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International
4/7/2023 3:50:00 PM
British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly on Friday appealed to "all parties" to de-escalate after Israel bombarded the Gaza Strip and Lebanon in retaliation for several dozen rockets fired from both territories.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
4/7/2023 3:29:33 PM
Egypt has called on Friday on all parties to exercise maximum self-restraint and heed the efforts undertaken to de-escalate the situation in order to avoid bloodshed and protect lives after Israel exchanged strikes with Palestinians militants in Gaza and Lebanon over the past 48 hours.
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Region
4/7/2023 12:53:01 PM
The Lebanese army said Friday it had dismantled a launcher loaded with rockets ready to be fired at Israel, hours after Israel shelled Lebanese territory in response to the biggest rocket salvo since 2006.
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World
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Region
4/7/2023 12:48:00 AM
The Israeli military struck targets in the Gaza Strip early Friday, pushing the region closer toward a wider conflagration after a day of rocket fire along the country's northern and southern borders following two days of Israeli attacks on Palestinian worshippers at Al-Aqsa mosque in occupied Jerusalem.
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World
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Region
4/6/2023 11:15:25 PM
Israel accused Palestinian groups of firing a barrage of cross-border rockets from Lebanon Thursday, just over a day after Israeli police attack on Palestinians inside Al-Aqsa Mosque.
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World
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Region
4/6/2023 9:45:29 PM
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned a barrage of rockets fired from Lebanon toward Israel, his spokesman said Thursday, calling on "all actors to exercise maximum restraint."
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World
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Region
4/6/2023 6:50:32 PM
The United States said Thursday that its ally Israel had the right to defend itself after a barrage of rockets from Lebanon following soaring tension over Jerusalem.
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World
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Region
4/6/2023 3:01:11 PM
The Israeli army said it intercepted rocket fire from Lebanon Thursday, a day after Israeli police attack on Palestinians inside Islam's third-holiest site drew warnings of retaliation from around the region.
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World
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Region
4/6/2023 2:00:00 PM
Lebanon's pro-Iranian armed movement Hezbollah said Thursday it would support "all measures" Palestinian groups may take against Israel after Israel's attack in Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque.
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World
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Region
4/5/2023 8:50:43 PM
A UN expert on Wednesday expressed grave concern about interference in investigations into the 2020 port explosion in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, including threats against the investigating judge.
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World
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Region
4/3/2023 3:59:52 PM
Lebanon is investigating alleged embezzlement of over $300,000 at its Ukraine embassy, a judicial official told AFP on Monday, as sources say cash-strapped Beirut is trying to cut costs at diplomatic missions.
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Region
3/30/2023 1:32:29 PM
Cash-strapped Lebanon has scrapped a deal for a second terminal at Beirut's international airport, the transport minister said Thursday, after critics raised transparency concerns in the $122 million project.
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World
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Region
3/30/2023 11:55:38 AM
The United Nations' highest court is set to rule Thursday in a case filed by Iran against the United States over frozen Iranian assets worth some $2 billion that the U.S. Supreme Court awarded to victims of a 1983 bombing in Lebanon and other attacks linked to Tehran.
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World
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Region
3/27/2023 3:19:10 PM
Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister reversed an unpopular decision made by his office to delay the start of daylight saving time by a month, saying Monday the Cabinet decided to implement the change in two days.
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World
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Region
3/25/2023 11:34:00 PM
The last-minute decision by the Lebanese government on Friday to postpone work with Daylight-Saving Time (DST), which was scheduled to go into effect at midnight on 26 March, until after the holy month of Ramadan has sparked widespread controversy and confusion in the country.
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Egypt
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Tourism
3/25/2023 11:04:57 PM
EgyptAir announced on Saturday that all its Beirut flights will depart one hour earlier than previously scheduled between 25 March and 21 April after Lebanon postponed implementation of Daylight-Saving Time (DST).
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World
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Region
3/23/2023 4:00:56 PM
Crisis-hit Lebanon is "at a very dangerous moment", a visiting delegation of the International Monetary Fund said on Thursday, criticising slow progress on reforms needed to unlock billions in loans.
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World
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Region
3/22/2023 8:35:30 PM
The leader of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group refused to comment directly Wednesday on last week’s killing of a man suspected of entering Israel from Lebanon. He said the group's silence is part of a psychological war.
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World
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Region
3/22/2023 1:16:59 PM
Lebanese security forces fired tear gas on Wednesday to disperse hundreds of protesters, mainly retired soldiers, who tried to break through the fence leading to the government headquarters in downtown Beirut.
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World
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Region
3/21/2023 4:33:28 PM
A landmine explosion used for demolition works injured 3 Israeli soldiers on Tuesday as they were driving a vehicle near the borders of the town of Aita al-Shaab in southern Lebanon.
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