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Middle East
Defiant Iran ramps up attacks after Trump warning
Iran launched fresh attacks across the Middle East on Monday and threatened "devastating" retaliation, after U.S. President Donald Trum...
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Middle East
Trump says 'good chance' of deal with Iran on Monday
U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday he believes there is a "good chance" of making a deal with Iran on Monday, ahead of his dea...
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Lebanon
4 dead, 39 hurt as Israel hits Jnah building without warning, bombs Dahieh
Israeli strikes on south Beirut and its suburbs killed at least four people on Sunday, a day after Israel threatened to hit Lebanon's main bo...
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Lebanon
'What have we benefited from your war?': Aoun says diplomacy is not surrender
President Joseph Aoun hit back Sunday at those who have criticized the Lebanese state for pursuing diplomacy and negotiations.
"Some have as...
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Middle East
Trump says US airman rescued in Iran in 'miraculous' operation
U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that U.S. forces had safely recovered a second airman downed in Iran, calling it "one of the most daring ...
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Iran does not plan to immediately resume talks with European nations on its nuclear program after they reimposed sanctions, an Iranian foreign ministry spokesman said on Monday.
"We have no plans for negotiations at this stage," spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said, adding that Iran was examining the "consequences and implications" of the restart of sanctions initiated by France, Britain, and Germany.
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France's President Emmanuel Macron on Monday accepted Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu's resignation just hours after unveiling his cabinet, the presidency said, plunging the European nation further into political deadlock.
Macron named Lecornu, a former defense minister, to the post last month.
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The Paris stock market slipped Monday as Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu resigned after a month in the job, plunging the country into further political turmoil.
The CAC 40 index of blue-chip stocks was down more than two percent at around 0800 GMT.
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U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday urged Hamas and Israeli negotiators gathering in Egypt for crucial talks aimed at ending the war in Gaza to "move fast," adding that there had been "very positive discussions" with the Palestinian armed group.
"There have been very positive discussions with Hamas, and Countries from all over the World (Arab, Muslim, and everyone else) this weekend, to release the Hostages, end the War in Gaza but, more importantly, finally have long sought PEACE in the Middle East," he posted on his Truth Social platform.
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Lebanese crooner-turned-fugitive militant Fadel Shaker surrendered himself to Lebanese authorities on Saturday after hiding in a Palestinian camp for over a decade, the Lebanese Army said said.
Shaker, a popular singer born to a Palestinian mother and a Lebanese father, was accused of taking part in 2013 clashes in Sidon, south Lebanon, that opposed Salafist Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir and his supporters with the Lebanese military which left 17 soldiers dead.
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Hezbollah chief Sheikh Naim Qassem said that Washington's plan for a ceasefire in Gaza was "full of dangers", accusing Israel of using the proposal to achieve what it "failed" to do during the war.
Qassem suggested Israel would use the plan as pretext to take over the land and strip Palestinians of their self-determination, but said the decision of whether to accept it was ultimately Hamas'.
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A senior Hamas official on Sunday said the Palestinian militant group is eager to reach an agreement to end the war and implement a prisoner swap with Israel, as negotiators converge in Egypt for talks.
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Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Sunday that the military's offensive in Gaza City has so far displaced approximately 900,000 Palestinians.
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Israeli and Hamas negotiators were converging on Cairo Sunday for talks to end nearly two years of war in Gaza, with Israel's leader expressing hope that hostages held in the devastated territory could be released within days.
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Flights resumed "progressively" on Saturday at Munich airport, but delays were expected after a drone scare caused a second shutdown in as many days, affecting over 6,500 passengers, the operator said.
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