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21 Countries Sign Joint Statement Condemning Israel's West Bank Settlement Project

This is Beirut 21/08 19:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Britain and France were among 21 countries to sign a joint statement Thursday calling Israel's approval of a major settlement project in the West Bank "unacceptable and a violation of international law". Israel approved the plans for the roughly 12-square-kilometre (five-square-mile) parcel of land known as E1 just east of Jerusalem on ...

Indian, French Leaders Agree to Strengthen 'Strategic Partnership'

This is Beirut 21/08 18:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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India and France agreed to strengthen their strategic partnership and economic exchanges in a phone call between the two countries' leaders on Thursday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said. Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron also coordinated their positions on the war in Ukraine and the conflict in Gaza. India is staring down an ...

SpotlightType 1 Diabetes: A Step Toward a Cure?

Bélinda Ibrahim 21/08 18:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Type 1 diabetes, a chronic autoimmune disease, forces millions of people to rely on daily insulin injections. Despite advances in treatment, the prospect of a real cure has long remained out of reach. Yet a research team in Tianjin, China, has taken a major step forward: a 25-year-old patient, diabetic since childhood, has been insulin-free for ...

Record EU Wildfires Burnt More Than 1 mn Hectares in 2025

This is Beirut 21/08 17:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Wildfires have so far ravaged more than one million hectares (2.5 million acres) in the European Union in 2025, a record since statistics began in 2006, according to an AFP analysis of official data. Surpassing the annual record of 988,524 hectares burnt in 2017, the figure reached 1,015,731 hectares by midday Thursday, representing an area ...

Israel Army Calls on Hospitals, Aid Groups in North Gaza to Prepare for Evacuations

This is Beirut 21/08 16:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The Israeli military on Thursday said it had informed medical personnel and aid groups in northern Gaza to start making evacuation plans ahead of a military offensive to seize the area. Israeli military officials this week informed "medical officials and international organizations in the northern Gaza Strip... to prepare for the evacuation of ...

UN Experts Denounce Attacks on Syria's Druze

This is Beirut 21/08 16:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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A panel of UN experts denounced Thursday what they described as an outbreak of massacres, sexual violence and kidnappings targeting the Druze minority in southern Syria in the past month. Fighting erupted in the Sweida region on July 13. Clashes between local Druze fighters and Sunni Bedouin rapidly escalated, drawing in government forces and ...

VideosSudan: Khartoum Rebuilds Brick By Brick

This is Beirut 21/08 13:30 - Reading : less than a minute

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In the streets of Khartoum, workers and residents are busy bringing life back to a capital devastated by war. Rubble, destroyed power stations, gutted buildings… reconstruction will take years, but hope is returning.

First Security Guarantees, then Putin Summit, Zelensky Says

This is Beirut 21/08 12:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he could meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but only after his allies agreed on security guarantees for Ukraine that would deter future Russian attacks once the fighting stops. In comments released Thursday, he also warned both sides were preparing for further fighting, with Russia building up ...

Russia Ramps up Strikes on Ukraine, Killing One

This is Beirut 21/08 12:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Russia launched hundreds of drones and missiles against Ukraine overnight in the biggest barrage since mid-July, killing one person and wounding many others. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said several missiles were aimed at a US-owned business in western Ukraine "producing everyday items like coffee machines". Fifteen people ...

Israel Strikes Gaza City After Offensive Gets Green Light

This is Beirut 21/08 11:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Israel struck Gaza City and its outskirts overnight, residents said Thursday, after the defense ministry approved an expanded offensive to target the remaining Hamas strongholds in the strip. The newly approved plan authorizes the call-up of roughly 60,000 reservists, deepening fears the campaign will worsen the already catastrophic humanitarian ...

Op-edTrump, Putin and the Future of Europe: A Deal that Could Redraw the Map

Salam El Zaatari 21/08 11:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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On August 18, 2025, the White House became the stage for a meeting that may be remembered as a turning point in modern geopolitics. US President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and a cadre of European leaders gathered to discuss the Russia-Ukraine war. Europe’s top leaders crammed into the Oval Office, listening in silence ...

Texas Republicans Advance Map that Reignited US Redistricting Wars

This is Beirut 21/08 09:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The Texas legislature's lower chamber passed a contentious new electoral map on Wednesday that aims to help Donald Trump's Republican Party retain its razor-thin US House majority in the 2026 midterm elections. The vote had been delayed by two weeks after Democratic legislators fled the southern state to halt the aggressive redistricting drive, ...