This is Beirut 15/05 15:40 - Reading : less than a minute
US President Donald Trump arrived Thursday in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates' capital, on the final stop of his multi-day Gulf tour, AFP journalists on Air Force One said. After visits to Saudi Arabia and Qatar this week, Trump is hoping to secure billions of dollars in business deals with the oil-rich UAE that seeks to become an artificial ...
This is Beirut 15/05 14:25 - Reading : less than a minute
The Kremlin said Thursday President Vladimir Putin currently had no plans to go to Istanbul, where Kyiv and Moscow are due to hold talks, despite US leader Donald Trump saying he would be ready to go. "No, there are no such plans at the moment," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. He declined to answer AFP's question on why Putin refused to go ...
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US President Donald Trump said Thursday a deal was close on Iran's nuclear program that would avert military action, sending oil prices tumbling as he boasted of raising "trillions of dollars" on a Gulf tour. "We're not going to be making any nuclear dust in Iran," Trump said in Qatar, the second stop of his multi-day ...
This is Beirut 15/05 13:13 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky landed in Ankara on Thursday where he is to meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and then decide on the next steps in anticipated peace talks with Russia. "We arrived," a senior Ukrainian official told AFP. Moscow says delegations from Russia and Ukraine are scheduled to meet in ...
This is Beirut 15/05 12:40 - Reading : less than a minute
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Greeted with pomp in Saudi Arabia, Donald Trump then continued to Qatar, where a $200 billion contract with Boeing was announced—underscoring a tour framed by economic power and deliberate diplomatic pragmatism.
This is Beirut 15/05 12:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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A Russian delegation landed in Istanbul on Thursday for the first direct peace talks with Ukraine in more than three years -- but without President Vladimir Putin despite many world leaders urging Russia's leader to attend. Putin was not included on a list of Moscow's negotiating team published by the Kremlin late on Wednesday, after ...
This is Beirut 15/05 11:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
US President Donald Trump said Thursday he could still travel to Turkey for the first direct Russia-Ukraine talks aimed at ending their more than three-year war if progress is made. "You know, if something happened, I'd go on Friday if it was appropriate," Trump said in Qatar. "We can help the world psychologically. So we think we're going to do ...
This is Beirut 15/05 11:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A major wildfire burning in central Canada has killed two people, police said Wednesday, and forced 1,000 more to evacuate their homes, kicking off a fire season authorities warn could prove challenging. Canada has endured a series of significant forest fires in recent years, but deaths involving residents are rare. In 2023, the worst wildfire ...
Marie de La Roche Saint-André 15/05 10:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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After supporting several Syrian opposition groups in the early stages of the war, Qatar and Saudi Arabia are now looking to capitalize on the fall of former president Bashar al-Assad last December to establish a strategic foothold in the country. With a new regime in place that aligns more closely with their interests, both countries are eager to ...
Mark Saikali 15/05 10:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Donald Trump had promised that his visit to the Gulf would be historic — and he delivered. From the moment he stepped off the plane, a series of announcements followed swiftly. Let’s start with the numbers — and they’re staggering: $300 billion in signed deals spanning industry, research, defense, space, and even civilian nuclear energy. ...
This is Beirut 15/05 09:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
An adviser to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday that Iran could accept far-reaching curbs on its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief, US media reported. In an interview with NBC News, Ali Shamkhani said that Tehran could agree to never develop nuclear weapons, give up stockpiles of highly enriched uranium and ...
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Ukraine and Russia on Thursday hold their first direct talks since the start of Russia's 2022 invasion. President Volodymyr Zelensky had challenged his Russian counterpart to attend in person. But President Vladimir Putin was not on the Kremlin's delegation list. Here's is what is known about the talks: Who is expected to attend? Putin ...