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TestimoniesBosnia Commemorates Srebrenica Genocide 30 Years On

This is Beirut 11/07 12:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Europe United Nations Bosnia and Herzegovina Srebrenica

Thousands of people were gathering in Srebrenica on Friday to commemorate the genocide committed 30 years ago by Bosnian Serb forces, one of Europe's worst atrocities since World War II. On the eve of the commemorations, thousands of Srebrenica peace marchers who have walked more than 100 kilometers (62 miles) in memory of the victims and ...

Gaza Civil Defense Says Israeli Strikes Kill Six

This is Beirut 11/07 11:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Hamas Palestine Gaza Israel

Gaza's civil defense agency said Israeli strikes on Friday killed at least six people in the Palestinian territory's north, including five at a school-turned-shelter. "Five martyrs and others injured in an Israeli strike on Halima al-Saadia School, which was sheltering displaced persons in Jabalia al-Nazla, northern Gaza," the agency said in a ...

Solar Becomes Europe's Main Energy Source in June: Consultants

This is Beirut 11/07 11:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Europe Solar Energy

Solar power became the European Union's biggest single energy source for the first time in June, an energy think tank said Thursday. The Ember group that researches the clean energy transition said that 22.1 percent of Europe's power in June came from solar panels. That came ahead of nuclear power on 21.8 percent and wind turbines on 15.8 ...

Rubio Meets China's Wang on Sidelines of ASEAN Talks

This is Beirut 11/07 09:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

US Secretary of State United States China Malaysia

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Friday in Malaysia on the sidelines of ASEAN talks, where Washington's tariffs are in sharp focus. Rubio and Wang's first face-to-face meeting since US President Donald Trump returned to office comes as Washington and Beijing are locked in disputes ranging from ...

WindowThe Houthis' Most Dangerous Red Sea Attacks on Commercial Ships

This is Beirut 11/07 09:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Houthi Israel Palestine Red Sea

Yemen's Houthis had paused their Red Sea attacks on commercial ships, carried out in solidarity with Gaza, for months, before claiming two fresh assaults in recent days, one of them deadly. The Iran-backed rebels have carried out more than 100 attacks on vessels in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden since the start of their campaign in November 2023, ...

SpotlightFive Key Dates in the Turkey-PKK Conflict

This is Beirut 11/07 09:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Turkey Kurds Politics

Fighters from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) will start laying down their arms at a ceremony in northern Iraq on Friday, two months after the militant group ended its armed struggle against the Turkish state. The move comes in response to a historic call by jailed PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan in February, urging them to end their decades-long ...

Kurdish PKK Fighters Destroy Weapons at Key Ceremony

This is Beirut 11/07 09:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Turkey PKK Ocalan

Thirty PKK fighters destroyed their weapons at a ceremony in Iraqi Kurdistan on Friday, two months after the Kurdish rebels ended their decades-long armed struggle against the Turkish state. The ceremony marks a turning point in the transition of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) from armed insurgency to democratic politics, as part of a ...

Russia Intercepts 155 Ukrainian Drones Overnight: Defense Ministry

This is Beirut 11/07 08:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Ukraine Russia War Drone

Russian air defense systems intercepted 155 Ukrainian drones in an overnight barrage, the defense ministry said Friday, with local officials saying at least two people were killed by drones. From 11:00 pm (2000 GMT) Thursday to 7:00 am Friday, "air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 155 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the ...

Trump Says Canada To Face 35% Tariff Rate Starting August

This is Beirut 11/07 05:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

United States Canada Donald Trump

Canada will face a 35 percent tariff on exports to the United States starting August 1, President Donald Trump said Thursday in a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney. It was the latest of more than 20 such letters issued by Trump since Monday, as he continues to pursue his trade war threats against dozens of economies. Canada and the US are ...

Russia and US Hold 'Frank' Talks on Ukraine War

This is Beirut 10/07 21:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Ukraine USA Volodymyr Zelensky Donald Trump United Nations Russia

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US top diplomat Marco Rubio held "frank" talks on the Ukraine war during a meeting Thursday, both sides said, as Washington hit out at Moscow's lack of "flexibility". The US secretary of state said Lavrov shared new and "different" ideas on resolving the conflict and promised to present them to US ...

Israel Says Would Negotiate Permanent Gaza Ceasefire During 60-Day Truce

This is Beirut 10/07 21:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Israel Ceasefire Benjamin Netanyahu Hamas Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Israel was ready to negotiate a permanent ceasefire in Gaza during a 60-day truce but only if the Palestinian territory was demilitarized. Delegations from Israel and Hamas began indirect talks in Doha on Sunday to try to agree on a temporary halt in the war, which was sparked by the ...

Macron Urges Joint UK-French Recognition of Palestinian State

This is Beirut 10/07 19:45 - Reading : less than a minute

Emmanuel Macron United Kingdom Palestine Israel Keir Starmer France

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday urged joint UK-France recognition of a Palestinian state, calling such moves "the only hope for peace" in the conflict-ridden region. Flanking UK leader Keir Starmer at a news conference as he wrapped up a three-day state visit to Britain, Macron said he wanted to "initiate this political dynamic" of ...