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America’s Longest Shutdown: A Nation in Uncertainty

Sana Richa Choucair, 07/11 21:35 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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As the United States enters its sixth week without an approved budget, the paralysis of the federal government has spread far beyond Washington’s corridors of power. Flights are canceled, public services remain closed, and federal employees go unpaid. The crisis is testing the resilience of the world’s largest economy and raising urgent ...

Western Sahara: The Diplomatic Battle Rages On

This is Beirut, 07/11 19:25 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

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The resolution extends the mandate without resolving the dispute. On October 31, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 2797, extending MINURSO’s mandate—the United Nations Mission for the Organization of a Referendum in Western Sahara established in 1991—for one year. The resolution passed with eleven votes in favor, none against, and ...

Kazakhstan Joins the Abraham Accords: A Symbolic Move with Strategic Implications

Mario Chartouni, 07/11 14:55 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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U.S. President Donald Trump announced Thursday that Kazakhstan will join the Abraham Accords, a diplomatic framework launched in 2020 to normalize relations between Israel and several Arab and Muslim states. The announcement came after a phone call between Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart ...

Former Jihadist Syrian Leader Makes Unprecedented White House Visit

This is Beirut, 07/11 14:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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President Ahmed al-Sharaa will become Syria's first leader to pay an official visit to the White House on Monday, a crowning achievement for the ex-jihadist who, since taking power, has ended his country's isolation. Sharaa, whose rebel forces ousted longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad late last year, will meet President Donald Trump during the ...

Hungary's Orban to Meet Trump in Face of Russia Oil Sanctions

This is Beirut, 07/11 11:31 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Hungary's nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban is due to meet Donald Trump in Washington on Friday for the first time since his ally was re-elected US president, as he seeks a waiver on American sanctions on Russian oil. The United States hit Russia's two biggest oil producers with sanctions last month, the first such measures ...

US Facing Travel Chaos as Flights Cut Due to Government Shutdown

This is Beirut, 07/11 10:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Travelers across the United States were left scrambling to rebook flights as the government shutdown heaps pressure on the country's air traffic control system, prompting hundreds of Friday flight cancellations at major American airports. Airlines starting Friday will begin implementing up to a 10 percent reduction in flights for 40 high-traffic ...

North Korea Fires Unidentified Ballistic Missile

This is Beirut, 07/11 10:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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North Korea fired a ballistic missile Friday, Seoul's military said, around a week after US President Donald Trump approved South Korea's plan to build a nuclear-powered submarine. Analysts have said Seoul's plan to construct one of the atomic-driven vessels would likely draw an aggressive response from Pyongyang. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of ...

Leaders Turn up the Heat on Fossil Fuels at Amazon Climate Summit

This is Beirut, 07/11 10:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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World leaders will meet for a second day of climate talks in the Brazilian Amazon on Friday after fiery speeches and renewed criticism of Big Oil marked the opening session. Dozens of ministers and several heads of state and government, including those of Spain, Germany and Namibia, will meet in Belem just before the United Nations' (UN) annual ...

Trump Hails Central Asia's 'Unbelievable Potential' at Summit

This is Beirut, 07/11 09:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump hosted all five Central Asian leaders on Thursday for the first time, a few months after they held separate summits with Russia's Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping. The West has upped its interest in the resource-rich region, where Moscow's traditional influence has been questioned since the Kremlin's Ukraine ...

Trump says 'Open' to Considering Lifting Iran Sanctions

This is Beirut, 07/11 09:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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President Donald Trump said Thursday that Iran has asked for heavy US sanctions against Tehran to be lifted -- and that he is open to having a discussion about it. "Frankly, Iran has been asking if the sanctions could be lifted. Iran has got very heavy US sanctions, and it makes it really hard," Trump said during a dinner with Central Asian ...

Three Dead in Latest US Strike on Suspected Drug Vessel

This is Beirut, 07/11 09:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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US forces on Thursday struck another alleged drug trafficking boat in the Caribbean, killing three people, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said, bringing the death toll from Washington's controversial anti-narcotics campaign to at least 70. The United States began carrying out such strikes in early September, taking aim at vessels in the Caribbean ...

The U.S. Urges the UN to Lift Sanctions on Syria’s President

Paul Guillot, 06/11 16:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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According to a draft obtained by The Associated Press, the U.S. is asking the Security Council to remove a set of sanctions imposed on Ahmad al-Sharaa and his Interior Minister Anas Hasan Khattab. The resolution could be put to a vote as early as Thursday. To pass, it must secure at least nine votes and avoid a veto from any of the five permanent ...

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