This Is Beirut 2024-06-24 20:37 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The World Bank has approved a $700 million loan to help Egypt boost private sector participation in its economy, which has suffered from the fallout of the Israel-Gaza conflict, the organization said on Monday. The program is designed to help address short-term economic challenges, "unleash private sector growth," build macroeconomic and fiscal ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-24 13:44 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Iranians broadly deplore Western sanctions that battered the economy, but the country's six presidential candidates offer differing solutions – assuming the winner gets a say on foreign policy. Punishing US sanctions, reimposed following Washington's withdrawal from a landmark 2015 nuclear deal, have brought years of economic hardships, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-24 13:14 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iran and Bahrain have agreed to launch negotiations on how to restore diplomatic relations that have been severed for nearly eight years, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said on Monday. Tiny Gulf monarchy Bahrain cut ties with Iran in 2016, following in the footsteps of regional powerhouse Saudi Arabia after Riyadh's diplomatic missions in Iran were ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-24 09:41 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Gunmen attacked churches and synagogues in Russia's North Caucasus region of Dagestan on Sunday, killing at least 15 police and national guard officers and a priest, officials said. The unidentified gunmen launched simultaneous attacks in Dagestan's largest city of Makhachkala and in the coastal city of Derbent. Russia's Investigative Committee ...
2024-06-24 08:52 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The G7 summit is a manifest success. The Western powers and their circumstantial partners have demonstrated their ability to engage crucial strategic and security issues, outmaneuver the emerging monolithic blocs, and confront the rising totalitarianism and its incipient power architecture. The invitation of Pope Francis, as a religious leader, a ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-23 22:48 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Amid promises of "change," Emmanuel Macron and his team assured on Sunday that governance will be more collaborative in case of victory, while the New Popular Front is mired in leadership battles for the prime minister's seat. Despite his camp struggling in the polls, Macron vowed to "act until May 2027," countering suggestions from some ...
2024-06-23 17:24 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Sunday that he was “concerned” about the prospect of a victory for the far-right in France's upcoming parliamentary elections. President Emmanuel Macron's party is trailing badly with less than two weeks to go before the first round of the snap elections he called in response to the far-right drubbing his ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-23 11:31 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Two people were killed and around fifty injured in Russian strikes in Kharkiv on Saturday. Two other people died and twenty-two were injured in Ukrainian missile attack in Crimea the same day. Russian strikes left two people dead and around 50 injured on Saturday in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city and a regular target of bombardment, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-23 09:43 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A merchant ship was damaged by a drone attack in the Red Sea near Yemen early Sunday morning, though no injuries were reported, according to a British maritime security agency.Vessels in and around the Red Sea have come under repeated attack for months by Iran-backed Huthi rebels in Yemen who say they are acting in support of Palestinians during ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-22 18:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A war monitor on Saturday said three pro-Iran fighters, including at least two Iraqis, were killed in an overnight air strike in eastern Syria near the Iraq border. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the strike occurred in Deir Ezzor province. Iran wields significant influence in the area, which is regularly targeted by Israel, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-22 10:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Taiwan's defense ministry said Saturday it had detected 41 Chinese military aircraft around the island in a 24-hour window, a day after Beijing said "diehard" advocates of Taiwan's independence could face the death penalty. China claims self-ruled democratic Taiwan as part of its territory and has said it would never renounce the use of force to ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-22 10:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Ukraine on Saturday said Russia had launched a "massive" overnight attack on energy infrastructure in the west and south, adding that at least seven people died from Moscow strikes elsewhere. Russia launched 16 cruise missiles from land, sea and air as well as 13 attack drones, aiming at energy infrastructure in several regions, Ukraine's ...