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Maduro Deploys 25,000 Troops to Venezuela Borders

This is Beirut, 08/09 20:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said he had deployed 25,000 troops along the Caribbean coast and the border with Colombia amid soaring tensions with US President Donald Trump. In a message Sunday night on social media, Maduro said he had deployed "25,000 men and women from our glorious National Bolivarian Armed Forces" to the frontier with ...

US Court Upholds $83 Million Sex Assault Defamation Order against Trump

This is Beirut, 08/09 18:17 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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A US appeals court upheld Monday a jury's $83.3 million penalty against President Donald Trump for defaming author E. Jean Carroll, whom he was found to have sexually assaulted. The January 2024 order consisted of $65 million in punitive damages after the jury found Trump acted maliciously in his many public comments about Carroll, $7.3 ...

Gaza in the Wake of Trump’s Final Warning

This is Beirut, 08/09 14:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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In Washington, Donald Trump said Israel had accepted his terms for an agreement. The US president promised a truce very soon, along with the release of hostages. He issued a final warning to Hamas to accept a ceasefire linked to this exchange. What comes next for Gaza? Details of the Proposed Agreement According to diplomatic sources in ...

Israel Warns Hamas to Surrender or Face 'Annihilation'

This is Beirut, 08/09 10:54 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Israel's defence minister told Hamas on Monday to lay down its arms or face annihilation, after US President Donald Trump said the militant group must accept a deal to release hostages in Gaza. The warnings came as the Israeli military intensified its bombings and operations around Gaza City, which it has vowed to capture in a bid to finally ...

Trump Threatens Russia with Sanctions after Biggest Aerial Attack on Ukraine

This is Beirut, 08/09 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump threatened Sunday to impose more sanctions on Russia, after the Kremlin unleashed its biggest-ever aerial barrage at Ukraine. Russian missiles and drones rained down across Ukraine early Sunday, killing four people and setting government offices in the capital Kyiv ablaze. Trump told reporters after the assault he was ...

Trump Issues ‘Last Warning’ to Hamas Over Hostages

This is Beirut, 08/09 05:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump said Sunday he was issuing a "last warning" to Hamas, saying the Palestinian militant group must accept a deal to release hostages in Gaza. "The Israelis have accepted my terms. It is time for Hamas to accept as well. I have warned Hamas about the consequences of not accepting. This is my last ...

Iran's Khamenei bemoans low oil production

This is Beirut, 07/09 22:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sunday bemoaned his country's oil production levels and called for the diversification of its export markets as Tehran faces renewed pressure from the West. "Oil production in the country -- with the importance it has in the economy, which is obvious -- is low," Khamenei said in a ...

Lebanon Must Dare to Choose Peace

Tylia El Helou, 06/09 09:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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In Lebanon, the word “peace” has for too long been confiscated, reduced to an empty slogan or an untouchable taboo, synonymous with “treason.” Yet if our country is to survive, rebuild its economy, and restore hope to its citizens, it can no longer afford to remain trapped in a logic of perpetual war. Peace, including with Israel, must ...

US to Cut Military Aid for Europe

This is Beirut, 05/09 18:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The United States is to end long-running military assistance for European countries close to Russia, as it pushes the continent to play a greater role in its own defense, an official in one of the countries confirmed on Friday. "Last week, the US Defense Department informed the countries that, starting from its next financial period, funding will ...

Beijing Rejects Trump Call to Pressure China on Ukraine

This is Beirut, 05/09 11:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Beijing said Friday it "strongly opposes" calls to put economic pressure on China, after US President Donald Trump urged European countries to do so over the war in Ukraine. China has never denounced Russia's war nor called for it to withdraw its troops, and many of Ukraine's allies believe that Beijing has provided support to ...

Trump Rebrands Department of Defense as 'Department of War'

This is Beirut, 05/09 09:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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President Donald Trump is changing the name of the Department of Defense to the Department of War, the White House announced Thursday, insisting the rebrand will project a more powerful image. While the department's official name is set in law, Trump in an executive order is authorizing use of the new label as a "secondary title" by his ...

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