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Azerbaijan has "Completed Ethnic Cleansing", Says Armenia at ICJ

par This Is Beirut, 16/04 22:47 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Azerbaijan has "completed ethnic cleansing", says Armenia to the ICJ on Tuesday, in the latest legal clash over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh. Armenia accused bitter rival Azerbaijan of having "completed ethnic cleansing" in the former breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, but told the UN's top court Tuesday it was committed to seeking peace with ...

Record Rains Cause Transport Chaos in Dubai

par This Is Beirut, 17/04 15:12 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Dubai's giant highways were clogged by flooding and airport passengers were urged to stay away on Wednesday as the glitzy financial center reeled from record rains. Huge tailbacks snaked along six-lane expressways after up to 254 millimetres of rain – about two years' worth – fell on the desert United Arab Emirates on ...

After a Potential Israeli Attack, Iran Exercises Restraint

par This Is Beirut, 19/04 11:03 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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As information abounds claiming Israel conducted an attack on Iranian soil, Iranian authorities prefer to temper speculation, awaiting a thorough analysis of the explosions heard above Isfahan. Iran's state media reported explosions in the central province of Isfahan Friday, as US media quoted officials saying Israel had carried out retaliatory ...

French Police Detain Intruder at Iranian Consulate in Paris

par This Is Beirut, 19/04 16:16 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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French authorities Friday detained a man suspected of entering the Iranian consulate in Paris and claiming to be carrying explosives, police, and prosecutors said. No explosives or arms were found on the man or the premises after he surrendered to police after the incident. Police arrested the suspect, born in 1963 in Iran, when he exited of his ...

Russian Strikes on Ukraine Kill Eight, Including Two Children

par This Is Beirut, 19/04 16:37 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Russia has killed eight people, including two children on Friday, in its latest aerial attack on Ukraine, as Kyiv, for the first time downed Russian strategic bomber. Russian strikes on Ukraine in the early hours of Friday killed at least eight people, including two children, as Kyiv said it shot down a Russian strategic bomber for the first ...

North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile Into Sea Off South Korea

par This Is Beirut, 22/04 11:26 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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North Korea has fired an unidentified ballistic missile into the sea off South Korea's east coast, Seoul's military said on Monday, the latest in an apparent volley of tests by Pyongyang this year. "North Korea has fired an unidentified missile into the East Sea," South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said. Tokyo also confirmed the launch, with ...

Terry Anderson, Lebanon's Longest-held Hostage, Dies at 76

par This Is Beirut, 22/04 15:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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American journalist Terry Anderson, who was snatched by Islamic militants in Lebanon in 1985 and held hostage for six years, died at age 76 Sunday, his former employer the Associated Press (AP) said. Anderson, then the AP's Beirut bureau chief, was the longest-held Western hostage in Lebanon when he was finally released in 1991. He died at his ...

UK's Rwanda Migrant Plan Clears Parliamentary Hurdle

par This Is Beirut, 23/04 12:09 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The UK's plan to deport migrants to Rwanda passed through parliament on Monday, with deportations set to begin within days, although international legal challenges may remain. The UK readied on Tuesday to start detention of migrants within days before deporting them to Rwanda, after the controversial plan cleared its final hurdle, sparking ...

Armenia and Azerbaijan Agree to Begin Demarcating Their Border

par This Is Beirut, 23/04 13:58 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Armenia and Azerbaijan started settling their border dispute on Tuesday in an effort to normalize relations following Azerbaijan's capture of Nagorno-Karabakh last year. Armenia and Azerbaijan announced on Tuesday that they had started fixing their border, as part of normalization efforts between the arch foes that had been locked in a ...

Jailed Nobel Laureate Urges Iran to Protest 'War Against Women'

par This Is Beirut, 23/04 16:07 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi urged Iranians to protest a "full-scale war against women" after authorities intensified a crackdown obliging women to obey the country's Islamic dress code. Mohammadi, who is held in Tehran's Evin prison, urged Iranian women to share their stories of arrest and sexual assault at the hands ...

Interpol Issues Red Alert for Iranian Minister Over 1994 Attack

par This Is Beirut, 24/04 10:24 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Argentina has asked Interpol to arrest Iran's interior minister over the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people, the foreign ministry said Tuesday. The Iranian minister, Ahmad Vahidi, is part of a delegation from Tehran currently visiting Pakistan and Sri Lanka, and Interpol has issued a red alert seeking ...

Seven Arrested in Australia Police Raids, Links to Assyrian Attack

par This Is Beirut, 24/04 11:31 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Australian police said seven people who posed an "unacceptable risk and threat" to the public have been arrested after anti-terror raids that involved more than 400 officers Wednesday. Police said the individuals were linked to a 16-year-old accused of stabbing an Assyrian Bishop in Sydney, and adhered to a "religiously motivated extremist ...

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