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Putin Says Ukraine Wants Ceasefire to Rearm and Mobilize
Putin Says Ukraine Wants Ceasefire to Rearm and Mobilize

This is Beirut 04/06 20:11 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Vladimir Putin Russia Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday appeared to rule out a full ceasefire in Ukraine, saying that Kyiv would use any pause in the fighting to rearm. Ukraine has been pushing for an unconditional and immediate 30-day truce, issuing its latest proposal to Moscow at peace talks in Istanbul on Monday. "Why reward them by giving them a ...

Syria Monitor Says Five Alawites Found Dead after Detention
Syria Monitor Says Five Alawites Found Dead after Detention

This is Beirut 04/06 16:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Syria Alawite Community SOHR

Five men from Syria's Alawite minority were found dead in a hospital two days after being detained by security forces, a war monitor said Wednesday, alleging they had been "summarily executed." Since the fall of longtime Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad, the Alawite community, which he hails from, has been the target of many attacks, including ...

Turkey Arrests Five Mayors From Main Opposition Party
Turkey Arrests Five Mayors From Main Opposition Party

This is Beirut 04/06 13:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Turkey Politics Opposition Arrest Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Turkish police arrested five opposition mayors early Wednesday alongside 17 others as part of a probe into corruption allegations at CHP-held municipalities, a party spokesman told AFP. The latest arrests targeted a former lawmaker and three CHP mayors in Istanbul, and two more in the southern province of Adana, the spokesman said. The latest ...

Million-Plus Pilgrims Begin Hajj Under Blazing Sun
Million-Plus Pilgrims Begin Hajj Under Blazing Sun

This is Beirut 04/06 13:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Saudi Arabia Islam Hajj

More than a million pilgrims joined Islam's most important rite under a beating sun on Wednesday, as the hajj kicked off with the Saudi hosts scrambling to avoid last year's 1,000-plus deaths in sweltering heat. With temperatures expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit), robed pilgrims slowly circled the Kaaba -- the black cube ...

Khamenei Says US Nuclear Proposal Against National Interest
Khamenei Says US Nuclear Proposal Against National Interest

This is Beirut 04/06 12:33 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Iran US Nuclear Diplomacy

Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said Wednesday a US proposal for a nuclear agreement was against the national interest, amid sharp differences over whether Tehran can continue to enrich uranium. The longtime foes have held five rounds of talks since April to thrash out a new accord to replace the deal with major powers that US ...

World War II Bombs Spark Large-Scale Evacuation in Cologne
World War II Bombs Spark Large-Scale Evacuation in Cologne

This is Beirut 04/06 12:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Germany WWII Bomb

Around 20,000 people were being evacuated from central Cologne Wednesday after three unexploded World War II bombs were found, the biggest such operation in the German city since the end of the war. Bomb squad technicians were planning to defuse the three American explosives, two weighing 1,000 kilograms (2,204 pounds) and one 500 kg, which were ...

Tensions Over Land Rights Cast Shadow on Saint Catherine’s Monastery, the Oldest in the World
ExplainerTensions Over Land Rights Cast Shadow on Saint Catherine’s Monastery, the Oldest in the World

This is Beirut 04/06 10:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

St Catherine monastery Sinai Egypt

Nestled in the Sinai mountains, the ancient St Catherine's Monastery has been the centre of recent tensions after an Egyptian court ruled last week that it sat on state-owned land. Dating back to the sixth century BC, the UNESCO World Heritage Site is the world's oldest continuously inhabited monastery, attracting hundreds of pilgrims and ...

US Expected to Block Gaza Ceasefire Vote at Security Council
US Expected to Block Gaza Ceasefire Vote at Security Council

This is Beirut 04/06 10:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

USA Palestine Ceasefire United Nations israel

The UN Security Council will vote Wednesday on a resolution calling for a ceasefire and unrestricted humanitarian access in Gaza, a measure expected to fail due to a US veto. It is the 15-member body's first vote on the subject since November, when the United States -- a key Israeli ally -- also blocked a text calling for an end to fighting. The ...

Rivals Meloni and Macron Seek to Mend Fences in Rome Talks
Rivals Meloni and Macron Seek to Mend Fences in Rome Talks

This is Beirut 04/06 10:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Europe France Italy Politics

Italy's Giorgia Meloni and France's Emmanuel Macron met on Tuesday in Rome, reconciling their differences to put forward a "common commitment" as they confront shared challenges, notably US tariffs and the Ukraine war. The far-right prime minister welcomed the centrist French president to her Palazzo Chigi office, where they held three hours of ...

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