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Putin to Meet Iranian President After Europe Triggers Sanctions

This is Beirut 29/08 17:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin will discuss Tehran's nuclear program with his Iranian counterpart, Masoud Pezeshkian, in China on Monday, a meeting that comes as Iran faces fresh Western pressure. Britain, France and Germany have moved to reimpose sanctions on Iran, saying the country is failing to comply with a 2015 nuclear deal. Moscow on ...

Turkey Bars Israeli Ships, Flights from Its Territory

This is Beirut 29/08 17:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Turkey's top diplomat said Friday that Ankara had closed its ports and airspace to Israeli ships and planes, with a diplomatic source telling AFP the ban applied to "official" flights. "We have closed our ports to Israeli ships. We do not allow Turkish ships to go to Israeli ports.... We do not allow container ships carrying weapons and ...

Putin, Erdogan to Discuss Ukraine on Sidelines of China Summit

This is Beirut 29/08 17:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin will discuss the Ukraine conflict with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on the sidelines of a regional summit in China on Monday, the Kremlin said. "Turkey plays an important role in the Ukraine resolution process," Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters, including AFP, on ...

France, Germany to Provide More Air Defense to Ukraine

This is Beirut 29/08 17:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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France and Germany will provide more air-defense hardware for Ukraine after "massive" Russian airstrikes in recent days, the key EU members said in a joint statement Friday. "France and Germany will provide additional air defense to Ukraine," they said, after President Emmanuel Macron hosted German Chancellor Friedrich Merz for a visit to the ...

Trump Withdraws Kamala Harris's Secret Service Protection

This is Beirut 29/08 16:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The Trump administration has withdrawn former vice president Kamala Harris's Secret Service security protection, a White House official said Friday. The administration terminated an extension approved by then-president Joe Biden for Harris, the defeated Democratic presidential candidate whose customary six-month period of protection as ex-VP ...

Israel Army Declares Gaza City 'a Dangerous Combat Zone'

This is Beirut 29/08 13:38 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The Israeli military declared Gaza City "a dangerous combat zone" on Friday, as it prepared to conquer the Palestinian territory's largest city after almost two years of devastating war. Israel is under mounting pressure at home and abroad to end its offensive in Gaza, where the vast majority of the population has been displaced at ...

Sectarian Violence in Syria's Druze Heartland Killed Nearly 2,000

This is Beirut 29/08 13:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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A Syria monitor said Friday that the death toll from sectarian violence in Sweida province in July has climbed to nearly 2,000, after dozens more bodies were identified. The week of bloodshed erupted on July 13 with clashes between Druze fighters and Sunni Bedouin, but rapidly escalated, drawing in government forces and fighters from other parts ...

Hope and Hate: How Migrant Influx has Changed Germany

This is Beirut 29/08 13:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Men sit outside shisha bars and women in hijabs push strollers past Middle Eastern restaurants and pastry shops in Berlin's Sonnenallee, a wide avenue which has become a symbol of how much Germany has changed in the last decade. Many came during the huge migrant influx of 2015, when a million people arrived in a matter of months -- mostly from ...

Turkey says Russia Scales Back Ukraine Territorial Demands

This is Beirut 29/08 12:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Russia is demanding Ukraine cede all of its eastern Donbas region, but would be willing to freeze the conflict in the south of the country along current front lines, Turkey's top diplomat has said. Russia occupies around one-fifth of Ukraine's territory, and has claimed to have annexed five of the country's regions -- Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson ...

Iranian Nuclear Issue: Moscow and Beijing Express Concerns Over EU Ultimatum

This is Beirut 29/08 11:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Following the European decision to trigger the mechanism that could reinstate international sanctions against Iran within a month—a move set to be reviewed Friday by the UN Security Council, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-president, Kaja Kallas said Friday, “Western countries now have 30 days to find ...

Two Years After Bongo Removal, Gabon Tackling Myriad Challenges

This is Beirut 29/08 10:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Gabon looks like a country under construction two years after a coup that abruptly ended 55 years of rule by the Bongo family. But for all its new roads, markets and reforms, social and economic problems still loom large. President Brice Oligui Nguema will use National Liberation Day on the anniversary of the August 30, 2023 coup to visit the ...

US Approves $825 mn Missile Sale to Ukraine

This is Beirut 29/08 10:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The United States on Thursday announced the approval of an $825 million sale of 3,350 Extended Range Attack Munition (ERAM) air-launched missiles and related equipment to Ukraine. Kyiv will make the purchase with funding from Denmark, the Netherlands and Norway and a loan guarantee from the United States, the US Defense Security Cooperation ...