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Israel and Hamas Resume Indirect Talks in Doha as Netanyahu Heads to Washington
Israel and Hamas Resume Indirect Talks in Doha as Netanyahu Heads to Washington

This is Beirut 06/07 13:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Gaza Ceasefire Qatar

Indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas are set to resume Sunday in Doha for a Gaza truce and hostage release deal, ahead of a visit by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House. Netanyahu had earlier announced he was sending a team to Qatar, a key mediator in the conflict, though he said Hamas's response to a draft US-backed ...

Switzerland Reopens its Embassy in Tehran
Switzerland Reopens its Embassy in Tehran

This is Beirut 06/07 13:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Iran Switzeland United States Embassy

Switzerland said on Sunday it was reopening its embassy in Tehran, which was closed last month amid an air war with Israel, and will resume representing US interests in the country. As of Sunday, the embassy is "again open, having temporarily been closed on June 20 owing to the instability of the situation in the country," the Swiss ...

Texas Flood Kills 50, Dozens of Children Still Missing After River Camp Disaster
Texas Flood Kills 50, Dozens of Children Still Missing After River Camp Disaster

This is Beirut 06/07 13:13 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Texas Flood United States

Rescuers searched through the night early Sunday for 27 girls missing from a riverside summer camp in Texas after torrential rains caused devastating floods that killed at least 50 people in the US state. Multiple flash flood warnings remained in place across central Texas after water surged through communities, with the Guadalupe River rising by ...

Two Iranian Soldiers Killed While Defusing Explosives Left Behind by Israeli Strikes
Two Iranian Soldiers Killed While Defusing Explosives Left Behind by Israeli Strikes

This is Beirut 06/07 12:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Iran IRGC

Two members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards were killed Sunday while attempting to defuse explosives in an area of the country's west hit by Israeli strikes last month, Iranian media reported. Israel and Iran fought a 12-day war sparked by an Israeli bombing campaign on June 13. The strikes, according to Israel, were aimed at preventing ...

Behind Closed Doors: The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Reign of Fear and Death
Behind Closed Doors: The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Reign of Fear and Death

Soumia Benmerzoug 06/07 10:30 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

Pasdaran Revolutionary Guards Regime Violence Iran

Nothing has fundamentally changed in Iran since the June 2025 war. The regime didn’t suddenly tip into totalitarianism — it was already there. What the war did trigger, however, was a brutal acceleration of repression in a system that had long relied solely on fear. Security obsession has morphed into full-blown paranoia, and Iran’s ...

UK Re-Establishing Full Syria Ties, Lammy Says During Visit in Damascus
UK Re-Establishing Full Syria Ties, Lammy Says During Visit in Damascus

This is Beirut 05/07 19:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam David Lammy Ahmad al-Sharaa United Kingdom Syria

The UK's top diplomat, David Lammy, met Syria's leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, in Damascus on Saturday, the Syrian presidency said, in his first visit since longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad was overthrown in December. During the visit, Lammy announced that the UK is re-establishing full diplomatic ties with Syria following Assad’s ...

UN Chief Condemns Russia’s Largest Drone and Missile Attack on Ukraine
UN Chief Condemns Russia’s Largest Drone and Missile Attack on Ukraine

This is Beirut 05/07 16:50 - Reading : less than a minute

Antonio Guterres United Nations Ukraine Russia

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned, on Saturday, Russia's biggest drone and missile attack yet in the three-year war in Ukraine. "The Secretary-General strongly condemns the latest series of large-scale drone and missile attacks by the Russian Federation," Guterres said in a statement referring to the assault Friday and also calling ...

Syria Battles Fierce Wildfires in Latakia for Third Day as Turkey Sends Assistance
Syria Battles Fierce Wildfires in Latakia for Third Day as Turkey Sends Assistance

This is Beirut 05/07 16:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Latakia Syria Forest fires

Syrian emergency workers were battling forest fires raging in the coastal province of Latakia on Saturday for a third day in tough conditions as neighboring Turkey sent assistance. An AFP correspondent saw strong winds fanning the flames in forest areas and farmland in Qastal Maaf, around a dozen kilometers (eight miles) from the Turkish border, ...

Three More Turkish Opposition Mayors Arrested in Graft Probe Amid CHP Crackdown
Three More Turkish Opposition Mayors Arrested in Graft Probe Amid CHP Crackdown

This is Beirut 05/07 13:06 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan opposition

Turkey arrested three more opposition mayors early on Saturday as part of an investigation into alleged graft, officials from the main opposition CHP said, denouncing it as a "political operation." The early morning arrests were the latest move targeting elected officials of the Republican People's Party (CHP) as the government of ...

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