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Araghchi to Visit Saudi Arabia and Qatar Ahead of Trump’s Regional Tour

This is Beirut 09/05 22:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will visit Saudi Arabia and Qatar on Saturday, his ministry said, days before US President Donald Trump begins a regional tour. Araghchi is due to hold talks with senior Saudi officials in Riyadh before heading to Doha for a conference on Arab-Iranian dialogue, ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said in a ...

Zelensky Announces European Summit on Saturday to Support Ukraine

This is Beirut 09/05 19:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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European leaders from the "coalition of the willing", a grouping of countries which have pledged strengthened support for Kyiv, will meet in Ukraine on Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said. Zelensky did not say who would attend or where the summit would take place. Around 30 countries are part of the coalition, led by Britain ...

Iran-US: Fourth Round of Nuclear Talks Scheduled for This Weekend in Oman

This is Beirut 09/05 19:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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A fourth round of nuclear talks between Iran and the United States is expected to take place this weekend in the capital of Oman, with Iranian state media mentioning May 11 as a likely date. Iran's Nournews site was the first to report the resumption of nuclear talks between Iran and the US on Sunday, citing an anonymous source. Stating that the ...

Ukraine: London, Paris, and Nordic Countries Support a 30-Day Ceasefire

This is Beirut 09/05 19:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The UK, France and a group of northern European nations said Friday they supported a US proposal for an unconditional 30-day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine. "We need a ceasefire, an unconditional ceasefire, first," Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store told reporters on the sidelines of a meeting of the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) ...

Israel Intercepts Missile Launched from Yemen

This is Beirut 09/05 18:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Israel's military said it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen on Friday, with AFP journalists reporting explosions heard in the Jerusalem area. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the missile fire, which follows attacks by Yemen's Iran-backed Huthi rebels, including a strike on Sunday on Israel's main airport. The Israeli ...

StoryThe Erasable Manifesto of Virgil Abloh

Bélinda Ibrahim 09/05 17:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Virgil Abloh Manifesto Book

In 2021, just months before passing, designer and artist Virgil Abloh unveiled one of his most surprising and powerful projects: a book printed with thermochromic ink designed to disappear when exposed to heat. A book that literally erases itself, not simply a metaphor for impermanence, but a tangible embodiment of the volatility of meaning. A ...

EU Unity Urged as Germany Enforces Border Controls on Migration

This is Beirut 09/05 16:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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EU chief Ursula von der Leyen called Friday for migration to be tackled jointly by member states as she hosted new German leader Friedrich Merz, whose government has moved to turn back asylum seekers at its borders. "Migration is a common European challenge and it needs a common European solution," the commission president told a news conference ...

Pope Leo Says Church Must Illuminate 'Dark Nights of This World' in First Mass

This is Beirut 09/05 16:16 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Leo XIV urged the Catholic Church to "desperately" counter a lack of faith in his first homily as pope Friday, a day after the modest cardinal largely unknown to the world become the first US head of the 2,000-year institution. Chicago-born Robert Francis Prevost on Thursday became the 267th pope, spiritual leader of the world's 1.4 billion ...

UN Raises Alarm as 36 Million Face Hunger in West and Central Africa

This is Beirut 09/05 16:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The UN World Food Programme sounded the alarm on Friday over escalating hunger in West and Central Africa as needs reach "record levels." More than 36 million people are struggling to meet their food needs, a number that could rise to 52 million people during the lean season between harvests this summer, the agency said in a ...

Pope Leo XIV to Begin Pontificate with Inauguration Mass on May 18

This is Beirut 09/05 15:55 - Reading : less than a minute

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The inauguration mass of Pope Leo XIV will take place on Sunday, May 18, in St. Peter's Square, the Vatican announced. World leaders are expected to gather for the event, held 10 days after the election of Robert Francis Prevost as the first US head of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics. The new pontiff will meet with journalists on Monday and ...

PKK Nears Disarmament After Historic Meeting

This is Beirut 09/05 15:48 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) held a "successful" meeting this week with a view to disarming and disbanding, a Kurdish news agency close to the armed movement said on Friday. The meeting resulted in "decisions of historic importance concerning the PKK's activities, based on the call" of founder Abdullah ...

VideosThe Catholic World Welcomes Pope Leo XIV

This is Beirut 09/05 14:45 - Reading : less than a minute

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From Peru to Paris, from Manila to Washington, Catholics around the world are celebrating the historic election of Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, welcomed with devotion, pride and hope.