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PoliticsIran Moves to Triple Military Budget Amid Israel Tensions

This is Beirut 2024-10-29 12:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Iran's government has proposed to triple its military budget, its spokeswoman said Tuesday, as tensions with arch-rival Israel rise following recent tit-for-tat missile strikes. Government spokeswoman Fatemeh Mohajerani outlined the move that would see "a significant increase of more than 200 percent in the country's military budget" at a news ...

Saudi ‘Davos in the Desert’ Opens With Region on War Footing

This is Beirut 2024-10-29 12:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Global business leaders gathered in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for a glitzy investor forum as conflict shakes the region and scepticism mounts over the Gulf kingdom's most ambitious development projects. The Future Investment Initiative (FII) debuted in 2017 as a showcase for de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's dream of diversifying ...

PoliticsCIA Chief Suggests Gaza 28-Day Ceasefire and Hostage Exchange in Qatar Meeting

This is Beirut 2024-10-29 12:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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CIA Director William Burns discussed a potential agreement during a meeting in Doha on Sunday that would entail a 28-day ceasefire in Gaza and the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza in exchange for Palestinian prisoners held in Israel, according to Israeli sources reported by the American media outlet Axios on Tuesday. The proposed ...

WindowThe Seven States that Will Decide the US Presidency

This is Beirut 2024-10-29 12:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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US Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump are hurtling toward their November 5 election showdown, one of the closest contests in modern American history. And in the handful of critical states framing the 2024 race, there is little daylight between the rivals with barely a week before Election Day. Under the US ...

Gaza Rescuers Say Almost 100 People Killed in Israel Air Strike in North

This is Beirut 2024-10-29 11:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Gaza's civil defence agency said Tuesday that an overnight Israeli air strike killed at least 93 people in a residential building in the northern district of Beit Lahia. "More than 55 people have been martyred and dozens more wounded are under the rubble of a five-storey residential building belonging to the Abu Nasr family that was hit ...

VideosHarris Seeks to Seduce in Michigan, Trump Catches Up in Georgia

Rémi Amalvy 2024-10-29 09:40 - Reading : less than a minute

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As Donald Trump campaigns in Georgia on Monday, trying to make up for several controversies sparked last weekend, Kamala Harris is touring Michigan, a key state where she hopes to mobilize a traditionally Democratic voter base.

SpotlightArab-American Community Torn Between Harris and Trump

Tylia El Helou 2024-10-29 09:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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"This presidential election is unlike any other that has come before it, at least for Michigan," confided Abdallah, a Lebanese taxi driver residing in Dearborn, near Detroit, a city known for its predominantly Arab and North African demographic. "In the last elections, I voted for Joe Biden, but this time I won’t be voting for the Democrats! ...

PoliticsInternational Outcry as Israel Bans UNRWA

This is Beirut 2024-10-29 09:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Israel's parliament on Monday approved a bill banning the main UN aid agency for the war-devastated Gaza Strip, sparking international outcry. Despite objections from the United States and warnings from the UN Security Council, Israeli lawmakers overwhelmingly passed the bill banning the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, ...

North Korea Sent 10 000 Soldiers to Russia, US Says

This is Beirut 2024-10-29 05:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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North Korea has sent 10,000 troops to train in Russia and likely fight Ukraine in weeks, Washington said, as Seoul warned Tuesday that the accelerating deployment posed a "significant security threat." Seoul has long accused the nuclear-armed North of sending weapons to help Moscow fight Kyiv, and after Kim Jong Un signed a mutual ...

"I'm the Opposite of a Nazi", Says Trump in Georgia

This is Beirut 2024-10-29 05:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Donald Trump told supporters Monday he is "not a Nazi," using a rally in the final week of a bitter White House race to refute accusations of authoritarianism, including from a former top aide who branded him a fascist. As he and rival Kamala Harris, the current vice president, entered the final stretch of one of the closest US elections in ...

VideosD-8: Harris and Trump Redirect Their Focus to Swing States

Tylia El Helou 2024-10-28 20:40 - Reading : less than a minute

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Presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are redoubling their efforts with voters in the “swing states” eight days before the eagerly awaited election. Following Trump's visit to Michigan on Saturday, it's Harris' turn to head there in a bid to win over Arab-American voters. As for the former president, he's off to Georgia to ...

Iran Executes German-Iranian Jamshid Sharmahd

This is Beirut 2024-10-28 19:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Iranian authorities on Monday executed German-Iranian Jamshid Sharmahd, who had been detained since 2020, the judiciary's Mizan website said. "After going through the judicial process and the final approval of the court decision by the Supreme Court, the death sentence of Jamshid Sharmahd... was carried out this morning," the website said, ...