This Is Beirut 30/05 11:04 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran on Thursday began the formal registration of presidential candidates ahead of a snap vote next month to replace the late Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash. "Candidate registration for the 14th presidential elections began at 8 am (0430 GMT)... at the interior ministry," the official IRNA news agency said. Presidential hopefuls ...
This Is Beirut 30/05 09:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Chinese President Xi Jinping called on Thursday for a peace conference on the war between Israel and Hamas, as he addressed Arab leaders at a forum aimed at bolstering ties with the region. Xi is this week hosting Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Emirati President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and several other Arab leaders. Itself ...
This Is Beirut 30/05 09:06 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi said on Wednesday they attacked a Greek-owned bulk carrier and several other vessels in response to Israeli strikes on the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah. The bulk carrier Laax, a Marshall Islands-flagged and Greek-operated vessel, reported being hit by three missiles on Tuesday, according to US Central Command ...
This Is Beirut 29/05 17:56 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Brazil recalled its ambassador to Israel and will not immediately appoint a replacement, a diplomatic source told AFP on Wednesday, ratcheting up tensions between the two countries over Israel's war in Gaza. Relations between Brazil and Israel have soured over the conflict, with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva accusing the Israeli ...
This Is Beirut 29/05 13:04 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
President Xi Jinping welcomed Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to Beijing on Wednesday, as the Chinese capital hosts a number of Arab dignitaries for a forum it hopes will deepen ties with the region. Several Arab leaders are this week visiting Beijing, which is seeking to present a "common voice" on the conflict between Israel and Hamas ...
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 22:48 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
More than 1,000 new homes for displaced people in northern Syria were inaugurated on Tuesday by Qatar's Red Crescent and Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority, the Qatari organization said. Mohammad Salah Ibrahim of the Red Crescent said the Qatari-financed village of 1,136 new homes was "the largest village opened to date in ...
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 28/05 16:43 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iraqi authorities announced the seizure of 2.5 million captagon pills Tuesday, as the country grapples with a ballooning trade in the banned stimulant. Authorities in Iraq -- a key conduit for the amphetamine-type drug -- regularly announce large hauls of captagon, much of it trafficked across the porous 600-kilometer (370-mile) border with ...
28/05 09:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Despite various accounts surrounding the crash of the Iranian helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, the incident brought the issue of succession in Iran to the forefront, pertaining to both the Supreme Guide and the presidency. While the issue of "succession" may not have been the cause ...
Salam Zaatari 28/05 08:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Hezbollah's Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah praised late President Ebrahim Raisi and his Foreign Affairs Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, highlighting their monumental funeral as one of the largest in modern history. “The funeral procession is the third largest in the history of mankind after Imam Khomeini and Qassem Soleimani,” ...
This Is Beirut 27/05 22:07 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Europe needs to "wake up" to authoritarian trends among far-right parties and governments, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday, ahead of key European Union elections. "Everywhere in our democracies these ideas thrive, pushed by the extremes and, in particular, the far right," Macron said in a speech in the eastern city of Dresden, ...