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Gaza: 30 Killed Since Dawn as Israel Expands Ground Offensive

This is Beirut 04/04 15:05 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

Israel Benjamin Netanyahu Hamas Hostages Gaza

Israel announced the launch of a new ground offensive in Gaza City on Friday, with rescuers saying military operations had killed at least 30 people across the Palestinian territory since dawn. Israel has pushed since the collapse of a short-lived truce in the war with Hamas to seize territory in Gaza in what it has called a strategy to force the ...

Pope Improving, Vatican Hints at Sunday Appearance

This is Beirut 04/04 13:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Pope Francis

Pope Francis is showing "slight improvements" as he recovers from life-threatening pneumonia, the Vatican said Friday, hinting that the 88-year-old pontiff could appear this weekend for the Angelus prayer. The head of the Catholic Church spent five weeks in Rome's Gemelli hospital before being discharged on March 23 to his home in the Vatican, ...

EU Announces 'New Era' in Relations With Central Asia

This is Beirut 04/04 13:05 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

European Union Central Asia Summit China Moscow

The EU announced a "new era" in ties with Central Asia on Friday at a major summit in Uzbekistan, as Brussels presses its influence in the region in the face of Russian and Chinese competition. Russia's invasion of Ukraine has accelerated the region's drift from Moscow's orbit, with major powers to both the West and East sensing an opening. The ...

Preserving Unity Through Traditional Dance in RCA

This is Beirut 04/04 10:45 - Reading : less than a minute

Dancer Bangui

Dancers from the National Ballet of the Central African Republic (RCA) rehearse traditional movements and steps representing the diversity of the country's ethnic groups in the capital, Bangui. Through this practice, they seek to preserve the heritage of a country marked by decades of conflict, instability and extreme poverty.

US National Security Agency Chief Fired: US Media

This is Beirut 04/04 10:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Donald Trump USA National Security Timothy Haugh

The head of the secretive US intelligence body, the National Security Agency (NSA), was fired Thursday, US media reported. The Washington Post cited US officials who said General Timothy Haugh was fired after little over a year in the job. The officials did not give a reason for Haugh's removal, The Post added. Haugh was also serving as head of ...

SpotlightUS Strategy on Iran: A Call for 'Maximum-Pressure Approach' Amid Rising Tensions

Amal Chmouny 04/04 10:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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As tensions in the Middle East escalate, US officials are increasingly advocating for a robust response to the dual challenges posed by Iran: its pursuit of nuclear weapons and its sophisticated military capabilities. This strategy emphasizes the urgent need for a comprehensive approach to address these complexities and leverage recent setbacks ...

Israel Army Announces New Ground Offensive East of Gaza City

This is Beirut 04/04 09:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Israel Benjamin Netanyahu Hamas Gaza Hostages

The Israeli army announced it had launched a new ground offensive east of Gaza City on Friday to expand the security zone it has established inside the Palestinian territory. "Over the past few hours... troops have begun conducting ground activity in the area of Shejaiya in northern Gaza in order to expand the security zone," the ...

South Korea Court Ousts Impeached President Yoon

This is Beirut 04/04 09:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

South Korea Yoon Suk Yeol opposition Constitutional Court

South Korea's Constitutional Court on Friday unanimously upheld President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment over his disastrous martial law declaration, stripping him of office and triggering fresh elections after months of political turmoil. Yoon, 64, was suspended by lawmakers over his December 3 attempt to subvert civilian rule, which saw armed ...

Russian Envoy Seeks Cooperation With US at Landmark Washington Talks

This is Beirut 04/04 05:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The most senior Russian official to visit Washington since the start of the Ukraine war said Thursday he had discussed potential cooperation with the United States in the Arctic and on rare earth metals but acknowledged that "disagreements" remain. Kirill Dmitriev, head of Russia's sovereign wealth fund and President Vladimir ...

Four dead, dozens injured in Russia drone strikes on Kharkiv

This is Beirut 04/04 04:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Ukraine Russia Kharkiv

Russian drone strikes killed at least four people and injured more than 30 in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, authorities said Friday. Russia and Ukraine have stepped up aerial attacks even as US President Donald Trump pushes them to agree to a ceasefire after more than three years of costly fighting. The attack late Thursday targeted ...

Under US Pressure, Iran May Withdraw from Yemen

This is Beirut 03/04 22:30 - Reading : less than a minute

USA Donald Trump Houthi Tehran United States

According to information reported by British media outlet The Telegraph on Thursday, Iran has ordered its military forces in Yemen to withdraw from the country due to the intensification of US airstrikes on its Houthi allies. A senior Iranian official stated that the decision aimed to avoid a direct confrontation with the United States if an ...

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Danish PM in "Unity" Greenland Visit After US Takeover Threats

This is Beirut 03/04 22:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Mette Frederiksen Denmark Greenland United States

Denmark's prime minister said on Thursday that Copenhagen would not give up Greenland, as she visited the resource-rich autonomous Danish region that US President Donald Trump has vowed to take over. Speaking in English and addressing the US, Mette Frederiksen said "you cannot annex another country." Tensions between the United States and ...