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Trump in a Garbage Truck, Harris in Wisconsin

This is Beirut 2024-10-31 05:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Donald Trump pulled an election stunt with a garbage truck Wednesday as the White House campaign was forced off-piste by muddled remarks from President Joe Biden about the Republican's supporters that caused a headache for Democratic candidate Kamala Harris. Harris had hoped to spend the day expanding on the final week "closing argument" she made ...

Israeli Army Creates New Division for Border with Jordan

This is Beirut 2024-10-30 21:30 - Reading : less than a minute

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Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Chief of Staff of the Israeli Army Herzi Halevi have decided to create a new division aimed at "protecting Israel's eastern borders," according to a statement published on Wednesday on X by the Israeli army’s Arabic-speaking spokesperson, Avichay Adraee. The objective of the move is to strengthen ...

US Officials Heading to Israel to Discuss Lebanon, Gaza Deals

This is Beirut 2024-10-30 19:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Senior US officials were traveling to Israel on Wednesday to seek progress on deals to end the Gaza and Lebanon wars, the State Department confirmed. Amos Hochstein, the US pointman on Israel-Lebanon tensions, and Brett McGurk, the top White House official on the Middle East, will lead the talks with Israel. The two "are traveling to Israel to ...

UN Security Council Expresses 'Concern' over Israel's UNRWA Ban

This is Beirut 2024-10-30 17:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The UN Security Council on Wednesday expressed "grave concern" over the Israeli parliament's adoption of a bill banning UNRWA, the main United Nations aid agency working with Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. The Council also called on Israel to "abide by its international obligations" and "respect the privileges and immunities" of ...

SpotlightD-6: Harris and Trump Neck-and-Neck in the Polls

Tylia El Helou 2024-10-30 17:25 - Reading : less than a minute

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Today, the Democratic candidate returns to Pennsylvania, for a rally in the town of Harrisburg, while the Republican candidate holds two political rallies: the first in the early afternoon in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, and the second in the evening in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Gaza Mediators Propose Ceasefire of Less than a Month

This is Beirut 2024-10-30 16:51 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Mediators seeking a Gaza ceasefire are set to propose a truce of under a month to Palestinian militants Hamas, a source with knowledge of the talks told AFP on Wednesday. The discussions in Doha, which concluded Monday, included Mossad chief David Barnea, CIA director Bill Burns and Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim ...

US Military Airstrikes Eliminate 35 Jihadists in Syria

This is Beirut 2024-10-30 16:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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American air strikes killed up to 35 Islamic State group members in Syria earlier this week, the US military said Wednesday. It is the latest in a series of operations in recent months by US and local forces in Iraq and Syria against the jihadists, who once held swathes of territory in both countries. "The strikes hit multiple ISIS locations in ...

Saudi Arabia Open Meeting of New Alliance for Palestinian Statehood

This is Beirut 2024-10-30 13:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Saudi Arabia is on Wednesday expected to open the first meeting of a new "international alliance" to press for the establishment of a Palestinian state, state media said. The "International Alliance to Implement the Two-State Solution" was unveiled last month on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, Saudi state media reported at the time, ...

ExplainerOperation Days of Repentance: Israel's Strike on Iran

Malo Pinatel 2024-10-30 11:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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According to the Israeli army, this attack involved no less than a hundred aircraft, including F-15s, F-16s and stealth F-35s. Drones were also employed in the offensive. Jordanian Reservations The scale of the resources deployed highlights the complexity of the operation, which was made even more challenging by the distance between Israel and ...

US Offers Reward in 1994 AC Flight 901 Bombing Linked to Hezbollah

This is Beirut 2024-10-30 10:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The bombing of AC Flight 901 in 1994 has been attributed to Hezbollah by the US Office of the Director of National Intelligence, according to a media note issued by the Department of State on Tuesday. The US Department of State’s Rewards for Justice (RFJ) program is offering a reward of up to $5 million for information that leads to the ...

Three Chinese Astronauts Begin Mission to Tiangong Space Station

This is Beirut 2024-10-30 10:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Three Chinese astronauts, including the country's only woman spaceflight engineer, entered the Tiangong space station on Wednesday following an early morning launch into orbit. The Shenzhou-19 mission took off with its trio of space explorers at 4:27 am (2027 GMT Tuesday) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Xinhua and ...

Bitcoin Close to Record-High, as Investors Keep Eyes on US Election

This is Beirut 2024-10-30 10:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Bitcoin was close to $73,000 in early Asian trade Wednesday, approaching a record high with investors keeping a cautious eye on the US presidential election. The leading digital currency was trading around $72,400 at 0700 GMT, after climbing as high as $73,563.63 in late US trade, just shy of its all-time peak of $73,797.98 in March. The surge ...