Middle East

EU Announces 1.6 bn Euros in New Aid for Palestinians

This is Beirut 2025-04-14 21:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The European Union on Monday announced a new three-year financial support package for the Palestinians worth up to 1.6 billion euros ($1.8 billion). The fresh aid pledge came just ahead of a meeting between Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Mustafa and EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg. "We are stepping up our support to the Palestinian ...

UK Sanctions Iran-Backed 'Criminal Network' and Its Leader

This is Beirut 2025-04-14 20:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

United Kingdom Iran Sanctions David Lammy

The United Kingdom on Monday accused Iran of helping criminal gangs to stage attacks in Europe as it sanctioned the Swedish-based Foxtrot criminal network and its leader, Rawa Majid. The sanctions were ordered over the network's role in attacks across Europe, the Foreign Office said, and would include travel bans and asset freezes. "Today, the ...

SpotlightFrance-Algeria: Efforts at Reconciliation Undermined by the Amir DZ Case

This is Beirut 2025-04-14 20:30 - Reading : less than a minute

France Algeria

Barely underway, the diplomatic reset between Paris and Algiers is already under serious strain. At the center of the tensions: the indictment in France of an Algerian consular agent over the alleged abduction of dissident Amir Boukhors, known as Amir DZ. Algeria has condemned what it calls “a serious violation of international law” and, in ...

Syria Ministers to Attend IMF and World Bank Meetings Next Week

This is Beirut 2025-04-14 19:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Syrian ministers and the country's central bank chief are to take part in the International Monetary Fund and World Bank's spring meetings in Washington next week, two sources told AFP on Monday. Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani, Finance Minister Mohammed Barnieh and central bank governor Abdul Qadir al-Hasriya were set to join the April 21-26 ...

EU Tariffs on US Goods Suspended Until July 14

This is Beirut 2025-04-14 19:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The EU's retaliatory tariffs on US goods worth 21 billion euros will be on hold until July 14, Brussels said on Monday, to give time for negotiations with Washington. The European Union was hit with a 20 percent rate as part of Trump's sweeping tariffs on April 2, before he suspended the measures for 90 days a week later. To give breathing room ...

Tehran–Washington: Toward a Thaw or a Deadlock?

Mario Chartouni 2025-04-14 17:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Iran and the United States held indirect negotiations on Saturday, mediated by the Sultanate of Oman, focused on Iran’s nuclear program. These talks are making headlines amid a lack of transparency about their content and progress. A Second Round in Rome According to Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp, a second round of negotiations is set ...

Macron and Abbas Agree on 'Urgent' Need for Gaza Truce

This is Beirut 2025-04-14 17:50 - Reading : less than a minute

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Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas and French President Emmanuel Macron called for an "urgent" ceasefire in Gaza during a phone conversation on Monday, according to the official Palestinian news agency WAFA. "They emphasized the urgent need for a ceasefire, the acceleration of humanitarian aid delivery, the rejection of the displacement of the ...

Iraqis Take Part in Paragliding Championship in Dohuk

This is Beirut 2025-04-14 15:35 - Reading : less than a minute

Iraq Paragliding

Competitors take part in the Iraqi Paragliding Championship, held on Zawa Mountain on the outskirts of Dohuk, in autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan. "Flying is everyone's dream. Ever since I was a child, I've dreamed of flying, and four years ago, that dream came true... In 2021, I joined the Dohuk club, I started training and paragliding, and ...

Russian Attacks Kill Four in East Ukraine, Kyiv Says

This is Beirut 2025-04-14 15:08 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Russian attacks Monday on the Kharkiv region of east Ukraine killed four elderly residents, local officials said, a day after more than two dozen were killed in neighbouring Sumy. Moscow's forces have gained ground in the Kharkiv region, home to Ukraine's second largest city, which was also targeted in overnight Russian drone ...

How Washington Dismantled Its Rivals and Reclaimed Global Leverage in 100 Days

Baker Halawi 2025-04-14 14:15 - Reading : 7 minute(s)

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It took the United States less than one hundred days to begin redrawing the global strategic map—on its own terms. In just over three months, President Donald Trump’s returning administration—resurrected not through elections, but through political maneuvering and ideological momentum—reignited an assertive and ...

Yemen's Huthis say Seven Killed in US Strikes West of Sanaa

This is Beirut 2025-04-14 13:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam USA Gulf Houthi Palestine

Yemen's Huthi rebels said on Monday the number of dead from US strikes carried out overnight Sunday, west of the capital Sanaa, had risen to seven dead with dozens wounded. The strikes targeting a factory in the in the al-Sawari industrial zone in the Bani Matar region led to "the martyrdom of seven citizens and the injury of 29 others, including ...

Trump Says no One 'Off the Hook' on Tariffs but Markets Rise

This is Beirut 2025-04-14 11:48 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Markets on Monday welcomed a US tariffs reprieve for electronics, but President Donald Trump warned no country would get "off the hook" in his trade war -- especially China. The world's two largest economies have been locked in a fast-moving game of brinkmanship since Trump launched a global tariff assault that particularly targeted ...