This Is Beirut 2024-02-14 13:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The South Korean military reported that North Korea launched missiles into the Sea of Japan on Wednesday, thrusting the region into uncertainty as the risk of a conflict looms. North Korea fired multiple cruise missiles Wednesday, Seoul's military said, part of a string of weapons tests this year that have accompanied increasingly aggressive ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-14 12:16 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Gas supplies were disrupted in northern Iran after two explosions struck gas pipeline early Wednesday in an act of "terrorism and sabotage" according to state media. "This act of terrorism and sabotage was carried out in two locations at around 1:00 am," National Iranian Gas Company manager Saeed Aghli told the energy ministry's official Shana ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-14 09:27 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Voters in suburban New York picked a Democrat to replace expelled Republican congressman George Santos on Tuesday, US networks projected, after President Joe Biden's party poured cash into TV ads to flip the seat in an election year. CNN and NBC News both called the race in favor of Tom Suozzi, forecasting that he had defeated Republican Mazi ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-13 20:01 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The US Senate approved a bill on Tuesday that would provide Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan with a total amount of $95 billion in financial aid, amid claims of the importance of adopting an isolationist stance first and foremost. The US Senate on Tuesday approved long-delayed funding for Ukraine's war effort, part of a foreign aid package that ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-12 12:23 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin was admitted to critical care on Monday, February 12. Duties were handed over to deputy Kathleen Hicks. US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was admitted to a critical care ward with a bladder issue as he battles prostate cancer. He transferred his duties to his deputy on Sunday, the Pentagon said. Deputy Secretary of ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-12 11:58 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A missile attack on a Greece-owned bulk carrier in the Red Sea has been reported on Monday. No casualties have been signaled, although the vessel was damaged. A vessel came under missile attack off Yemen's southern coast on Monday while transiting the strategic Bab al-Mandeb strait, according to security agencies. The incident occurred before ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-11 20:17 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Saudi Arabia said on Sunday that it had disbursed $250 million in aid to the internationally recognized government in Yemen, which the Gulf kingdom has backed in a war against Houthi rebels. The money follows an initial payment of the same amount announced in August, when Riyadh committed to providing a total of $1.2 billion to ease the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-11 17:07 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The US military said on Sunday that it had struck more devices and missiles in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen that were prepared to launch against ships in the Red Sea. The strikes occurred on Saturday between 4:00 and 5:00 PM (13:00 and 14:00 GMT) north of the city of Hodeida, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said on social media. American ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-11 14:13 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iran marked 45 years since its Islamic revolution with a ceremony on Sunday in which President Ebrahim Raisi condemned arch foe Israel over the Gaza war and demanded it be expelled from the United Nations. Since Iran's 1979 revolution that overthrew the US-backed Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the region's main Shiite Muslim power has had deeply ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-10 11:39 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israeli air strikes that targeted a building in an upscale area near the Syrian capital killed three people early Saturday, a war monitor said. State media reported that Syrian air defenses responded to an Israeli "air attack". Since Syria's civil war broke out in 2011, Israel has launched hundreds of air strikes on its northern neighbour, ...
Ici Beyrouth 2024-02-09 15:21 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
With Vladimir Putin claiming that Russia's defeat is"impossible," and the West being aware of this, the politically paralyzed US Congress finally agreed to consider legislation that would release billions of dollars for Ukraine. For his part, Volodymyr Zelensky appointed a new military chief and tasked him with producing a "realistic" battle plan ...
Ici Beyrouth 2024-02-09 13:49 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Former French Justice Minister Robert Badinter, who brought an end to capital punishment in France in 1981, died at the age of 95, his aide Aude Napoli told AFP on Friday. As Minister of Justice under Socialist President François Mitterrand (1981-1986), he brought in the law of October 9, 1981 abolishing the death penalty, at a time when was ...