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EU Foreign Ministers Weigh Options on Gaza as Humanitarian Deal with Israel Takes Shape

This is Beirut 15/07 08:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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EU foreign ministers on Tuesday will discuss a raft of options for action against Israel over the war in Gaza -- but likely will not agree on any. The bloc's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has put forward 10 potential steps after Israel was found to have breached a cooperation deal between the two sides on human rights grounds. The measures ...

Drone Attacks Target Iraq Airport and Oil Field

This is Beirut 14/07 23:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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A drone packed with explosives was shot down near Erbil airport on Monday, with two more later hitting an oil field in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, Kurdish security forces said. "At 02:20 (1120 GMT) an explosive-laden drone was downed near Erbil International Airport, without causing casualties or damage," said the counterterrorism ...

Ceasefire Talks Underway After Southern Syria Clashes, Says Druze Group

This is Beirut 14/07 22:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Negotiations are underway between Syrian authorities and Druze representatives in southern Syria to halt the fighting that has left around 100 people dead, one of the main Druze armed groups told AFP on Monday evening. Syrian government forces are advancing toward the city of Sweida, held by Druze fighters, following clashes since Sunday with ...

Almost 100 Killed as Syria Sectarian Clashes Rage

This is Beirut 14/07 20:59 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Syrian government forces were advancing towards the southern city of Sweida on Monday amid clashes in the region between Druze fighters and Bedouin tribes that have killed nearly 100 people, according to a war monitor. As the violence escalated, Israel, which had previously warned that it would intervene in Syria to protect the Druze, said it ...

Iran Says No Nuclear Talks If US Insists It Abandon Enrichment

This is Beirut 14/07 20:51 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Iran said on Monday there would be no new nuclear talks with the United States if they were conditioned on Tehran abandoning its uranium enrichment activities. Washington and Tehran had been engaged in several rounds of negotiations seeking to strike a deal on the Islamic Republic's nuclear program, but Israel derailed the talks when it ...

VideosFrance Celebrates Bastille Day

Rayan Chami 14/07 18:30 - Reading : less than a minute

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France marks Bastille Day with a show of force, as Macron vows to boost defense spending amid rising global threats.

Hamas Says Netanyahu 'Unwilling' to Reach Gaza Truce Deal

This is Beirut 14/07 18:15 - Reading : less than a minute

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Hamas accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday of not wanting to reach a deal to end the war in Gaza as talks in Qatar entered their second week. "Netanyahu is skilled at thwarting one round of negotiations after another and is unwilling to reach any agreement," the Palestinian militant group said in a statement on its Telegram ...

Violence Surges in Sweida: Syria Grapples with Sectarian Strife

Mario Chartouni 14/07 17:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The Syrian province of Sweida, home to a Druze majority, is once again gripped by sectarian violence. Deadly clashes between members of Sunni Bedouin tribes and Druze fighters have left at least 89 people dead since Sunday, according to the latest toll from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). Hundreds more have been wounded, including ...

EU Could Target 72 Bn Euros of US Goods If Tariff Talks Fail

This is Beirut 14/07 17:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The European Commission on Monday said it was putting forward a new list of US goods worth 72 billion euros ($84 billion) that could be targeted by EU levies if tariff talks with Washington fail. The bloc's trade chief, Commissioner Maros Sefcovic, announced the proposal, "accounting for some 72 billion euros' worth of US ...

VideosCarnac’s Megaliths Earn Global Spotlight

Rayan Chami 14/07 16:25 - Reading : less than a minute

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Brittany’s iconic stone alignments have been officially inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, marking a historic first for the region.

SOHR: 89 Killed as Clashes Rage in Southern Syria

This is Beirut 14/07 16:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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At least 89 people were killed in the southern Syrian province of Sweida as clashes between Sunni Bedouin tribes and Druze fighters raged for a second day Monday, a monitor said. As the violence escalated, Israel, which had previously warned that it would intervene in Syria to protect the Druze, said it struck "several tanks" in Sweida, without ...

Zelensky Talks Air Defense in 'Productive' Meeting with US Envoy

This is Beirut 14/07 15:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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President Volodymyr Zelensky met Monday with US special envoy Keith Kellogg in Kyiv and discussed air defense and sanctions on Russia during a "productive" conversation, the Ukrainian leader said. Kellogg's visit -- more than three years into the Kremlin's invasion -- comes as Russian forces killed three civilians in eastern Ukraine and launched ...