This is Beirut, 13:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Iran said on Monday that its military capabilities were not up for negotiations, after France called for a "comprehensive deal" with Tehran that covers its missile programme and regional influence. "Regarding matters related to our defense capabilities, there will absolutely be no discussion," foreign ministry spokesman ...
This is Beirut, 12:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The United Nations on Monday urged Iran to stop using the death penalty, citing a "worrying surge in executions" that has included at least 612 people being killed so far this year. "Reports that there have been several hundred executions in Iran so far this year underscore how deeply disturbing the situation has become and the urgent need for an ...
Charles Chartouni, 09:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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Paradoxically enough, the strategic contexts throughout the Middle and Near East extending between Iran and Gaza are in a state of volatility, and none of the security issues at stake have been addressed in a conclusive manner — or were ever meant to be. After the consecutive defeats that have unraveled the strategic and political realms of ...
This is Beirut, 26/07 16:57 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Gunmen stormed a courthouse in southeastern Iran on Saturday, killing at least six people, including three law enforcement personnel, the judiciary said. At least 22 people were also wounded, most of them civilians, said provincial chief justice Ali Movahedi-Rad, cited by the judiciary's Mizan Online news outlet. Mizan reported that the ...
Makram Haddad, 25/07 16:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
In front of a packed and fiery crowd at Nohad Nawfal Arena, Lebanon delivered a top-class performance, defeating Iran 105-89 on Thursday evening, during the third day of the Beirut Cup. This win gives Miodrag Perisic’s squad a second straight victory in this warm-up tournament organized by Global Active Sports under the patronage of the Lebanese ...
This is Beirut, 25/07 11:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A Russian rocket put an Iranian communications satellite into space on Friday, Iranian state media reported, the latest achievement for an aerospace program that has long concerned Western governments. "The Nahid-2 communications satellite was launched from Russia's Vostochny Cosmodrome using a Soyuz rocket," state television said. Weighing 110 ...
This is Beirut, 23/07 21:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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A delegation from the International Atomic Energy Agency will visit Iran within two to three weeks, an Iranian official said Wednesday, adding that the group will not have access to the country's nuclear sites. "We have agreed, actually, to accept a delegation of the IAEA, a technical delegation, to pay a visit to Iran very soon, in two to three ...
This is Beirut, 23/07 18:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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French President Emmanuel Macron will meet on Thursday at the Élysée Palace with Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, who is making his first official visit to France. The two leaders will discuss security issues in Lebanon and the “major regional challenges,” according to an official statement published by the Élysée on Tuesday. “The ...
This is Beirut, 23/07 18:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israel and Ukraine said Wednesday they had agreed to start talks on countering the "threat" posed by Iran, in a sign of deepening ties between the two countries. Both see Iran, a close ally of Russia, as a malign actor on the world stage. Israel has long accused Iran of developing nuclear weapons, an allegation it denies, while Ukraine is ...
Soumia Benmerzoug, 23/07 10:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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Repression of women in Iran is not new. Since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, their freedoms have been tightly controlled by an institutionalized patriarchal system that monitors every aspect of their lives, such as education, work, movement and expression. The veil, often internationally seen as the symbol of this oppression, is only the most ...
This is Beirut, 21/07 18:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The next round of US-China talks could include Chinese purchases of Russian and Iranian oil, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday, a move that would shift the focus of trade negotiations into national security issues. US President Donald Trump has imposed fresh tariffs on allies and competitors alike this year, and Washington and ...
David Hale , 21/07 17:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Recent developments in Syria are causing surprise and confusion. In a bold move, President Trump and his administration acquiesced to requests from the Turkish and Saudi leadership and lifted most sanctions on the Ahmed al-Sharaa regime, his Salafist HTS movement, and Syria itself. It did so without conditionality, without much effort to ...