This is Beirut 04/05 14:46 - Reading : less than a minute
Following a deadly attack, gunfire has resumed between Indian and Pakistani forces near the Line of Control. In villages like Balkote, residents relive painful memories of past wars. Some flee, others hide in unsafe shelters, fearing a new conflict. All they want is peace and normal life.
This is Beirut 04/05 14:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Russia announced on Sunday the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping from May 7 to 10 for the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the victory against Nazi Germany alongside his counterpart Vladimir Putin, with Moscow proposing a brief ceasefire in the Ukraine conflict on this occasion. This visit, which highlights the alliance between Russia ...
This is Beirut 04/05 13:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Australia Anthony Albanese Elections
Australia's left-leaning Prime Minister Anthony Albanese basked Sunday in his landslide election win, promising a "disciplined, orderly" government to confront cost-of-living pain and tariff turmoil. Residents clapped as the 62-year-old and his fiancee Jodie Haydon visited his old inner Sydney haunt, Cafe Italia, surrounded by a crowd of jostling ...
This is Beirut 04/05 13:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
British police on Sunday said eight people, including seven Iranian nationals, were arrested in two separate counterterrorism probes. In one operation, five men -- four of them Iranian -- were arrested on suspicion of "preparation of a terrorist act", London's Metropolitan police said in a statement. The arrests were carried out in London, ...
This is Beirut 04/05 13:15 - Reading : less than a minute
Dutch airline KLM announced the cancellation of two more long-distance flights on Sunday a day after it grounded seven Boeing 787s because of technical concerns, Dutch press agency ANP said. The scheduled flights for Shanghai and Los Angeles were scrapped on the heels of Saturday's cancellation of three flights to Mexico and the United ...
This is Beirut 04/05 12:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Romania Presidential Election George Simion
Romanians returned to the polls on Sunday in a rerun of November's annulled presidential election that left the country in deep political turmoil, as a far-right candidate again is expected to win the first round. The Constitutional Court cancelled last year’s vote won by NATO critic Calin Georgescu—who has been barred from the rerun—paving ...
This is Beirut 04/05 10:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Israel's defense minister threatened on Sunday a forceful response to a missile fired from Yemen that the army said impacted near the country's main international airport. "Anyone who hits us, we will hit them seven times stronger," Israel Katz said in a statement. A missile launched from Yemen struck near Israel's main ...
This is Beirut 04/05 04:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Palestine Gaza Conflict
Israel was issuing orders to call up tens of thousands of reservists ahead of an expanded offensive in Gaza, Israeli media reported Saturday, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attacked truce mediator Qatar. Several news outlets reported the military had begun sending the orders for reservists to replace conscripts and active-duty soldiers in ...
This is Beirut 03/05 22:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hamas Palestine Ukraine United Nations
Hamas on Saturday released footage of an apparently injured Israeli-Russian hostage held in Gaza as 11 Palestinians, including three infants, were killed in a strike on the territory, its civil defense agency said. Israel resumed major operations across Gaza on March 18 amid deadlock over how to proceed with a two-month ceasefire that had largely ...
This is Beirut 03/05 20:15 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Australia's left-leaning Prime Minister Anthony Albanese triumphed Saturday in national elections, crushing his conservative rival in a contest swayed by economic upheaval and US President Donald Trump. Albanese's slow-but-steady leadership resonated at a time of global tumult, analysts said, with voters deserting hard-nosed opposition ...
This is Beirut 03/05 20:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
"If I'm elected, I'll flee to Sicily": Four days before the start of the election for the next pope, a cardinal voluntarily withdrew on Saturday, as consultations are set to intensify at the Vatican. "I have absolutely no ambition. I could never imagine myself in this role," said Archbishop of Rabat Cristóbal ...
This is Beirut 03/05 18:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Gulf Hamas Houthi Palestine
Yemen's internationally recognised government named finance minister Salem bin Buraik as its new prime minister on Saturday, after his predecessor quit saying he was unable to fully exercise his powers. Outgoing premier Ahmed Bin Mubarak had disputed for months with Rashad al-Alimi, who heads the Saudi-backed Presidential Leadership Council, ...