This Is Beirut 2024-06-20 16:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
NATO member Romania announced Thursday that it would send a Patriot missile system to Ukraine, welcomed by Kyiv as a "crucial contribution" to help its fight against Russia's invasion. While Kyiv is calling for more Patriot missile systems, most NATO countries have been reluctant to send them because they want to protect their own ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-20 12:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Russian President Vladimir Putin met his Vietnamese counterpart Thursday as he began a state visit to Hanoi, a day after signing a mutual defence pact with North Korea's Kim Jong Un. Putin and Kim inked a strategic treaty at a summit in Pyongyang that included a commitment to come to each other's aid if attacked. Kim also pledged his "full ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-19 22:16 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Ottawa, on Wednesday, listed Iran's Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist entity, while calling on Canadians in the Islamic country to leave. "Our government has made the decision to list the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps as a terrorist entity under the Criminal Code," Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc told a news conference. Flanked by ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-19 19:48 - Reading : less than a minute
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Ukraine said Wednesday it would soon sign a security agreement with the European Union, the latest in a series of accords that it hopes will ensure military aid for years to come as it battles Russia. President Volodymyr Zelensky last week hailed an "unprecedented" 10-year security deal agreed with the United States as a "bridge" to NATO ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-19 16:03 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The Philippine military said on Wednesday that the Chinese coast guard rammed and boarded Filipino navy boats in a violent confrontation in the South China Sea this week, in which a Filipino sailor lost a thumb. Monday's incident was the latest in a series of escalating confrontations between Chinese and Philippine ships in recent months as ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-19 10:28 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Absolute or relative majority? Government coalition or institutional deadlock? Who will be Prime Minister? In France, suspense hangs over the consequences of the parliamentary elections on June 30 and July 7, although some are already putting forward their views on the various scenarios. Absolute Majority This is the clearest hypothesis from an ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-19 10:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
An Arab diplomat told AFP on Wednesday that at least 600 Egyptians died during the hajj pilgrimage, citing searing heat that reached 51.8 degrees Celsius (125 degrees Fahrenheit) on Monday. “All of them (the Egyptians) died because of heat,” except for one who sustained fatal injuries during a minor crowd crush, one of the diplomats said, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-19 09:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a mutual defense agreement on Wednesday with North Korea's Kim Jong Un, who offered his “full support” on Ukraine. The pledge of military cooperation was part of a strategic treaty signed during a summit in Pyongyang, where Putin was making his first visit in 24 years. “It is really a breakthrough ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-18 22:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Russian President Vladimir Putin landed in North Korea on Wednesday, the Kremlin said, kicking off a visit set to boost defense ties between the two nuclear-armed countries as Moscow pursues its war in Ukraine. Ahead of Putin's late-night touchdown, huge banners with a smiling photograph of the Russian leader reading "We ardently welcome ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-18 19:56 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
At least four people were killed and 120 injured Tuesday in a 4.9 magnitude earthquake that hit Iran's northeastern city of Kashmar, state media reported. The quake struck at 1:24 pm (0954 GMT), Kashmar's governor, Hajatollah Shariatmadari, who gave the casualty toll, said on state television. Thirty-five people were hospitalized, he said, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-18 18:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Thousands of Israelis have been protesting for the past two days against the government of Benjamin Netanyahu, demanding the government's resignation and calling for new elections. They are calling for an agreement to be reached for the release of hostages. View this post on Instagram A post shared ...
David Hale 2024-06-18 17:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
There is conventional wisdom held in some quarters that the risk of a full-blown war between Hezbollah and Israel will begin to recede if and when the conflict between Israel and Hamas reaches a ceasefire or end state. If only it were so simple. It is true that Hezbollah leaders assert they will continue the fight they joined on October 8, 2023, ...