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Israel Orders Civilians Out of Central Gaza Ahead of New Campaign

This is Beirut, 20/07 11:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The Israeli military on Sunday issued an evacuation order for Palestinians in the central Gaza Strip, warning of imminent action against Hamas militants in an area "where it has not operated before". The military's Arabic-language spokesman Avichay Adraee said in a post on X that residents and displaced Palestinians sheltering in ...

Cross Our Heart

Fady Noun, 20/07 10:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Lebanon faces an existential threat, warns Tom Barrack. He suggests the country could be absorbed into one of those large regional blocs the United States dreams of building for energy, commercial or security reasons. The diplomat likely had a slip of the tongue. He should have read the letter addressed in 1989 by Pope John Paul II to all Catholic ...

Ukraine Proposes Fresh Peace Talks With Russia Next Week

This is Beirut, 19/07 21:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Kyiv has proposed to Moscow a new round of peace talks next week, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday, after negotiations stalled in early June. Two rounds of talks in Istanbul between Moscow and Kyiv have failed to result in any progress towards a ceasefire, instead yielding large-scale prisoner exchanges and deals to return the ...

Trump Insists Iran Nuclear Sites Destroyed amid Reports Some Survived

This is Beirut, 19/07 19:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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President Donald Trump on Saturday insisted that US bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities "completely destroyed" the sites after a report said that some had largely survived. On his Truth Social platform, Trump reiterated his frequent claim that "all three nuclear sites in Iran were completely destroyed and/or OBLITERATED." He said it would ...

Trump Sues Murdoch, Newspaper Over Epstein Sex Bombshell

This is Beirut, 19/07 05:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump sued media magnate Rupert Murdoch and The Wall Street Journal on Friday for at least $10 billion over the publication of a bombshell report on his friendship with the infamous alleged sex trafficker of underage girls, Jeffrey Epstein. The defamation lawsuit, filed in federal court in Miami, saw the 79-year-old Republican ...

US Congress Approves $9 Bn in Trump Cuts to Foreign Aid, Public Media

This is Beirut, 18/07 09:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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US Republicans early Friday approved President Donald Trump's plan to cancel $9 billion in funding for foreign aid and public broadcasting, vowing it was just the start of broader efforts by Congress to slash the federal budget. The cuts achieve only a tiny fraction of the $1 trillion in annual savings that tech billionaire and estranged Trump ...

Trump Threatens To Sue WSJ Over Story on Alleged 2003 Letter to Epstein

This is Beirut, 18/07 05:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump threatened to sue The Wall Street Journal Thursday over a story about an alleged off-color letter he wrote to Jeffrey Epstein, amid lingering political fallout over his administration's handling of the late financier's sex trafficking case. The Journal story says the letter featuring a sketch of a naked woman and ...

Trump Diagnosed With Vein Issue After Leg Swelling, Hand Bruising

This is Beirut, 17/07 23:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump has been diagnosed with a long-term but benign vein condition, the White House said Thursday following speculation about his heavily bruised hand and swollen legs. The 79-year-old was found to have "chronic venous insufficiency" after he "noted mild swelling in his lower legs" in recent weeks, White House Press Secretary ...

Ukraine's Wartime Reshuffle: What We Know

This is Beirut, 17/07 10:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Following weeks of rumours, President Volodymyr Zelensky this week unveiled a government reshuffle, replacing his prime minister and defence minister as he aims to inject fresh energy into his team, with no end in sight to the war. Here are the main points to know about the shake up, which comes as ceasefire talks with Russia stall and with the ...

Russia says Ukraine Drone Strikes Kill One, Wound Four

This is Beirut, 17/07 09:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Russia said on Thursday that it had intercepted 126 Ukrainian drones in attacks that killed one person and left four civilians wounded. Air defences shot down 122 drones overnight and four others early in the morning, most of them over regions in Russia's southwest that border Ukraine but also three over the Moscow region, the defence ministry ...

Trump Slams Own Supporters as Epstein Row Grows

This is Beirut, 17/07 05:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump blasted his own supporters and "stupid" Republicans Wednesday as he went on the attack against anyone questioning his administration's handling of the case of dead sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein. Trump took his most combative tone yet to try and shut down the issue, after days of struggling to brush off a conspiracy theory ...

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