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Iran to Stop Increasing Enriched Uranium Stockpile

This is Beirut 19/11 18:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Tehran has taken steps to halt the expansion of its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, according to a confidential report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) seen by AFP on Tuesday. Tensions between Iran and the agency have repeatedly flared since a 2015 deal curbing Tehran's nuclear programme in exchange for sanction relief ...

Russia Declares Ukraine's ATACMS Strikes Signal 'New Phase' in Conflict

This is Beirut 19/11 17:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Russia said on Tuesday that Ukraine's use of long-range ATACMS missiles against its territory marked a "new phase of the Western war" against Moscow, and vowed to react "accordingly." Ukraine used the missiles to target a military facility in Russia's Bryansk border region overnight, Moscow said, just days after Washington gave the green light ...

China's Xi Urges 'Strategic' Ties in Talks with Germany's Scholz

This is Beirut 19/11 16:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Chinese leader Xi Jinping called for Beijing and Berlin to develop ties with a "strategic" and "long-term" perspective on Tuesday as he met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Rio de Janeiro, state media reported. "China and Germany are both major countries with significant influence," Xi told Scholz on the sidelines of the G20 summit, ...

France's Macron Meets China's Xi on G20 Sidelines

This is Beirut 19/11 16:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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French President Emmanuel Macron met with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Tuesday on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Rio, as observed by AFP journalists. On the first day of the summit on Monday, Macron spoke of a "very fractured" world order and accused the two largest economies on the planet, the United States and China, of "not ...

Zelensky Says 2025 Will Determine Who Wins Ukraine War

This is Beirut 19/11 14:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday that 2025 will be decisive in determining the outcome of the war, in an address to parliament marking the 1,000th day of the Russian invasion. Zelensky, presenting a "resilience plan" for Ukraine at this critical juncture in the conflict, spoke after Washington granted Kyiv long-awaited approval ...

US Impose Sanctions on West Bank Settlement Organization

This is Beirut 19/11 11:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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On Tuesday, the US Treasury Department, through the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), announced sanctions against Amana, an organization involved in the development of Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Amana's subsidiary, Binyanei Bar Amana Ltd (BBA), which specializes in the construction and sale of housing in the occupied ...

Canada Foils Iranian Plot to Assassinate Former Minister

This is Beirut 19/11 10:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Canadian authorities recently foiled an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate Irwin Cotler, a former justice minister who has been a strong critic of Tehran, Cotler's organization said Monday. The 84-year-old was justice minister and attorney general from 2003 to 2006. He retired from politics in 2015 but has remained active with many associations ...

US Seeks for Google to Sell Chrome Browser

This is Beirut 19/11 09:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The US will urge a judge to make Google-parent company Alphabet sell its widely used Chrome browser in a major antitrust crackdown on the internet giant, according to a media report Monday. Antitrust officials with the US Department of Justice declined to comment on a Bloomberg report that they will ask for a sell-off of Chrome and a shake-up of ...

New European and British Sanctions on Iran Over Support for Russia

This is Beirut 19/11 09:37 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Iran's foreign ministry Tuesday slammed as unjustified the new sanctions by the European Union and Britain against Tehran over its support for Russia's war on Ukraine. "While the president of Ukraine has admitted that no Iranian ballistic missiles have been exported to Russia, the measures of the European Union and United Kingdom in ...

Russian Delegation Meets Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang

This is Beirut 19/11 05:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met with Russia's natural resources minister in Pyongyang, state media said Tuesday, as visiting delegations from Moscow highlighted deepening ties amid the Ukraine war. Kim met Monday with Russian Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology Alexander Kozlov, who is leading a delegation focused on ...

G20 Fails to Progress on Climate

This is Beirut 19/11 05:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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G20 leaders failed on Monday to break a deadlock in UN climate talks at a summit in Rio that was dominated by divergences over the war in Ukraine and Donald Trump's impending return to the White House. Ahead of the meeting, the UN had implored the leaders of the world's richest economies to rescue stalled climate talks in Azerbaijan by boosting ...

Five Wounded in Hezbollah Missile Attack on Tel Aviv

This is Beirut 18/11 22:05 - Reading : less than a minute

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Five people were injured, including one seriously, in a Hezbollah missile attack targeting central Israel near Bnei Brak and Ramat Gan, according to Israeli medics. Magen David Adom (MDA) reports transporting a 54-year-old woman in serious condition, another individual with moderate injuries, and three others with minor injuries to Beilinson ...