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Children Dying in South Sudan after US Aid Cuts

This is Beirut 01/07 16:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The impact of US aid cuts has already taken a toll in South Sudan and children are dying, Action Against Hunger told AFP on Tuesday. The east African nation has remained deeply poor and unstable since independence in 2011 and is massively dependent on international aid despite its oil wealth. It is among the countries facing shortfalls following ...

UN says Iran Post-War Aid Budget Needs to be Doubled

This is Beirut 01/07 15:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The most senior UN official in Iran said Tuesday the organisation's humanitarian and development aid budget to the country would need to be doubled following the war with Israel. Stefan Priesner, the UN resident coordinator in Iran, said he hoped the international community would step up with more funding. "We are now doing the budgeting" for ...

'Dead and Wounded' After Ukrainian Drone Attack on Russia's Izhevsk

This is Beirut 01/07 13:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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A Ukrainian drone attack on a Russian city more than 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) from the front line left multiple people dead and wounded early on Tuesday, the region's governor said. It was one of the deepest strikes into Russian territory of the three-year-old conflict. Izhevsk, far from the battlefield in Ukraine, is home to multiple arms ...

VideosThe Struggle of Displaced Families in Sudan: Trapped Between War and Hunger

This is Beirut 01/07 12:40 - Reading : less than a minute

Sudan UN Famine

After two years of war in Sudan, entire families are fleeing the fighting, only to face another deadly threat: hunger.

Most World Heritage Sites at Risk of Drought or Flooding: UN

This is Beirut 01/07 12:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Almost three quarters of the globe's cultural and natural heritage sites are threatened by too little or too much water, the UN's cultural agency said on Tuesday. As a result of rising temperatures, extreme weather events including hurricanes, droughts, floods and heatwaves have become more frequent and intense, scientists warn. Seventy-three ...

Rockets Fired at Iraq Airport, Wound Two: Security Sources

This is Beirut 01/07 12:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Two rockets struck the military section of Kirkuk airport in northern Iraq late on Monday, slightly wounding two security personnel, a senior security official told AFP. Another rocket hit a house in the city of Kirkuk, causing material damage. "Two Katyusha rockets fell in the military section of Kirkuk airport," slightly wounding two security ...

Turkey Arrests Scores in Opposition Bastion Izmir

This is Beirut 01/07 10:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Turkish police have arrested more than 120 city hall members in the opposition bastion of Izmir, local media and the CHP opposition party said on Tuesday. The arrests, on charges of alleged corruption, came after a similar operation in opposition-run Istanbul on March 19 that saw the arrest of its popular mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, the main political ...

Trump Attacks Musk Subsidies in Spending Bill Row

This is Beirut 01/07 09:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump once again targeted former aide Elon Musk on Tuesday, attacking the amount of government subsidies the entrepreneur is receiving, after the tech billionaire renewed criticism of the president's flagship spending bill. "Elon may get more subsidy than any human being in history, by far," Trump said on social media. "And ...

European Security Tops Denmark's EU Presidency Priorities

This is Beirut 01/07 09:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Pushing countries to keep vows to boost defense spending and bolstering Europe's "dangerous" security will top Denmark's agenda as it takes over the European Union's rotating presidency on Tuesday, according to Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen. Denmark is among European nations put on edge by Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine and who have already ...

Gaza Rescuers say Israeli Forces Kill Over 50 as Ceasefire Calls Mount

This is Beirut 01/07 09:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli forces killed at least 51 people, including 24 at a seafront rest area, as fresh calls grow for a ceasefire in the war-ravaged Palestinian territory. The swift resolution of Israel's 12-day war with Iran has revived hopes for a halt to the fighting in Gaza, where more than 20 months of combat have created ...

US Senate in Final Push to Pass Trump Spending Bill

This is Beirut 01/07 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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US senators were in a marathon session of amendment votes Monday as Republicans sought to pass Donald Trump's flagship spending bill, an unpopular package set to slash social welfare programs and add an eye-watering $3 trillion to the national debt. The president wants his "One Big Beautiful Bill" to extend his expiring first-term tax cuts at a ...

Op-edDisarming Hezbollah Is Here, Lebanon’s Peace with Israel Is Next

Hussain Abdul-Hussain 01/07 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Now that the leaders of Lebanon are certain that Israel and America would not shy away from using force against Iran when need be, and now that they are sure that the bark of China and Russia in the Middle East is louder than their bite, Beirut is finally moving on Hezbollah’s arms. Lebanon’s normalization with Israel will come next. Druze ...