This is Beirut 14/05 12:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran's top diplomat said Wednesday a new round of talks on his country's nuclear programme with Britain, France and Germany was likely to be held in Turkey later this week. "The next round, at the level of deputy foreign ministers, I think, is scheduled to be held in Istanbul on Friday," Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told reporters in ...
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Pope Francis Vatican Christians
Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday offered to mediate between leaders of countries at war, saying that he himself "will make every effort so that this peace may prevail". The new US pontiff, who became head of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics last week, also called on Christians living in the Middle East not to abandon their homes, in a speech to members ...
This is Beirut 14/05 12:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Donald Trump Israel USA White House
On an official two-day visit to Saudi Arabia, U.S. President Donald Trump called for a fundamental reshaping of the geopolitical balance in the Middle East. In a speech delivered to an audience of Arab leaders, Trump advocated for an expansion of the Abraham Accords and increased cooperation in addressing regional threats, particularly those ...
This is Beirut 14/05 12:00 - Reading : less than a minute
Tripoli Libya Abdelghani el-Kiki
Six dead in Tripoli, including military leader Gheniwa. A turning point in the balance of power in western Libya.
This is Beirut 14/05 11:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
France will expel Algerian diplomats in response to plans by Algiers to send more French officials home, Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said Wednesday, as relations between the countries deteriorate. Relations between Algeria and France, the former colonial power in Africa's largest nation by land area, have been beset by a series of ...
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Donald Trump Saudi Arabia Syria Ahmed al-Sharaa
Donald Trump became the first US president in 25 years to meet a Syrian leader on Wednesday after he offered sanctions relief in hopes of offering a new path to the war-battered country. Trump, in Riyadh on the first state visit of his second term, met with Ahmed al-Sharaa, an erstwhile Islamist guerrilla turned interim president after the ...
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Gaza's civil defense agency said at least 29 people were killed and dozens wounded in Israeli strikes on the war-battered Palestinian territory on Wednesday. "At least 25 martyrs were killed and dozens wounded" in Jabalia, in northern Gaza, while another four people were killed in a strike on the southern city of Khan Yunis, agency spokesman ...
This is Beirut 14/05 09:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck south of the Greek island of Kasos on Wednesday, the United States Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of damage. The offshore quake hit at a depth of 74 kilometres (45 miles), about 23 kilometres from the island's capital of Fry around 1:50 am (22:50 GMT Tuesday). The USGS had ...
This is Beirut 14/05 08:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israel's army said it intercepted a missile fired from Yemen Wednesday. "Following the sirens that sounded a short while ago in several areas in Israel, a missile launched from Yemen was intercepted," the Israeli army said in a statement. AFP correspondents in Jerusalem heard explosions, probably from the interception of the missile. It was the ...
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United Nations Gaza Israel Palestine
United Nations relief chief Tom Fletcher on Tuesday called on the UN Security Council to take action "to prevent genocide" in Gaza, delivering a scathing account of Israel's actions in the Palestinian territory. Fletcher, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, demanded that Israel lift its aid blockade on Gaza, where its ...
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France Emmanuel Macron Russia Nuclear Weapons
France is "ready to open" a discussion on deploying French aircraft armed with nuclear bombs in other European countries, similar to the U.S. nuclear sharing arrangement, President Emmanuel Macron announced Tuesday on TF1. "I will define the framework officially in the coming weeks and months," Macron said, outlining three ...
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Israel's military on Tuesday urged Palestinians residing in multiple areas of northern Gaza to evacuate "immediately" ahead of a planned attack after rocket fire from the Palestinian territory. "This is a final advance warning before the attack," the military's Arabic-language spokesman, Avichay Adraee, said on X. ...