10/06 09:01 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
US President Joe Biden’s proposal for a lasting truce should be clarified and subjected to further elaboration and incremental amendments if it were to offer a true alternative to the actual doldrums. The sequenced truce framework falls short of its projected objectives unless it specifies the conditions of a sustainable political plan ...
This Is Beirut 09/06 22:24 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday announced he was dissolving parliament and called snap legislative elections after the far-right trounced his centrist alliance in EU polls. The first round of elections for the lower house National Assembly will take place on June 30, with the second round on July 7, Macron announced in an address to ...
This Is Beirut 09/06 21:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
EU elections on Sunday saw striking gains for the far-right as exit polls put Marine Le Pen's National Rally in France and Alternative for Germany ahead of the governing camps, boosting their efforts to sway the bloc at a pivotal moment. Projected results from France put far-right Le Pen's party around 33 percent, with 31 seats in the incoming ...
This Is Beirut 09/06 17:28 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Houthis said Sunday they targeted ships off Yemen's coast with missiles and drones, after maritime security firms said two vessels had been hit by projectiles and caught fire. The strikes are the latest in a flurry of attacks by the Houthis who have been harassing ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden since November, in a campaign they say is ...
This Is Beirut 09/06 17:16 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran on Sunday announced the six candidates, mostly conservatives, approved for the June 28 election to replace president Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed in a helicopter crash. The candidates announced by the Interior Ministry were selected from 80 registered hopefuls by the Guardian Council, which oversees elections in the Islamic Republic. Among ...
This Is Beirut 09/06 13:19 - Reading : less than a minute
Christophe Deloire died on Saturday at the age of 53 after a battle with cancer. Director general of Reporters Without Borders since 2012, Deloire “transformed the association (...) into a global champion for the defense of journalism over twelve years,” the press freedom organization said in a statement. Founding president of the Forum on ...
This Is Beirut 09/06 12:12 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Bulgarians started voting with expectations of a strengthened GERB party led by former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, amid concerns of continued instability and potential delays in EU integration reforms. Bulgarians started voting on Sunday for a sixth time in three years, with hopes for change expected to be quashed in the Balkan country. As ...
This Is Beirut 09/06 10:28 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Voting commenced across Europe for the pivotal EU elections, with a spotlight on the rise of far-right parties in countries like France and Germany potentially shaping the continent's political landscape for the next five years. Voting began across Europe on Sunday on the final – and biggest – day of marathon EU elections, with balloting due ...
This Is Beirut 08/06 19:49 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
President Joe Biden on Saturday vowed Washington was "standing strong" with Ukraine as French counterpart Emmanuel Macron hosted him on a state visit, shadowed by Kyiv's fight against Russia's invasion and the looming United States election. Speaking after visiting Normandy earlier this week to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day, Biden repeatedly ...
This Is Beirut 07/06 18:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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President Volodymyr Zelensky urged the West on Friday to do more to achieve a fair peace as Ukraine battles the Russian invasion, telling US leader Joe Biden that Kyiv is counting on “shoulder-to-shoulder” support. One day after Western leaders went to northern France to mark the 80-year anniversary of the D-Day landings in World War II, ...
This Is Beirut 07/06 12:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Biden administration has warned Israel that a "limited war" in Lebanon could push Iran to intervene, reports Axios. President Joe Biden hopes to avoid further regional conflagration, that may escalate towards direct conflict between Iran and Israel, Axios said on Thursday. Iran and Israel traded direct strikes in April, in an unprecedented ...
This Is Beirut 07/06 12:08 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Pro-democracy activists in Sudan reported Friday that about 40 people were killed in "violent artillery fire" carried out the previous day by paramilitary forces on Omdurman, Khartoum's twin city. "So far, the death toll is estimated at 40 civilians and there are more than 50 injured, some seriously," the Karari Resistance Committee said in a ...