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Larijani Starts Iraq and Lebanon Tour Amid High Tensions over Hezbollah's Disarmament

This is Beirut 11/08 20:22 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Ali Larijani, the head of Iran's top security body, met with senior officials in Iraq on Monday, ahead of a visit to Lebanon, where the government plans to disarm Tehran-backed group Hezbollah. Tehran has suffered a series of blows in its long-running rivalry with Israel, including during 12 days of open war between the two countries in ...

Syria Vows Accountability After Video of Sweida Hospital Killing

This is Beirut 11/08 19:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Syria said Monday it would hold accountable those responsible for the apparent killing of an unarmed man at a hospital during violence last month in Druze-majority Sweida province, after a purported video of the incident emerged. "We condemn and denounce this act in the strongest terms and affirm that the perpetrators will be held accountable and ...

Iraq Announces Nationwide Power Outage amid 'Record' Heat

This is Beirut 11/08 19:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Power was out on Monday across Iraq as scorching summer temperatures pushed demand on the electricity grid to unprecedented levels, authorities said. The electricity ministry said the grid suffered a "total outage" as heat reached 48-50°C in Baghdad and central and southern regions. It said two transmission lines were shut down "due to a record ...

Merz Plans Ukraine Talks Wednesday with Trump, Zelensky, European leaders

This is Beirut 11/08 19:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz plans to hold talks with the US and Ukrainian presidents and European leaders on Wednesday, two days ahead of a US-Russia summit in Alaska, his office said. Merz's office said Monday he would discuss the Ukraine war with leaders from "Finland, France, the UK, Italy, Poland, Ukraine, the heads of the European ...

Trump Deploys National Guard to Tackle Washington Crime

This is Beirut 11/08 19:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Donald Trump on Monday deployed military and federal law enforcement to curb violent crime in Washington, as he seeks to make good on his campaign pledge to be a "law and order" president. The Republican leader said he would place the city's Metropolitan Police under federal government control while also sending the National Guard ...

Norway Sovereign Fund Drops Investments in 11 Israeli Companies

This is Beirut 11/08 18:47 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Norway's sovereign wealth fund said Monday that it was selling its investments in 11 Israeli companies following reports it had invested in an Israeli jet engine maker even as the war in Gaza raged. Nicolai Tangen, chief of Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), which manages the fund, said the decision was taken "in response to ...

Gazans Mourn Al Jazeera Staff Killed by Israel

This is Beirut 11/08 16:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Gazans gathered on Monday for the funeral of five Al Jazeera staff members and a sixth reporter killed in an Israeli strike, with Israel calling one of them a "terrorist" affiliated with Hamas. Dozens stood amid bombed-out buildings in the courtyard of Al-Shifa hospital to pay their respects to Anas al-Sharif, a prominent Al Jazeera ...

France's Macron Condemns Israel's Gaza Plan as Path to 'Permanent War'

This is Beirut 11/08 15:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday condemned Israel's plan to expand its operations and take control of Gaza City as a "disaster" and a path to "permanent war". "This war must end now with a permanent ceasefire," Macron said in a statement, adding Israel's plan to take control of Gaza City was "a disaster of unprecedented gravity and a ...

Zelensky Says 'Concessions' Will Not Make Russia End War

This is Beirut 11/08 14:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday warned against capitulating to the demands of President Vladimir Putin ahead of talks Friday between the Russian leader and US President Donald Trump. The US-Russia summit -- so far planned without Zelensky -- will be the first between a sitting US and Russian president since 2021. Kyiv is ...

Iran Seizes Foreign Tanker Over Fuel Smuggling

This is Beirut 11/08 14:40 - Reading : less than a minute

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Iranian authorities have seized a foreign tanker accused of smuggling fuel in the Gulf waters and arrested its 17 crew members, local media reported Monday. "Police border guards in Hormozgan province seized a tanker named Phoenix, flying the flag of a third country, in Iranian territorial waters," ISNA news agency reported, without ...

SpotlightMossad’s Reach: How Israel Penetrated Iran’s Inner Sanctum

Soumia Benmerzoug 11/08 13:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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In June 2025, Iran was struck by a wave of operations of an unusual kind: targeted sabotage, “accidental” explosions, digital disruption, targeted assassinations… The whole affair bears the hallmarks of a hybrid offensive, silent yet devastatingly effective. But beyond technological prowess, the structural collapse of a paranoid regime ...

HighlightThe Russian Past of Alaska, Where Trump and Putin Will Meet

This is Beirut 11/08 09:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will hold a high-stakes meeting about the Ukraine war on Friday in Alaska, which the United States bought from Russia more than 150 years ago. Russian influence still endures in parts of the remote state on the northwest edge of the North American continent, which extends just a few miles from ...