This Is Beirut, 31/05 20:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Donald Trump lashed out in rambling, angry comments on Friday at his "sick" opponents and "fascists" after what he called a "very unfair" trial that made him the first former US president to become a convicted felon. The 77-year-old Republican, who is neck and neck with President Joe Biden in the 2024 White House race, confirmed he would ...
This Is Beirut, 31/05 19:59 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned four entities associated with OFAC-designated Rayan Roshd Afzar Company (RRA) that have supplied significant material for Iran’s UAV program. Additionally, OFAC has sanctioned an Iranian executive, Afshin Khajeh Fard, of the Iran Aviation Industries ...
This Is Beirut, 31/05 15:27 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
International reactions poured in on Friday after a New York jury found Donald Trump guilty of falsifying business documents to conceal a hush money payment to a porn star, making him the first former US president to be convicted of a crime. On Friday, the Kremlin denounced the “elimination of political opponents” in the United States. “An ...
This Is Beirut, 31/05 11:26 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The United States and China will resume military-to-military communications "in the coming months", US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Friday, as Beijing hailed the "stabilizing" security relations between the countries. Austin met with his Chinese counterpart Dong Jun on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore in the first ...
This Is Beirut, 31/05 09:18 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Houthis on Friday threatened to escalate attacks on Red Sea shipping after overnight strikes by the United States and Britain killed 16 people, according to Houthi media. The toll reported by the Houthis' Al-Masirah TV, which AFP could not independently verify, would constitute one of the deadliest strikes since the United States and Britain ...
This Is Beirut, 28/05 23:16 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Donald Trump engaged in a "conspiracy and a cover-up" to hide hush money payments to a porn star, prosecutors told the jury on Tuesday in closing arguments at the first ever criminal trial of a former US president. Less than six months before American voters choose whether to return Trump to the White House, the stakes riding on the verdict are ...
This Is Beirut, 28/05 21:21 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A merchant vessel was "taking on water" off the Yemeni port of Hodeidah on Tuesday after it was damaged in a missile attack, maritime security firm Ambrey said. The ship was "targeted with three missiles," Ambrey said, adding that a distress call said it "had sustained damage to the cargo hold and was taking on water." The distress call also ...
This Is Beirut, 25/05 10:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
China puts an end to the military exercises around Taiwan, which began on Thursday morning in reaction to the election of pro-independence president Lai Ching-te. China has ended two days of military drills around Taiwan that saw jets loaded with live munitions and warships practice seizing and isolating the self-ruled island. The exercises ...
This Is Beirut, 22/05 19:17 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Russia has launched a likely space weapon and deployed it in the same orbit as a US government satellite, the Pentagon said. "Russia launched a satellite into low Earth orbit that we assess is likely a counter-space weapon presumably capable of attacking other satellites in low Earth orbit," Pentagon spokesman Air Force Major General Pat Ryder ...
20/05 08:46 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
US President Joe Biden has seized on the ongoing war to offer a peace deal that dovetails with a finalized regional strategic understanding between the United States and Saudi Arabia. The settlement of the current conflict should be part of a new strategic vision that aims at extracting the Middle East from the Iranian stranglehold, ...
This Is Beirut, 16/05 18:13 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Antony Blinken American Task Force on Lebanon United States
The American Task Force on Lebanon (ATFL), a leadership organization of Americans of Lebanese descent, celebrated its annual awards dinner on May 5, 2024 in Washington DC, where it honored individuals of Lebanese descent who have strengthened the ties between Lebanon and the United States. The dinner featured interventions by dignitaries and ...
This Is Beirut, 15/05 20:58 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Joe Biden and Donald Trump agreed on Wednesday to hold a first presidential debate in June after the Democratic incumbent challenged his rival to "make my day" and the scandal-plagued Republican quickly responded that he was ready to "rumble." CNN announced that it will hold the first debate on June 27 in Atlanta, Georgia. Biden proposed a second ...