rate taking effect Wednesday, the White House told AFP, bringing ...

Red Crescent Says Israeli Troops Shot Gaza Crew 'with Intent to Kill'

This is Beirut 07/04 19:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Palestine Red Crescent Society Gaza

The Palestine Red Crescent Society said on Monday that 15 medics and rescuers killed by Israeli forces last month in Gaza were shot in the upper body with "intent to kill." The killings occurred in the southern Gaza Strip on March 23, days into a renewed Israeli offensive in the Hamas-ruled territory. They have since sparked ...

Macron Says Opposes Any Displacement, Annexation in Gaza, West Bank

This is Beirut 07/04 18:51 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Emmanuel Macron Palestine Abdel Fattah al-Sisi Gaza

French President Emmanuel Macron said on a visit to Cairo on Monday that he was strongly opposed to any displacement of Palestinians or annexation in Gaza and the Israeli-occupied West Bank. "We are firmly opposed to the displacement of populations and to any annexation of both Gaza and the West Bank," Macron said as he met with his Egyptian ...