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Gaza Journalists Win Rory Peck Award for 'Powerful' War Coverage

This is Beirut 2024-11-29 09:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Gaza video correspondents Belal Alsabbagh and Youssef Hassouna on Thursday won a Rory Peck award for their "powerful" coverage of the brutal war in the Palestinian territory for Agence France-Presse. The prize has been awarded since 1995 in memory of video journalist Rory Peck, who was killed in Moscow in 1993, to highlight the work of freelance ...

Netanyahu Vows 'Intensive War' If Lebanon Ceasefire Violated

This is Beirut 2024-11-28 21:20 - Reading : less than a minute

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday threatened Hezbollah with an "intensive war" if the Lebanese militant group violates the newly established ceasefire. "If necessary, I have instructed the Israeli army to wage an 'intensive war' in response to any violation," Netanyahu said in an interview with Israeli broadcaster Channel ...

More Than 200 Dead in North Syria Army-Jihadist Fighting

This is Beirut 2024-11-28 19:24 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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A war monitor said on Thursday more than 200 people, mostly combattants, have been killed in fighting after jihadists and allies launched a major offensive on government-controlled parts of Syria's northwest a day earlier. The toll in ongoing battles "has risen to 182 (combattants), including 102 fighters from HTS", a jihadist ...

EU Commits $19 Billion to Ukraine Under G7 Plan

This is Beirut 2024-11-28 19:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The European Union on Thursday confirmed it would give Ukraine 18.1 billion euros ($19 billion) as part of a bigger G7 loan backed by profits from frozen Russian assets. The Group of Seven advanced economies last month finalised an agreement on a $50 billion loan to Kyiv to help prop up the country as it struggles to fight back against Moscow's ...

Putin Says Russia Could Fire Hypersonic Missile at Kyiv

This is Beirut 2024-11-28 18:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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President Vladimir Putin on Thursday threatened to strike "decision-making centres" in Kyiv with Russia's new hypersonic missile, hours after Moscow pummelled Ukraine's energy grid in an attack that left a million people without power. Russia fired more than 90 missiles and around 100 drones during the barrage, Kyiv said, in ...

Houthi Leader Reaffirms Intent to Continue Attacks on Israel

This is Beirut 2024-11-28 17:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Yemen's Houthis will keep up their attacks on Israel, their leader said on Thursday, two days into a ceasefire in Israel's war with Hezbollah in Lebanon. "The operations from the Yemeni front to support the Palestinian people with missiles and drones towards the Israeli enemy are continuing," Abdulmalik Al-Houthi said on the Al-Masirah TV ...

Germany Offers to Deploy Patriot Air Defense Systems to Poland

This is Beirut 2024-11-28 17:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Germany said on Thursday it had offered NATO to deploy Patriot air defense systems to Poland from January to help protect weapons supply lines to Ukraine in its war against Russia. Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said this would help protect a logistics hub and "secure the supply of vehicles, weapons and ammunition that Ukraine urgently needs to ...

Cyprus Seeks NATO Membership in Coordination with US

This is Beirut 2024-11-28 16:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Cyprus Aims to Join NATO, in Talks with the U.S. to Meet Membership Conditions, Says President Cyprus is aiming to join NATO and is in talks with the United States to meet the conditions for entering the military alliance, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday. Christodoulides explained that the discussions were focused on "how the ...

Russia Launch Massive Attack on Ukranian Energy Sector

This is Beirut 2024-11-28 12:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Russia's army on Thursday launched a massive attack on Ukraine's energy sector, forcing emergency power outages as temperatures dropped to freezing across the country. Ukraine's energy grid has been heavily targeted since Russia invaded in February 2022, with Kyiv accusing Moscow of "terror" tactics by trying to plunge ...

Macron Hosts Leader of Nigeria in Search for Economic Opportunities

This is Beirut 2024-11-28 10:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Thursday marks the beginning of a two-day state visit to France by Nigerian President Bola Tinubu, with both sides scenting economic rewards as Paris looks to build new ties in Africa after a series of setbacks. The first such formal visit by a Nigerian leader since 2000 comes after military coups and changing attitudes have lessened France's ...

Iran to Meet UK, France and Germany for Nuclear Talks

This is Beirut 2024-11-28 10:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Iran is set to meet on Friday with France, Germany and the United Kingdom for talks on its nuclear programme after the three governments joined with the United States to have Tehran censured by the UN atomic watchdog. Last week's chiding prompted a defiant response from Tehran, but its officials have since signalled willingness to engage with ...

Trump Discusses Migration With Mexico

This is Beirut 2024-11-28 05:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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President-elect Donald Trump said Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum had agreed Wednesday to "stop" US-bound migration, a claim she was quick to publicly downplay. Both sides described the call positively, despite it following a threat by Trump on Monday to slap a 25 percent tariff on Mexico, prompting warnings by the Mexican ...