This is Beirut 16/05 09:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is hosting EU chiefs at a summit on Monday, the first of its kind since Brexit, as he tries to deepen relations with the bloc. Here are the main issues at stake, with sensitive details still being thrashed out in hardball negotiations that are set to go down to the wire. Defense pact Both parties are hopeful of ...
This is Beirut 16/05 09:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Iran is set to meet with Britain, France, and Germany in Turkey on Friday, following U.S. President Donald Trump’s statement that a nuclear deal with Tehran is “getting close.” The upcoming Istanbul talks come after Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned of “irreversible” consequences if European ...
This is Beirut 16/05 09:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump on Friday capped his Gulf tour in Abu Dhabi after signing another raft of multi-billion-dollar deals, while also securing a $1.4 trillion investment pledge from the UAE. The eye-watering amounts of money in investments were accompanied also by the lifting of decades-long sanctions on Syria and renewed optimism over an ...
This is Beirut 16/05 09:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio began meeting his Turkish and Ukrainian counterparts Friday ahead of the first direct Russia-Ukraine talks in three years, a Turkish foreign ministry source said. At the meeting, which was being chaired by Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan at Istanbul's Dolmabahce Palace, were Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy ...
This is Beirut 15/05 22:40 - Reading : less than a minute
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Talks in Istanbul between Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and a Russian delegation ended late on Thursday with the sides set to meet again Friday with the Ukrainians, a foreign ministry source said. "The meeting has ended. Tomorrow there will be more talks in different formats," the source said, indicating that ...
This is Beirut 15/05 22:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Thursday that Tehran has no objection to US companies operating in the country, including in the oil and gas sector. "We have no ban on the economic presence of American companies in Iran," Araghchi said, attributing the lack of US business activity to primary sanctions imposed by ...
This is Beirut 15/05 21:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Israeli military said it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen on Thursday, shortly after air raid sirens sounded in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, according to AFP journalists. It was the third time in as many days that Israel said its air defenses had intercepted a missile fired from Yemen. "Following the sirens that sounded a short ...
This is Beirut 15/05 21:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump said Thursday a nuclear deal with Iran was close that would avert military action, as he toured Gulf capitals, securing $1.4 trillion in 10-year investments from Abu Dhabi. Trump made the Iran remarks in Qatar before flying on to the United Arab Emirates for the third and final leg of the tour that began in Saudi ...
This is Beirut 15/05 21:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio voiced openness Thursday to any new ideas to bring aid into Gaza after a US- and Israeli-backed plan was sharply criticised, expressing concern over the humanitarian situation in the territory. A new US-backed foundation on Wednesday announced a plan to begin distributing aid later this month in Gaza, where ...
Mario Chartouni 15/05 21:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Birthright citizenship, which grants American citizenship to anyone born on United States soil, has become the focus of a major constitutional debate. In January, President Donald Trump signed an executive order seeking to limit this right by excluding children born to parents who are undocumented or hold temporary visas from citizenship granted ...
This is Beirut 15/05 20:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The United Nations on Thursday ruled out involvement with a new US-backed foundation for aid to Gaza, as Israel's months-long blockade brings severe shortages to the war-battered territory. "I made it clear that we participate in aid operations if they are in accordance with our basic principles," said UN spokesman Farhan ...
This is Beirut 15/05 20:25 - Reading : less than a minute
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The president of the United Arab Emirates on Thursday said his country planned to invest $1.4 trillion in the United States over 10 years, lauding a "strong partnership" that flourished under US President Donald Trump. Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed announced the "UAE's plan to invest $1.4 trillion in the United States... over the ...