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Donald Trump United States USA Canada
The United States will require Canadians visiting for more than 30 days to register with authorities, the federal register showed Wednesday, toughening rules as trade tensions soar between the North American neighbors. The new requirement, effective from April 11, would harden enforcement of an existing law from which US media said Canadian ...
This is Beirut 12/03 12:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A former Syrian diplomat who defected from his service under the administration of toppled president Bashar al-Assad was shot dead alongside his brother in the country's south, a war monitor said on Wednesday. Armed men on Tuesday night entered the home of former diplomat, Noureddine al-Labbad, in the town of Al-Sanamayn, some 50 kilometres (30 ...
This is Beirut 12/03 12:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Ukraine Ceasefire Volodymyr Zelensky Putin Russia Donald Trump
Kyiv's Western allies upped the pressure on Russia on Wednesday to respond to a US-proposed 30-day ceasefire plan, after Ukraine backed the proposal aimed at ending the three-year war. In its first comments on the proposition, the Kremlin said it was waiting for details from Washington. US President Donald Trump's administration lifted a freeze ...
This is Beirut 12/03 11:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
European Union United Nations Syria war
The EU has welcomed Syria's establishment of a fact-finding committee to investigate a recent wave of deadly violence, calling for perpetrators to be "brought to justice". "We strongly condemn the attacks by pro-Assad militias against security forces," the EU said in a statement released late Tuesday. "We also condemn in the strongest terms the ...
This is Beirut 12/03 11:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Donald Trump United States Iran Nuclear Programme
Iran's top diplomat said Wednesday an Arab country will soon deliver a letter from US President Donald Trump, who has called for striking a nuclear deal with the Islamic republic. "The letter has not reached us yet but an envoy from an Arab country is set to deliver it soon in Tehran," Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told reporters after a ...
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Washington China Russia Iran Nuclear
China will host Russia and Iran for trilateral talks on Tehran's nuclear programme on Friday, Beijing's foreign ministry said. "The three parties will exchange views on the Iranian nuclear issue and other issues of mutual interest," a foreign ministry spokesperson said Wednesday. The meeting will be attended by China's Vice Foreign Minister Ma ...
This is Beirut 12/03 05:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
United States Canada Donald Trump Economy Diplomacy
The United States and Canada traded angry tariff warnings Tuesday, as trade tensions soared and President Donald Trump doubled down on provocative plans to annex his country's northern neighbor. Despite a compromise arising after a day of threats and counter-threats, Canada and other US trading partners will still be hit at midnight by a ...
This is Beirut 11/03 23:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Donald Trump Volodymyr Zelensky Vladimir Putin
US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would likely speak to President Vladimir Putin this week, after Ukraine endorsed an American proposal for a ceasefire and talks with Russia to end its invasion. Trump also indicated that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky would be invited back to Washington despite the two leaders' public ...
This is Beirut 11/03 21:25 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Ukraine Saudi Arabia United States
Ukraine endorsed an American proposal for a 30-day ceasefire and agreed to immediate negotiations with Russia in crunch talks in Jeddah on Tuesday after three years of grinding war. The positive response from Ukraine prompted President Donald Trump's administration to lift a freeze on military aid and to predict the beginning to an end to ...
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Turkey Syria Recep Tayyip Erdogan
An agreement to integrate autonomous Kurdish institutions in Syria's northeast into the new Syrian national government will "serve peace," Turkey's president said on Tuesday. "The full implementation of the agreement reached yesterday will serve Syria's security and peace. The winner will be all of our Syrian brothers," Recep Tayyip Erdogan told ...
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Discussions between leading figures of the Druze community in Sweida and the new Syrian administration have reportedly resulted in a tacit agreement for the Druze to integrate into the new Syrian state, according to Lebanese daily An-Nahar. Syrian writer and researcher Jamal al-Shoufi revealed to An-Nahar an “attempt to unify ranks by community ...
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Massacres Latakia Syria Lebanon
The upsurge in violence in Latakia, marked by massacres of a rare intensity, is driving increasing numbers of Syrians to seek refuge in northern Lebanon, exacerbating an already worrying humanitarian crisis.