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US VP Harris to Attend Ukraine Summit in Switzerland

par This Is Beirut, 03/06 20:03 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Ukraine United States Volodymyr Zelensky

US Vice President Kamala Harris will attend a Ukraine peace summit in Switzerland, the White House said on Monday, after President Joe Biden was reportedly set to skip it for an election fundraiser hosted by George Clooney. Harris, who will be joined by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan for the June 15 meeting in Lucerne, will “underscore ...

Zelensky Hails US Green Light For Weapons Use

par This Is Beirut, 31/05 23:11 - Reading : less than a minute

Ukraine United States Volodymyr Zelensky

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday hailed the United States' decision to allow Kyiv to use American-supplied weapons to strike in Russia, with some restrictions. "This is a step forward toward [the] goal ... of making it possible to defend our people who live in the villages on the border," Zelensky told reporters in Stockholm where ...

Trump Lashes Out at Opponents in 'Unfair' Trial

par This Is Beirut, 31/05 20:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Donald Trump lashed out in rambling, angry comments on Friday at his "sick" opponents and "fascists" after what he called a "very unfair" trial that made him the first former US president to become a convicted felon. The 77-year-old Republican, who is neck and neck with President Joe Biden in the 2024 White House race, confirmed he would ...

US Issues Sanctions Related to Iran's UAV Program

par This Is Beirut, 31/05 19:59 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned four entities associated with OFAC-designated Rayan Roshd Afzar Company (RRA) that have supplied significant material for Iran’s UAV program. Additionally, OFAC has sanctioned an Iranian executive, Afshin Khajeh Fard, of the Iran Aviation Industries ...

International Reactions to the Trump Trial

par This Is Beirut, 31/05 15:27 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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International reactions poured in on Friday after a New York jury found Donald Trump guilty of falsifying business documents to conceal a hush money payment to a porn star, making him the first former US president to be convicted of a crime. On Friday, the Kremlin denounced the “elimination of political opponents” in the United States. “An ...

US-China to Resume Military-to-Military Dialogue in 'Coming Months'

par This Is Beirut, 31/05 11:26 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The United States and China will resume military-to-military communications "in the coming months", US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Friday, as Beijing hailed the "stabilizing" security relations between the countries. Austin met with his Chinese counterpart Dong Jun on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore in the first ...

Houthis Threaten "Escalation" after US, UK Strikes

par This Is Beirut, 31/05 09:18 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Houthis on Friday threatened to escalate attacks on Red Sea shipping after overnight strikes by the United States and Britain killed 16 people, according to Houthi media. The toll reported by the Houthis' Al-Masirah TV, which AFP could not independently verify, would constitute one of the deadliest strikes since the United States and Britain ...

Prosecutor Demands Conviction in Trump Trial

par This Is Beirut, 28/05 23:16 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Donald Trump engaged in a "conspiracy and a cover-up" to hide hush money payments to a porn star, prosecutors told the jury on Tuesday in closing arguments at the first ever criminal trial of a former US president. Less than six months before American voters choose whether to return Trump to the White House, the stakes riding on the verdict are ...

Missile Attack Damages Vessel Off Yemen

par This Is Beirut, 28/05 21:21 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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A merchant vessel was "taking on water" off the Yemeni port of Hodeidah on Tuesday after it was damaged in a missile attack, maritime security firm Ambrey said. The ship was "targeted with three missiles," Ambrey said, adding that a distress call said it "had sustained damage to the cargo hold and was taking on water." The distress call also ...

End of Chinese Military Intimidation Drills Around Taiwan

par This Is Beirut, 25/05 10:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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China puts an end to the military exercises around Taiwan, which began on Thursday morning in reaction to the election of pro-independence president Lai Ching-te. China has ended two days of military drills around Taiwan that saw jets loaded with live munitions and warships practice seizing and isolating the self-ruled island. The exercises ...

Pentagon Wary of Newly-Launched Russian Space Weapon

par This Is Beirut, 22/05 19:17 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Russia has launched a likely space weapon and deployed it in the same orbit as a US government satellite, the Pentagon said. "Russia launched a satellite into low Earth orbit that we assess is likely a counter-space weapon presumably capable of attacking other satellites in low Earth orbit," Pentagon spokesman Air Force Major General Pat Ryder ...

The American Peace Proposal and the Intricacies of an Ongoing War

par Charles Chartouni, 20/05 08:46 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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  US President Joe Biden has seized on the ongoing war to offer a peace deal that dovetails with a finalized regional strategic understanding between the United States and Saudi Arabia. The settlement of the current conflict should be part of a new strategic vision that aims at extracting the Middle East from the Iranian stranglehold, ...

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