This Is Beirut 04/06 11:31 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
American president Joe Biden blasted Donald Trump on Monday as a "convicted felon" who is seeking the US presidency for the first time in history, in a dramatic escalation of his attacks on his rival in November's election. Biden, 81, was using the description for the first time since Trump was convicted by a New York jury of covering up hush ...
This Is Beirut 03/06 20:39 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu views a plan outlined by US President Joe Biden for a truce in Gaza and hostage release deal as “partial,” a government spokesman said on Monday. Biden presented on Friday what he labelled an Israeli three-phase plan that would eventually end the fighting, free all hostages held by Palestinian ...
This Is Beirut 03/06 20:03 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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US Vice President Kamala Harris will attend a Ukraine peace summit in Switzerland, the White House said on Monday, after President Joe Biden was reportedly set to skip it for an election fundraiser hosted by George Clooney. Harris, who will be joined by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan for the June 15 meeting in Lucerne, will “underscore ...
This Is Beirut 03/06 19:42 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The conservative speaker of Iran's parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, registered his candidacy on Monday for the snap presidential election on June 28. At the end of the five-day registration period on Monday evening, Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi told reporters that a total of 80 applications had been submitted. The presidential hopefuls ...
This Is Beirut 03/06 17:28 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Britain, France, and Germany late on Monday submitted a resolution to the UN nuclear watchdog's board, censuring Iran over its lack of cooperation with the agency despite US opposition, two diplomats said. It was the latest of numerous diplomatic maneuvers by Western powers who fear Iran might be seeking to develop a nuclear weapon -- a claim the ...
This Is Beirut 03/06 15:34 - Reading : less than a minute
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will participate in the upcoming G7 summit in Italy either online or in person, his spokesman told state media on Monday. A key agenda item of the summit to be held in southern Italy from June 13 to 15 will be ways to use profits from frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine, which has been urging allies for ...
This Is Beirut 03/06 11:21 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Mexico elected its first female president by a landslide on Sunday in a historic first for the country facing growing violence and criminality. Claudia Sheinbaum was elected as Mexico's first woman president by a landslide on Sunday, preliminary official results showed, making history in a country plagued by rampant criminal and gender-based ...
This Is Beirut 03/06 11:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
European countries are hoping to censure Iran over its nuclear program despite US fears that it could further inflame tensions in the Middle East. Britain, France and Germany will seek to censure Iran over its lack of cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog at its board meeting on Monday, despite US opposition, diplomats told AFP. According to ...
This Is Beirut 02/06 17:29 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Clashes broke out near the Syrian city of Homs on Sunday between members of the security forces and a group “involved in drug smuggling” close to Hezbollah, reported the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). Homs | Clashes erupt between members of regime’s patrols and group of dr*ug smu*gglers close to Lebanese Hez*bollah in northern ...
Ali A. Hamadé 02/06 16:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
What if Keir Starmer entered 10 Downing Street on July 4? Since Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called for early general elections, the leader of the opposition and of the Labour Party has been eyeing the realistic chance of winning and putting an end to 14 years of consecutive Conservative rule. Currently leading in the polls, Starmer stands at a ...
This Is Beirut 02/06 14:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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France's far-right National Rally (RN) party holds a commanding lead in voting intentions for upcoming European Parliament elections, according to an opinion poll published on Sunday. Voting intentions remained "very volatile", however, said the Elabe institute, which conducted the polls for broadcaster BFMTV and weekly La Tribune Dimanche. "One ...
This Is Beirut 02/06 13:57 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iran's hardline former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday registered his candidacy for a presidential election this month, state media reported. The Islamic republic goes to the polls on June 28 to replace ultraconservative president Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash on May 19. Ahmadinejad, 67, held the post for two straight ...