US warns Israel not to repeat Gaza destruction in Lebanon
Netanyahu said in a video address addressed to the people of Lebanon on Tuesday: "You have an opportunity to save...Geostrategy
Fleeing Israeli bombs, Lebanon’s displaced met with suspicion
Lebanon remains split over the group's decision to open a front against Israel in solidarity with Gaza and drag the...Geostrategy
French language in focus as controversies rise in Canada
The question of whether Canadian corporate leaders should be bilingual received a lot of attention last fall, after the president...Under Canadian law, state-owned businesses are required to provide services in both French and English to clients
According to some French language proponents in Canada the government has failed to meet their expectations
UN chief to visit Turkey before trips to Russia and Ukraine
Turkey has been trying to negotiate an end to the conflict between the two countries, hosting meetings between Russian and...Antonio Guterres’ trip comes as the Russia-Ukraine war enters its third month, with fierce battles continuing in Ukraine’s east
Scores of civilians and Ukrainian soldiers are said to be trapped in the besieged port city of Mariupol, with evacuation interrupted
Losing Russian energy would weigh on Europe’s economy: IMF official
Europe can get by without Russian gas for six months, but beyond that, the economic impact would be severe, a...Alfred Kammer, head of the IMF's European Department, urged countries in the region to take a series of steps to ease the blow, including reducing consumption to build up inventory
The International Monetary Fund projects that a total loss of Russian gas and oil supplies could cost the European Union three percent of GDP
Saudi Arabia and Iran restart talks in Baghdad
Regional rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia have resumed key talks in the Iraqi capital Baghdad after negotiations were suspended last...Iran's Nour news agency confirmed a meeting attended by "senior officials from the secretariat of Iran's Supreme National Security Council and the head of the Saudi intelligence
Shiite-majority Iran and the Sunni kingdom of Saudi Arabia support rival sides in several conflict zones across the region
Gunmen kill bodyguard of Iran Revolutionary Guards general
Gunmen killed the bodyguard of a general from Iran's Revolutionary Guards on Saturday in an attack on a checkpoint in...State television said "criminals" had opened fire at the checkpoint, located at the entrance to the provincial capital of Zahedan
IRNA said the security forces arrested those behind the attack
Hopes down for Easter truce in Ukraine as Russia presses on
Russian forces, which withdrew from around Kyiv and the north of Ukraine earlier this month after being frustrated in their...Ukrainian authorities have vowed to fight on and drive the Russian troops from their land, but they also sought an Easter pause
‘Unfortunately, Russia rejected the proposal to establish an Easter truce,’ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday
After Moscow visit, UN chief to meet Zelensky in Ukraine
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres will meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky in Ukraine next week after a stop in Moscow...Guterres sent letters this week requesting these in-person meetings to try to regain the initiative for the UN
In part this is because the war has divided the UN Security Council permanent members: the United States, France, Britain, China and Russia
Tensions threaten to boil over in Jerusalem’s Muslim quarter
The Old City of Jerusalem, with its Jewish, Muslim, Christian and Armenian quarters, swarms with tourists and pilgrims, security forces,...Muslim and Christian Palestinians as well as rights groups accuse Israeli ultra-nationalist groups of trying to "Judaize" the district in the annexed eastern sector of the city.
And in what Palestinians see as a blatant provocation, Jewish hardliners have been stepping up visits to the esplanade.
Portuguese man detained over Beirut blast
Spanish authorities said Thursday they had arrested and then granted conditional release to a Portuguese man wanted by Interpol over...Moreira is wanted in Lebanon for allegedly having brought explosives into the country
He is wanted in Lebanon for the crimes of "terrorism" and "causing death through the use of explosives."
Turkey calls in Iraq envoy to defend new offensive
Iraq’s charge d’affaires was called in a day after officials in Baghdad denied Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s claim that...Iraq’s charge d’affaires was called in a day after officials in Baghdad denied Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s claim that they backed the offensive
Erdogan said on Wednesday that Turkey’s push into the mountains of northern Iraq was being conducted in “close cooperation with the central Iraqi government."
