par This Is Beirut, 04/04 21:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Amnesty International reports that Iran executed at least 853 people in 2023, with over half on drug-related charges, indicating a surge in executions that rights groups fear is being used to instill fear and suppress dissent. Iran has turned its prisons into sites of mass killing with at least 853 people executed in the Islamic republic in 2023, ...
par This Is Beirut, 05/04 19:26 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The United States and China held talks this week on safety in interactions between their armed forces for the first time in more than two years, the US military said on Friday. The resumption of the talks came after US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping agreed at a summit in November to restore military-to-military ...
par This Is Beirut, 08/04 12:27 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in China for an official visit on Monday, his ministry said, as the two countries look to strengthen diplomatic ties as Russia's invasion of Ukraine grinds on. The Foreign Ministry announced that Lavrov had touched down in Beijing in a post on X on Monday morning. He will spend two days in the ...
par This Is Beirut, 08/04 12:39 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Taiwanese semiconductor giant TSMC agreed to increase its investment in the US to $65 billion on Monday, in a victory for Biden as November's presidential election looms. The Taiwan chip giant TSMC agreed to build a third semiconductor factory in Arizona, raising its total investment in the United States to $65 billion, US officials said on ...
par This Is Beirut, 08/04 15:23 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The EU will vote to reform its immigration policies on Wednesday, which would harden its stance towards asylum-seekers, in a move that has been criticized by groups on both the far-left and far-right. The EU will vote on Wednesday on a vast overhaul of its immigration policies that would notably harden entry procedures for asylum-seekers and ...
par This Is Beirut, 09/04 13:06 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Beijing will strengthen its strategic cooperation with Russia, said a top diplomat on Tuesday during Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's most recent visit to China. China's top diplomat said on Tuesday that Beijing would strengthen its strategic cooperation with Moscow and that the two must stand on the side of "fairness and justice" as he ...
par This Is Beirut, 10/04 16:29 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
US President Joe Biden is expected to attend a high-level Ukraine war peace conference, which is expected to be held in Switzerland in mid-June, Swiss media reports said. The conference date has not yet been set, but several media outlets this week suggested June 16–17. Invitations have not been sent, but the NZZ daily newspaper quoted ...
par This Is Beirut, 11/04 11:34 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The US and Japan announced their biggest upgrade to defense ties, during a Washington state visit, in which the leaders agreed that a Japanese astronaut will be the first non-American to walk on the Moon. US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida unveiled their countries' biggest ever upgrade in defense ties Wednesday ...
par This Is Beirut, 11/04 16:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The UN Fact-Finding Mission to Sudan, on Thursday, called for an immediate ceasefire, the end of attacks on civilians, and full access for humanitarian aid. The Sudanese people have had enough of the devastating conflict raging inside the country, UN investigators said Thursday as the fighting rolls on into a second year. Sudan's warring parties ...
par This Is Beirut, 12/04 12:07 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Sudan has been brought to its knees by a war between the regular army and rival paramilitaries that has killed thousands of people and displaced 8.5 million more. Here are the main developments in the fighting, which has brought the country of 48 million to the brink of famine. April 2023: Fighting Erupts Explosions rock the capital Khartoum on ...
par This Is Beirut, 13/04 10:57 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Australian police on Saturday said they had received reports that "multiple people" were stabbed at a busy shopping centre in Sydney, where at least six individuals were reportedly killed. Eight people, including a child, have been taken to the hospital after the attack, according to the ambulance services. The incidents occurred at the sprawling ...
par This Is Beirut, 13/04 11:16 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
"The situation on the eastern front has deteriorated significantly in recent days" in the face of a heightened Russian offensive, Ukraine's commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrsky said Saturday. Syrsky, who took over as commander-in-chief in February after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky fired his popular predecessor, Valery Zaluzhny, said ...
