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An explosive device detonated in a car in an upscale neighbourhood of Damascus, Syrian state media said on Saturday, quoting a police source. "The explosion heard a short while ago in the Mazzeh area resulted from an explosive device detonating in a car in al-Huda square," Syria's official SANA news agency said, quoting a Damascus police command ...
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Tel Aviv has warned Iran of the consequences of any escalation in the region, following the seizure by a Pasdaran commando of a ship linked to Israel. Iranian Revolutionary Guards took control of the Portuguese ship MSC ARIES in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday. The ship is currently sailing in the Persian Gulf, according to ship-tracking website ...
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The Iranian police announced on Saturday that they had stepped up checks on the compulsory wearing of veils by women in the street, lamenting the fact that they are increasingly disregarded. "The police in Tehran, as in other provinces, will intervene against individuals who promote (...) not wearing the veil," warned the capital's police chief, ...
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Germany will send an additional Patriot air defense system to Ukraine to bolster its hard-pressed military and help it fend off increased Russian aerial attacks, Berlin said Saturday. "Russian terror against Ukrainian cities and the country's infrastructure is causing immeasurable suffering," said German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, ...
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron expressed solidarity with Israel on Sunday and warned against a regional "conflagration." The German government condemned the Iranian strikes against Israel on Sunday, with Chancellor Olaf Scholz expressing concern about the risk of "conflagration" in the region, which could ...
par This Is Beirut, 14/04 13:41 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Australian police have identified a 40-year-old man as the perpetrator of a shopping centre stabbing rampage that killed six people and left several more in a critical condition. New South Wales police Assistant Commissioner Anthony Cooke said Sunday the man had come from the northeast state of Queensland and was known to law enforcement. "There ...
par This Is Beirut, 15/04 02:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israel and Iran accused one another Sunday at the United Nations of being the main threat to peace in the Middle East, each calling on the Security Council to impose sanctions on their sworn enemy. "The mask is off. Iran, the number one global sponsor of terror, has exposed its true face as the destabilizer of the region and the world," Israel's ...
par This Is Beirut, 15/04 11:12 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
A former Syrian general's trial for war crimes will begin on Monday in a Swedish court, the highest ranking official prosecuted in Europe for his role in Syria's civil war. The highest-ranking Syrian military official to be tried in Europe will appear in a Stockholm court on Monday for his alleged role in war crimes committed in 2012 during ...
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Armenia and Azerbaijan are facing each other at the ICJ on Monday over mutual "ethnic cleansing" claims, as tensions increase between the long-running enemies. Azerbaijan and Armenia again crossed swords before the United Nation's top court on Monday, with Baku accusing Yerevan of using the high profile hearings to wage a "public media campaign" ...
par This Is Beirut, 16/04 10:32 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The US President and Iraqi Prime Minister agreed on Monday to work toward the withdrawal of the US-led coalition in Iraq. US President Joe Biden and Iraq's Prime Minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani said on Monday that they would keep working towards the withdrawal of a US-led anti-jihadist coalition in the country. Their meeting at the White House ...
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German Chancellor Scholz is in Beijing on Tuesday to discuss China's role in "a just peace in Ukraine." Meeting with Xi at Beijing's Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on Tuesday, Scholz told the Chinese leader that he hoped to discuss "how we can contribute more to a just peace in Ukraine." While China says that it is a neutral party in the Ukraine ...
par This Is Beirut, 16/04 15:12 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Torrential rains and high winds lashed parts of the Gulf on Tuesday as the death toll from storms in Oman rose to 18, many of them children. Flights were cancelled in Dubai, the region's financial hub, while schools were shut in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. Flooding hit many areas of Dubai and Abu Dhabi, the UAE capital, and cut off ...
