By Reuters and published by CNA WASHINGTON – A 10-day ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel went into effect on Thursday (April 16) and President Donald Trump said the next meeting between the United States and Iran may take place over the weekend, adding to optimism that the Iran war could be nearing an end.
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Hopes for Middle East peace grow as Israel discusses Lebanon ceasefire
By Reuters and published by CNA WASHINGTON – Optimism grew on Thursday (April 16) that the war in the Middle East may be near an end, with a key Pakistani mediator in Tehran and the administration of President Donald Trump talking up hopes for a deal that would open the crucial Strait of Hormuz.
Read moreUS to host Israel-Lebanon talks as strikes threaten Iran ceasefire
By AFP and published by CNA WASHINGTON – Israel and Lebanon will hold talks next week in Washington, a State Department official said on Thursday (April 9), amid mounting international concerns that Israel’s bombings could shatter an already fragile US-Iran ceasefire. Israel’s heaviest strikes on Lebanon since Hezbollah entered the Middle East war in
Read moreDeep into the smartphone era, who is still using pagers?
By AP and published by Yahoo!News THE SMALL plastic box that beeped and flashed numbers was a lifeline to Laurie Dove in 1993. Pregnant with her first baby in a house beyond any town in rural Kansas, Dove used the little black device to keep in touch with her husband as he delivered medical
Read moreExploding pagers kill 9, injure thousands in Lebanon and Syria
By AP and published by Yahoo!News Beirut – Pagers used by hundreds of members of the militant group Hezbollah exploded near simultaneously in Lebanon and Syria on Tuesday (Sep. 17)), killing at least nine people – including an 8-year-old girl — and wounding several thousand, officials said. Hezbollah and the Lebanese government blamed Israel
Read moreLebanese push for answers over missed warnings to deadly blast
By CNBC LEBANON today (August 6) mourned the victims of the most powerful blast in the country’s history, with many expressing their dismay at the political establishment over missed warnings on the unsafe storage of volatile chemicals. An enormous explosion ripped through the Lebanese capital of Beirut on Tuesday, killing at least 135 people and
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