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COP29 Scramble for New Deal After Poor Nations Reject Offer

This is Beirut, 23/11 09:40 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Fierce bargaining at UN climate talks in Azerbaijan dragged into Saturday after a $250 billion a year offer from rich nations was flatly refused by developing countries hardest hit by Earth's rapid warming. Negotiators from nearly 200 nations spent another harried and sleepless night in a sports stadium trying to land a compromise figure for ...

Deadlocked COP29 Awaits Fresh Draft Deal on Final Day

This is Beirut, 22/11 11:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Representatives from nearly 200 nations awaited a fresh proposal Friday for a potential compromise in marathon climate finance talks on the last day of a hard-fought COP29 summit in Azerbaijan. The gruelling two-week conference in the Caspian Sea city Baku is almost certain to go into overtime, with key details for a deal yet to be released, let ...

Russia Gave N. Korea Oil, Anti-air Missiles in Exchange for Troops

This is Beirut, 22/11 10:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Russia provided North Korea with oil, anti-air missiles and economic help in exchange for troops to support Moscow's war on Ukraine, government officials and a research group said Friday. The United States and South Korea have accused the nuclear-armed North of sending more than 10,000 soldiers to help Russia fight Ukraine, with experts saying ...

Putin Hints at Strikes on West in ‘Global’ Ukraine War

This is Beirut, 22/11 09:10 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that the conflict in Ukraine had characteristics of a "global" war and did not rule out strikes on Western countries. The Kremlin strongman spoke out after a day of frayed nerves, with Russia test-firing a new generation intermediate-range missile at Ukraine -- which Putin hinted was capable of ...

Iran to Launch ‘Advanced Centrifuges’ in Response to IAEA Censure

This is Beirut, 22/11 08:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Iran said Friday it would launch a series of "new and advanced" centrifuges in response to a resolution adopted by the IAEA that censures Tehran for what the agency called lack of cooperation. "The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran issued an order to take effective measures, including launching a significant series of new and ...

Israeli Strikes on Syria’s Palmyra Killed 92 Pro-Iran Fighters

This is Beirut, 21/11 19:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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A Syria war monitor said on Friday that Israeli strikes on the city of Palmyra this week killed 92 pro-Iran fighters, after a United Nations representative said they were likely the deadliest to date. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Wednesday's attack targeted three sites in Palmyra, with one hitting a meeting of pro-Iranian ...

UNIFIL Video Depicts the Massive Destruction in Southern Lebanon

This is Beirut, 21/11 17:10 - Reading : less than a minute

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The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) published a video on their telegram account on Thursday that depicted the massive destruction of towns and villages in southern Lebanon. The footage shows peacekeepers making their way through devastated towns near the Blue Line, as they try to deliver essentials to their bases to keep operations going. The ...

CCLC on Independence Day: Call for a New Cedars Revolution to Liberate Lebanon

This is Beirut, 21/11 14:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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On Lebanon's Independence Day this year, the Coordinating Committee of Lebanese-Canadians (CCLC) issued a stark message about the country's dual occupations by Iran and Israel, calling for unity among opposition forces to reclaim Lebanon's sovereignty. With one third of the population displaced, widespread destruction in the South and Beqaa ...

Iran Says Western Resolution Will ‘Weaken’ Interaction With IAEA

This is Beirut, 21/11 12:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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A resolution tabled by Western countries to censure Iran's nuclear program at the International Atomic Energy Agency "will weaken and disrupt" interactions between the UN body and Tehran, it warned ahead of the vote on Thursday. Paris, Berlin, London and Washington have formally submitted a text condemning Iran for alleged lack of cooperation ...

World Still Split Over Money as Clock Ticks on COP29

This is Beirut, 21/11 09:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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A fresh draft of a climate pact unveiled Thursday at COP29 failed to break an impasse over money, with time running out for nations to reach a long-sought trillion-dollar finance agreement. The UN climate summit in Azerbaijan is supposed to conclude on Friday but the latest draft only underlines divisions as nations return to the negotiating ...

‘Steep Climb’ Ahead as Clock Ticks on Stalled Climate Talks

This is Beirut, 20/11 14:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Pressure mounted on rich nations Wednesday to commit nearly $1 trillion a year in assistance for poorer countries as time runs out to strike a deal at the COP29 climate talks. With two days left to break the impasse in Azerbaijan, wealthy nations have still not revealed how much they are willing to provide the developing world to cope with ...

Gaza Civil Defence Says 17 Killed in Israeli Strikes

This is Beirut, 20/11 12:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Gaza's civil defence agency said on Wednesday that at least 17 people, including a baby, were killed in Israeli air strikes on the war-ravaged Palestinian territory. The Israeli military said one of its soldiers was killed and another seriously wounded during combat in the north of the Gaza Strip. The baby was killed in nighttime shelling of the ...

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