par This Is Beirut, 01/03 20:59 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday visited Turkey which has sought to revive Russia-Ukraine peace talks and ways to ensure safe navigation in the Black Sea. Lavrov attended part of the annual diplomatic forum in the Mediterranean resort of Antalya where he met Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan. The Russia-Ukraine war was a key ...
par This Is Beirut, 01/03 21:19 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Iranians voted on Friday in elections for parliament and a key clerical body, amid fears of a low turnout and with conservatives expected to tighten their grip on power. Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has called for a strong turnout, was the first to cast his ballot, at a polling station in central Tehran, state television ...
par This Is Beirut, 01/03 22:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hundreds took to the streets across Syria's rebel-held northwest on Friday in rare protests against its jihadist rulers, as anger simmered a week after a man died in their custody. About half of Idlib province and parts of Hama, Aleppo and Latakia provinces are controlled by former Al-Qaeda affiliate Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). The ...
par This Is Beirut, 02/03 09:41 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The United States destroyed a Houthi missile in Yemen, citing an imminent threat to its aircraft. The United States has destroyed a Houthi surface-to-air missile in Yemen that posed an "imminent threat" to U.S. aircraft in the region, the U.S. Middle East Military Command (Centcom) announced on Saturday. On Friday, US forces "conducted a ...
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Palestine Israel This is Beirut
In an interview with the French daily Le Monde published on Saturday, France's Foreign Minister, Stéphane Séjourné, blames the Israeli authorities for blocking humanitarian aid to Gaza and for "unjustifiable" situations. "Responsibility for the blockage of aid is clearly Israeli", stresses Stéphane Séjourné, noting that the catastrophic ...
par This Is Beirut, 02/03 15:34 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Saturday promised a full investigation after what appeared to be a recording of confidential army talks on the Ukraine war was posted on Russian social media, in a potentially huge embarrassment for Berlin. The head of Russia's state-backed RT channel, Margarita Simonyan, on Friday posted the 38-minute audio ...
par This Is Beirut, 02/03 17:11 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A cargo ship loaded with fertiliser has sunk in the Gulf of Aden less than two weeks after it was damaged by missiles from Yemen's Houthi rebels, Yemen's government said Saturday. The Houthis claimed the February 19 attack against the Rubymar, a cargo ship flying a Belizean flag and operated by a Lebanese firm, which transported combustible ...
par This Is Beirut, 02/03 19:13 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Donald Trump This is Beirut United States
Days before the biggest night of the presidential primary season, a new poll published Saturday rings alarm bells for Joe Biden, who is seen lagging behind his likely White House challenger Donald Trump. The nationwide survey of registered voters by the New York Times and Siena College found that if the election were held today, 48 percent would ...
par This Is Beirut, 03/03 09:56 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A fertilizer-laden cargo ship, which sank in the Gulf of Aden after it was damaged by missiles from Houthis, poses an environmental risk, the US military warned Saturday. The Houthis claimed the February 19 attack against the Rubymar, a cargo ship flying a Belizean flag and operated by a Lebanese firm, which transported combustible ...
par This Is Beirut, 03/03 15:59 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
On Sunday, British Minister of Finance Jeremy Hunt talked down the likelihood of tax cuts in this week's budget, pledging "prudent and responsible" measures "for long-term growth." The Chancellor of the Exchequer had been widely expected to cut taxes in Wednesday's budget, in a move seen as a way of closing the gap with the main opposition Labor ...
par This Is Beirut, 03/03 16:31 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
This is Beirut Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday called for the world to help Kyiv defeat "Russian evil" as the death toll from a Russian drone strike on Odesa rose to 10, including three young children. A Russian drone hit an apartment block in the southern port city early on Saturday morning, partially destroying several floors and leaving more ...
par This Is Beirut, 03/03 18:17 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Iranian conservatives secured the bulk of seats in elections for a key clerical body and the national legislature, local media reported on Sunday, estimating a record low turnout. Authorities were still counting ballots two days after Friday's vote for members of parliament and for the Assembly of Experts, which selects the Islamic republic's ...
