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Musk Met Iran UN Ambassador on Defusing Tension Under Trump

This is Beirut, 15/11 09:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Elon Musk, the tech billionaire closely allied with US President-elect Donald Trump, met Iran's ambassador to the United Nations in a bid to defuse tensions between Tehran and Washington, The New York Times reported Thursday. The newspaper quoted anonymous Iranian sources as describing the meeting between the world's richest person and Ambassador ...

UN Committee Reports Israel Warfare in Gaza 'Consistent with Genocide'

This is Beirut, 15/11 09:39 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Israel's warfare in Gaza is consistent with the characteristics of genocide, a special UN committee said Thursday, as a Human Rights Watch report said Israel's displacement of Gazans amounts to a "crime against humanity". Israel said HRW's claims were "completely false", insisting its "efforts are directed solely at dismantling Hamas's terror ...

Human Right Watch Accuses Israel of 'War Crimes'

This is Beirut, 14/11 09:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Human Rights Watch said in a report released Thursday that Israel's repeated evacuation orders in Gaza amount to the "war crime of forcible transfer", and to "ethnic cleansing" in parts of the Palestinian territory. "Human Rights Watch has amassed evidence that Israeli officials are... committing the war crime of forcible transfer," the report ...

UN Peacekeeping Chief Visits UNIFIL in South Lebanon

This is Beirut, 13/11 20:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Jean-Pierre Lacroix, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, visited southern Lebanon on Wednesday to assess the situation in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) area of operations. During his visit, Lacroix toured the UNIFIL 1-26 site in Mansouri and the UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura, where he ...

UN Nuclear Chief to Visit Iran for Talks on Nuclear Program

This is Beirut, 13/11 09:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi is set to visit Tehran on Wednesday for crucial talks on Iran's nuclear program, warning just ahead of his trip that room for manoeuvre is narrowing. His visit comes only two days after the defense minister of Iran's nemesis Israel warned the Islamic republic was "more exposed than ever to ...

UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Lebanon Warns of "Extremely Bleak" Crisis

This is Beirut, 12/11 11:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Lebanon, Imran Riza, has issued a stark warning about the deteriorating situation in Lebanon, describing the humanitarian landscape as “extremely bleak.” In a recent statement, he highlighted “alarming and unprecedented levels” of civilian casualties and humanitarian burden from the ongoing ...

Qalibaf Conveys Iranian Support for Lebanon in Implementing 1701

This is Beirut, 11/11 19:15 - Reading : less than a minute

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In light of the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, the speaker of the Iranian Shura Council, Mohammed Bagher Qalibaf, discussed the situation in Lebanon and diplomatic efforts for a ceasefire with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Monday. Qalibaf, who had a phone call with his Lebanese counterpart, stated that “Iran supports and ...

COP29 Opens With a Call for Global Cooperation

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Countries come to Baku after new warnings that 2024 is on track to break temperature records, adding urgency to a fractious debate over funding for climate action in poorer countries. Trump has pledged to once again withdraw the United States from the landmark Paris climate agreement, and there are concerns the move could weaken ambition around ...

UN Nuclear Watchdog Chief to Visit Iran

This is Beirut, 10/11 12:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The United Nations' atomic watchdog chief, Rafael Grossi, will visit Iran in days for talks with senior officials, Iranian state media reported on Sunday. “The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency will arrive in Iran on Wednesday at the official invitation of the Islamic Republic of Iran,” the official IRNA news agency ...

Islamic Sharia Council Calls on UN to End War in Lebanon

This is Beirut, 09/11 16:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The Higher Islamic Sharia Council held its regular meeting on Saturday, chaired by the Mufti of the Lebanese Republic, Sheikh Abdel Latif Derian, at Dar al-Fatwa, in the presence of caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati. In its statement, the Council strongly condemned the destructive Israeli offensive against Lebanon, calling on the UN Security ...

Israeli Airstrikes Kill 14 in Gaza Overnight

This is Beirut, 09/11 10:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Gaza's civil defence agency said on Saturday that Israeli air strikes killed at least 14 Palestinians overnight, including women and children, while the Israeli military said it had eliminated dozens of militants in the territory's north. An air strike hit tents housing displaced Palestinians in the southern area of Khan Yunis, killing at least ...

UNIFIL: 'Israel Deliberately and Directly Violates 1701'

This is Beirut, 08/11 18:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) called the Israeli army’s activities “a flagrant violation of international law and resolution 1701” and accused them of “deliberately and directly destroying clearly identifiable UNIFIL property.” UNIFIL also disclosed in a news statement on Friday that a concrete building and a ...

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