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SpotlightEurope Hopes for 'No Surprises' as US Weighs Force Withdrawals

This is Beirut 28/07 09:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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After keeping Donald Trump happy with a pledge to up defense spending at NATO's summit, Europe is now bracing for a key decision from the US president on the future of American forces on the continent. Washington is currently conducting a review of its military deployments worldwide -- set to be unveiled in coming months -- and the expectation is ...

US-China Set to Meet with Extension of Tariff Pause on the Cards

This is Beirut 28/07 09:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

US China Tariff Trade Diplomacy

Top economic officials from the United States and China are set to renew negotiations Monday -- with an extension of lower tariff levels on the cards -- as President Donald Trump's trade policy enters a critical week. Talks between the world's top two economies are slated to happen over two days in the Swedish capital Stockholm, and they come as ...

HighlightThe UN, The Palestinians, Israel and a Stalled Two-State Solution

This is Beirut 28/07 09:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Ever since the partition of Palestine into Jewish and Arab states in 1947, the United Nations has been inextricably linked to the fate of Palestinians, with the organization meeting this week hoping to revive the two-state solution. Here is a timeline on the issue: Partition In November 1947, the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 181 ...

Russia Resumes Moscow-Pyongyang Commercial Flights

This is Beirut 28/07 09:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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A Russian passenger jet landed at North Korea's main airport Monday, a flight tracking site showed, completing the first commercial leg in decades between capitals of the allied countries. Russia and North Korea have pulled closer in the last year, with Pyongyang sending weapons and troops to aid Moscow's war in Ukraine -- likely in exchange for ...

AnalysisThe Politics of Frozen Conflicts and Their Antidotes

Charles Chartouni 28/07 09:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

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Paradoxically enough, the strategic contexts throughout the Middle and Near East extending between Iran and Gaza are in a state of volatility, and none of the security issues at stake have been addressed in a conclusive manner — or were ever meant to be. After the consecutive defeats that have unraveled the strategic and political realms of ...

European Union Resigned to 15 Percent US Tariff

This is Beirut 28/07 08:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The United States and the European Union clinched a trade agreement on Sunday that will see EU exports taxed at 15 percent, in a bid to resolve a transatlantic tariff stand-off that threatened to explode into a full-blown trade war. US President Donald Trump emerged from a high-stakes meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der ...

Syria Sets Date for Selection of New Transitional Parliament

This is Beirut 27/07 21:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Syrian authorities announced on Sunday that a new transitional parliament would be selected in September, with local electoral bodies picking two-thirds of the lawmakers and the country's interim president naming the rest. After toppling longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad in December after nearly 14 years of civil war, Syria's new authorities -- led ...

3 Killed in Iraq Clashes Between Iran-Backed Group and State Security Forces

This is Beirut 27/07 19:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Three people, including a policeman, were killed Sunday during clashes in Baghdad between security forces and pro-Iran gunmen, according to authorities and a member of a local armed group. The violence erupted when armed men stormed a local office of the agriculture ministry in the city's south, the interior ministry said. Police forces ...

EU, US strike 'biggest-ever' trade deal

This is Beirut 27/07 19:35 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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he United States and European Union on Sunday clinched what President Donald Trump described as the "biggest-ever" deal to resolve a transatlantic tariff stand-off that threatened to explode into a full-blown trade war. Trump emerged from a high-stakes meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at his golf resort in ...

UN to Use 'Humanitarian Pauses' to Try to Reach Gaza's Starving

This is Beirut 27/07 19:15 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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The United Nations said it would try to reach as many starving people as possible in Gaza after Israel announced it would establish secure land routes for humanitarian convoys. The UN's World Food Program (WFP) said it had enough food in, or on its way to, the region to feed the 2.1 million people in the Gaza Strip for almost three ...

Jordanian and Emirati Planes Drop 25 Tons of Aid over Gaza

This is Beirut 27/07 16:05 - Reading : less than a minute

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Two Jordanian and one Emirati plane dropped 25 tons of humanitarian aid over the Gaza Strip on Sunday, the Jordanian army said in a statement. "The Jordanian Armed Forces on Sunday carried out three air drops on the Gaza Strip carrying humanitarian and food aid, one of which was with the United Arab Emirates," the statement said, adding that they ...

Israel Says Opening Routes into Gaza to Increase Food Aid

This is Beirut 27/07 14:47 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Israel declared a "tactical pause" in fighting in parts of Gaza on Sunday and said it would allow the UN and aid agencies to open secure land routes to tackle a deepening hunger crisis. The military also said it had begun air-dropping food into the Palestinian territory and dismissed allegations of using starvation as a weapon against ...