This is Beirut 12/09 18:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The UN General Assembly on Friday overwhelmingly adopted the “New York Declaration,” aimed at reviving the two-state solution between Israel and Palestine, but explicitly excluding Hamas, which “must hand over its weapons to the Palestinian Authority.” The resolution, presented by France and Saudi Arabia, was ...
This is Beirut 12/09 17:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
US authorities said Friday they had captured the man accused of killing prominent right-wing activist Charlie Kirk after a family member helped to turn him in after a frantic manhunt. "We got him," Utah Governor Spencer Cox told a press conference. Cox identified the suspect as Tyler Robinson and said the arrest was made after one of Robinson's ...
This is Beirut 12/09 15:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The United Arab Emirates said it summoned Israel's deputy ambassador in Abu Dhabi on Friday, in a formal rebuke of his country's attack targeting Hamas leaders in Gulf neighbour Qatar. The UAE, along with Bahrain, was the first Gulf country to normalize ties with Israel in 2020 and has been a frequent critic of its military actions in Gaza. It ...
This is Beirut 12/09 14:35 - Reading : less than a minute
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Two people were wounded in a stabbing attack at a hotel in Tzuba, an Israeli kibbutz less than 10 kilometres west of Jerusalem, medics said, with police reporting that the Palestinian assailant had been arrested. "EMT (emergency medical technician) and paramedics are treating two stabbing victims and evacuating them to hospital, including a ...
This is Beirut 12/09 14:00 - Reading : less than a minute
NATO said Friday it did not see an immediate military threat as Russia and Belarus kicked off major military drills on the alliance's eastern border. "We call on Russia and Belarus to act in a predictable and transparent manner in line with their international commitments," said a NATO official. "We do not see any immediate military threat ...
This is Beirut 12/09 13:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Britain on Wednesday announced fresh sanctions against Russia, targeting military weapons, equipment suppliers and its shadow fleet as UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper visited Kyiv. Security analysts say Russia's so-called "shadow fleet" of ageing vessels is used by Moscow to circumvent international sanctions that ban it from selling ...
This is Beirut 12/09 12:50 - Reading : less than a minute
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EU countries on Friday agreed to prolong Ukraine-related sanctions for another six months on over 2,500 Russian individuals and entities, including President Vladimir Putin, diplomats said. Ambassadors from the bloc's 27-member states signed off on the move ahead of a deadline on Monday, after Hungary and Slovakia dropped demands to take a number ...
This is Beirut 12/09 12:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The man accused of killing prominent right-wing activist Charlie Kirk was captured on Friday, after a family member helped to turn him in after a frantic manhunt. "We got him," Utah Governor Spencer Cox told a press conference. Cox identified the suspect as Tyler Robinson and said the arrest was made after one of Robinson's ...
David Hale 12/09 10:30 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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This month brings world leaders together to mark the annual opening of the United Nations General Assembly. Their formal speeches in front of the assembly vary in interest, as many contain more pious platitudes than meaty information. The real work of interest often happens behind-the-scenes, as world leaders meet bilaterally or in small groups ...
This is Beirut 12/09 10:25 - Reading : less than a minute
Russia's firing of drones over Poland is "absolutely unacceptable", the French foreign minister said Friday, adding that the Russian ambassador would be summoned over the incident. "He (the ambassador) will be summoned this morning," French Foreign Jean-Noel Barrot told France Inter radio. "We will tell him that we will not be intimidated... ...
This is Beirut 12/09 09:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Russia on Friday said it downed 221 Ukrainian drones, one of the highest tallies in the war, as Moscow and key ally Belarus began major military drills, rattling the West. Moscow's defense ministry said its alert systems had "intercepted and destroyed" the drones overnight, over half of which flew over the regions of Bryansk and ...
This is Beirut 12/09 09:13 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Thursday that enriched nuclear material remained "under the rubble" of facilities damaged during the recent war with Israel. "All of our material is... under the rubble of the bombed facilities," said Araghchi in a televised interview, adding that Iran's Atomic Energy ...