This Is Beirut 2024-03-04 00:03 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Canada announced new sanctions on Sunday against six Russian officials following the death of opposition leader Alexei Navalny last month in an Arctic prison colony. The sanctions target "senior officials and high-ranking employees of Russia’s prosecution, judicial and correctional services," a statement by Canada's foreign affairs department ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-03 21:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iran's judiciary has executed a "terrorist" over a drone attack that targeted a defense ministry site in central Iran last year, state media reported on Sunday. According to state TV, the person "planned to blow up the workshop complex of the Ministry of Defense in Isfahan under the guidance of an intelligence officer of Mossad," Israel's spy ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-03 19:34 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Germany accused on Sunday Russian President Vladimir Putin of trying to sow disunity with the wiretap leak of a confidential German Army discussion on the Ukraine war, at a time when Berlin is under pressure to supply the Taurus missile to Kyiv. A 38-minute recording of the talks was posted online late Friday on Russian social media, with the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-03 18:17 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Iranian conservatives secured the bulk of seats in elections for a key clerical body and the national legislature, local media reported on Sunday, estimating a record low turnout. Authorities were still counting ballots two days after Friday's vote for members of parliament and for the Assembly of Experts, which selects the Islamic republic's ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-03 16:31 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday called for the world to help Kyiv defeat "Russian evil" as the death toll from a Russian drone strike on Odesa rose to 10, including three young children. A Russian drone hit an apartment block in the southern port city early on Saturday morning, partially destroying several floors and leaving more ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-03 15:59 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
On Sunday, British Minister of Finance Jeremy Hunt talked down the likelihood of tax cuts in this week's budget, pledging "prudent and responsible" measures "for long-term growth." The Chancellor of the Exchequer had been widely expected to cut taxes in Wednesday's budget, in a move seen as a way of closing the gap with the main opposition Labor ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-03 09:56 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A fertilizer-laden cargo ship, which sank in the Gulf of Aden after it was damaged by missiles from Houthis, poses an environmental risk, the US military warned Saturday. The Houthis claimed the February 19 attack against the Rubymar, a cargo ship flying a Belizean flag and operated by a Lebanese firm, which transported combustible ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-02 19:13 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Days before the biggest night of the presidential primary season, a new poll published Saturday rings alarm bells for Joe Biden, who is seen lagging behind his likely White House challenger Donald Trump. The nationwide survey of registered voters by the New York Times and Siena College found that if the election were held today, 48 percent would ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-02 17:11 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A cargo ship loaded with fertiliser has sunk in the Gulf of Aden less than two weeks after it was damaged by missiles from Yemen's Houthi rebels, Yemen's government said Saturday. The Houthis claimed the February 19 attack against the Rubymar, a cargo ship flying a Belizean flag and operated by a Lebanese firm, which transported combustible ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-02 15:34 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Saturday promised a full investigation after what appeared to be a recording of confidential army talks on the Ukraine war was posted on Russian social media, in a potentially huge embarrassment for Berlin. The head of Russia's state-backed RT channel, Margarita Simonyan, on Friday posted the 38-minute audio ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-02 11:22 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
In an interview with the French daily Le Monde published on Saturday, France's Foreign Minister, Stéphane Séjourné, blames the Israeli authorities for blocking humanitarian aid to Gaza and for "unjustifiable" situations. "Responsibility for the blockage of aid is clearly Israeli", stresses Stéphane Séjourné, noting that the catastrophic ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-02 09:41 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The United States destroyed a Houthi missile in Yemen, citing an imminent threat to its aircraft. The United States has destroyed a Houthi surface-to-air missile in Yemen that posed an "imminent threat" to U.S. aircraft in the region, the U.S. Middle East Military Command (Centcom) announced on Saturday. On Friday, US forces "conducted a ...