This is Beirut 30/04 12:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran and the United States will hold a fourth round of talks on the Islamic republic's nuclear programme in Rome on Saturday, Iran's foreign minister said. The longtime adversaries have held three rounds of talks aiming for a deal on the programme, which the West believes is intended to develop nuclear weapons -- an allegation Tehran denies. The ...
This is Beirut 30/04 11:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Pakistan said on Wednesday it had "credible intelligence" that India was planning an imminent military strike and vowed to retaliate, as worries of spiralling conflict grew over a deadly attack in Kashmir. Relations between the nuclear-armed neighbours have plummeted since New Delhi blamed its arch-rival Pakistan for last week's ...
This is Beirut 30/04 11:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iran's UN mission has slammed "threats" by France to reimpose sanctions lifted under a landmark 2015 deal on Tehran's nuclear programme, media in the Islamic republic reported on Wednesday. France on Monday said that along with Germany and Britain, it "will not hesitate for a single second to reapply all the sanctions" scrapped a decade ago if ...
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A seasoned diplomat who worked with Pope Francis for 12 years, Cardinal Pietro Parolin is well-known in Rome and abroad, and a serious contender to be the next pontiff. The 70-year-old Italian was Secretary of State -- the Vatican's effective number two -- for almost the entire Francis pontificate, and its most visible exponent on the world ...
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Asia's front-runner for the papacy, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of the Philippines is a charismatic moderate often dubbed the "Asian Francis". Tagle, 67, who shares with Pope Francis a history of advocating for the poor, migrants and other marginalized people, is known for his missionary spirit and pastoral focus. Wearing glasses ...
This is Beirut 30/04 09:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Long-troubled relations between nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan have rapidly worsened since a deadly attack in Kashmir targeting tourists that New Delhi blames on Islamabad, accusations it has firmly rejected. One week since the April 22 attack in which 26 men were killed, the deadliest on civilians in the disputed Himalayan territory in ...
This is Beirut 30/04 05:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Tuesday that the United States would give up on mediation unless Russia and Ukraine put forward "concrete proposals," as US patience wanes on an early priority for Donald Trump. The US president had vowed to end the war in his first 24 hours back in the White House but, as Trump celebrates 100 days ...
This is Beirut 30/04 05:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
United States Donald Trump Politics
Donald Trump promised Tuesday that he is just getting started as he marked the radical and vengeful beginning of a presidency that has shaken the world and destabilized the United States. Basking in the adulation of cheering supporters in Michigan, the 78-year-old touted the "most successful first 100 days of any administration in the ...
This is Beirut 29/04 21:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Three people were shot dead in a city north of the Swedish capital on Tuesday, police said, the latest shooting to rock the Nordic nation. Police said they received reports of shots fired in the center of Uppsala, some 60 kilometers (37 miles) north of the capital, Stockholm, and that "a certain number of people have been found with wounds ...
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Syria Conflict Religion Druze SOHR
A Syria war monitor on Tuesday said 14 people, including seven Druze fighters, were killed in sectarian clashes near Damascus, as authorities blamed "gunmen" and vowed to pursue those involved. The overnight clashes, sparked by the circulation on social media of an audio recording deemed blasphemous, were met with condemnation from ...
Bélinda Ibrahim 29/04 18:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Abrahamic Family Religion Coexistence
In 2023, the Abrahamic Family House was created in the heart of Abu Dhabi. An architectural and spiritual work of art designed to bring Muslims, Christians and Jews together around their shared values. Located on Saadiyat Island, the site features three Houses of Worship—Eminence Ahmed Al-Tayeb Mosque, St. Francis Church, and the Moses Ben ...
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Emmanuel Macron Russia France Cyberattack
France on Tuesday accused Russian military intelligence of being behind a series of cyberattacks against the country over the last decade, including against an organization involved in the 2024 Paris Olympics and Emmanuel Macron's first presidential campaign in 2017. Since 2021, a branch of Russian military intelligence (GRU) dedicated to ...