This Is Beirut 25/04 15:36 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday warned that Europe faces an existential threat from Russian aggression, calling on the continent to adopt a "credible" defense strategy less dependent on the United States. He described Russia's behavior after its invasion of Ukraine as "uninhibited" and said it was no longer clear where Moscow's ...
Ali A. Hamadé 25/04 12:25 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
In a surprising twist of events, the United States House of Representatives recently passed a bill allocating substantial financial and military aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. This legislation — in a gridlock for over six months — that apportions an astronomical amount of $95 billion, finally received bipartisan support. The bill ...
This Is Beirut 25/04 11:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, on a visit to Shanghai ahead of crucial talks with Chinese officials, emphasized the need for "direct and sustained" dialogue between the two countries. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, on a visit to Shanghai ahead of crucial talks with Chinese officials, emphasized the need for "direct and sustained" ...
This Is Beirut 24/04 19:44 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Russia and Ukraine agreed in a Qatari-brokered deal to exchange almost 50 children displaced by Moscow's invasion, the Kremlin's children's rights commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova announced in Doha on Wednesday. Moscow has been accused of forcibly taking Ukrainian children into Russian territory during its full-scale offensive, with Lvova-Belova ...
This Is Beirut 24/04 15:24 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iran reduced its military footprint in Syria after a succession of strikes blamed on Israel, a source close to Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah and a war monitor said on Wednesday. Iran has provided military support to Syrian government forces through more than a decade of civil war but a series of strikes targeting its commanders in recent ...
This Is Beirut 24/04 14:27 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
US Secretary of State Blinken visited China on Wednesday, as the US seeks to increase pressure over Ukraine and Fentanyl, while simultaneously managing tensions ahead of November's upcoming election. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken returned Wednesday to China on his second visit in one year, as the United States ramps up pressure on its ...
This Is Beirut 24/04 11:31 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Australian police said seven people who posed an "unacceptable risk and threat" to the public have been arrested after anti-terror raids that involved more than 400 officers Wednesday. Police said the individuals were linked to a 16-year-old accused of stabbing an Assyrian Bishop in Sydney, and adhered to a "religiously motivated extremist ...
This Is Beirut 24/04 10:24 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Argentina has asked Interpol to arrest Iran's interior minister over the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people, the foreign ministry said Tuesday. The Iranian minister, Ahmad Vahidi, is part of a delegation from Tehran currently visiting Pakistan and Sri Lanka, and Interpol has issued a red alert seeking ...
Rami Rayess 24/04 09:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
When former British Prime Minister David Cameron was appointed as Foreign Secretary in November 2023, many expected significant changes in foreign policy. With years of experience in government leadership, Cameron was well-versed in numerous international issues — including the Palestinian issue and the Arab-Israeli conflict — having ...
This Is Beirut 23/04 20:27 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Former President Donald Trump was accused by prosecutors on Tuesday of violating a gag order issued by a judge in order to prevent him from intimidating witnesses in his past trial. Prosecutors accused Donald Trump on Tuesday of brazenly violating a gag order imposed by the judge presiding over his "hush money" trial to prevent him from ...
This Is Beirut 23/04 19:09 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Spain’s High Court has reopened an investigation into the deployment of Israeli cyber-intelligence firm, NSO Group’s Pegasus software, to spy on Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and other Spanish politicians, according to a report released by Reuters. The investigators are slated to share information with France, where politicians and other ...
This Is Beirut 23/04 16:07 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi urged Iranians to protest a "full-scale war against women" after authorities intensified a crackdown obliging women to obey the country's Islamic dress code. Mohammadi, who is held in Tehran's Evin prison, urged Iranian women to share their stories of arrest and sexual assault at the hands ...