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Bolivia's President-Elect Says Will Resume Ties with US after Nearly Two Decades

This is Beirut, 20/10 21:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Bolivia's new center-right president-elect said Monday he would seek to reinstate diplomatic ties with the United States that were broken off nearly two decades ago under leftist ex-leader Evo Morales. "In the specific case of the United States... that relationship will be resumed," economist-turned-senator Rodrigo Paz, 58, told reporters after ...

Lavrov and Rubio Discuss Putin-Trump Summit, Zelensky Seeks Invite

This is Beirut, 20/10 19:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Russia's top diplomat Sergei Lavrov and US counterpart Marco Rubio discussed preparations for an upcoming summit between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump in a call on Monday, both sides said. Rubio "emphasized the importance of upcoming engagements as an opportunity for Moscow and Washington to collaborate on advancing a durable resolution of the ...

US Envoys Meet Israel's Netanyahu after Gaza Violence

This is Beirut, 20/10 18:24 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Two of the United States' top envoys to the Middle East met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday after weekend violence threatened to wreck a fragile US-brokered ceasefire in Gaza. The sit-down came as Israel reopened the Kerem Shalom border crossing into Gaza for aid shipments, a security official and a humanitarian source ...

Verstappen Cruises to Victory, Cuts Chunk Out of F1 Lead

This is Beirut, 20/10 10:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Max Verstappen maintained the pressure on McLaren and cut another chunk out of Oscar Piastri's lead in this year's world championship on Sunday when he cruised to a commanding triumph at the United States Grand Prix. In sizzling conditions, Red Bull's four-time world champion led from pole position to the checkered flag to come home 7.959 seconds ...

Hezbollah and the “Reality Principle”

Michel Touma, 20/10 08:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Major developments are unfolding rapidly in the Levant, placing the region before what increasingly seems like an urgent reality: Hezbollah’s leadership, and more broadly its Iranian backers, need to align their political conduct with the so-called “reality principle.” In psychoanalytic terms, the “reality principle” means facing facts ...

Trump Says US to End 'Payments and Subsidies' to Colombia over Drug Production

This is Beirut, 19/10 17:14 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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President Donald Trump said Sunday the United States is halting financial aid to Colombia, a longstanding US ally, as he accused its president of condoning the production of drugs. Trump said leftist President Gustavo Petro is doing nothing to stop cocaine production despite "large scale payments and subsidies from the USA." "AS ...

US Says ‘Credible Reports’ Hamas Planning Attack Against Gaza Civilians

This is Beirut, 19/10 02:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The US State Department on Saturday said it had "credible reports" that Palestinian armed group Hamas was planning an imminent attack against civilians in Gaza, a move Washington said would be a "ceasefire violation." "This planned attack against Palestinian civilians would constitute a direct and grave violation of the ceasefire agreement and ...

US Envoy Witkoff Felt 'Betrayed' by Israeli Attack on Hamas in Qatar

This is Beirut, 18/10 19:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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US envoy Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump's chief negotiator on the Middle East, has said that he felt "betrayed" when Israel launched a strike targeting Hamas negotiators in Qatar last month. In a CBS interview alongside Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law who worked with Witkoff on the brokering of a Gaza ceasefire deal between Israel and ...

China and US Agree to Fresh Trade Talks

This is Beirut, 18/10 12:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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China and the United States agreed Saturday to conduct another round of trade negotiations in the coming week, as the world's two biggest economies seek to avoid another damaging tit-for-tat tariff battle. Beijing last week announced sweeping controls on the critical rare earths industry, prompting US President Donald Trump to threaten 100 ...

Verstappen Takes Pole for Sprint Race, Keeps Pressure on McLaren Duo

This is Beirut, 18/10 12:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Four-time champion Max Verstappen maintained the pressure on McLaren's nerve-wracked title duellists on Friday when he beat them both to claim pole position for Saturday's sprint race at the United States Grand Prix. The 28-year-old Dutchman left his best lap to the last seconds of a closely contested session when he outpaced Lando Norris by ...

Trump Says Venezuela’s Maduro Offered ‘Everything’ To Ease Tensions

This is Beirut, 17/10 22:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump said Friday that Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro had offered major concessions to ease tensions with Washington and confirmed a new strike on a drug-smuggling vessel, which reportedly left survivors. Washington accuses Maduro of heading a drug cartel and has deployed significant military assets -- including stealth ...

SDF Commander Mazloum Abdi Announces Preliminary Deal to Join Syrian Army

This is Beirut, 17/10 13:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), Mazloum Abdi, has announced a “preliminary agreement” with the Syrian government to integrate SDF fighters into a unified military structure within the Syrian army, according to Al Hadath. In an interview with the Associated Press (AP) on Thursday, Abdi discussed what could be a ...

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