This Is Beirut 2024-05-12 19:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will be received in Ankara by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday, a meeting which both leaders say they expect to see continue the improvement between their countries. Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will be received Monday in Ankara by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-12 18:52 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
At least 27 people were killed and 130 wounded on Friday in El Facher, Darfur, in clashes between the Sudanese army and paramilitaries, more than a year after the start of the war in Sudan, the UN reported on Sunday. Clashes reignited between the Sudanese army and rival paramilitaries earlier this week in the key Darfur town of El Fasher, killing ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-12 17:03 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
QatarEnergy said Sunday it had acquired two offshore gas exploration blocks from Egypt with a 40% participating interest, in a deal with US multinational firm ExxonMobil. Under the deal, the Qatari state-owned hydrocarbon giant will receive stakes in the Cairo and Masry concessions off Egypt's north coast, with the operator ExxonMobil retaining ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-12 16:43 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Jordanian military announced Sunday the launch of the "Eager Lion" military exercise, with ground, naval and air forces from 33 countries including the United States, France and Britain. The drills, set to end on May 23, include anti-terrorism and air defense training, army spokesman Colonel Mustafa al-Hiyari told a news conference. He said ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-12 13:14 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Thousands of people have been evacuated from border areas in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, as Russia kept up constant strikes on a key town as part of a cross-border offensive, officials said on Sunday. The surprise Russian attack across Ukraine's northeastern border began on Friday, with Moscow's troops making small advances in an area from where ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-11 17:08 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran's conservatives and ultra-conservatives clinched more seats in a partial rerun of the country's parliamentary elections, official results showed on Saturday, tightening their hold on the chamber. Voters had been called to cast ballots again on Friday in regions where candidates failed to gain enough votes in the March 1 election, which saw ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-11 11:08 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hundreds of people were evacuated from areas near the Russian border in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, the regional governor said Saturday, a day after Moscow launched a surprise ground offensive. "A total of 1,775 people have been evacuated," governor Oleg Synegubov wrote on social media, adding that there had been Russian artillery and mortar ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-10 16:33 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Russia on Saturday said it had captured five villages in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region during a surprise ground offensive that prompted mass evacuations, as President Volodymyr Zelensky made an urgent call for military aid. Moscow's defense ministry said its troops had "liberated" five villages in Ukraine's Kharkiv region near the Russian ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-10 13:26 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iranians had the chance to cast ballots for parliament again on Friday in regions where candidates failed to secure enough votes in March, when conservatives and ultra-conservatives won a majority. First-round voting saw a turnout of 41%, marking the lowest turnout since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Candidates needed at least 20% of all valid ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-08 00:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
UN atomic watchdog chief Rafael Grossi on Tuesday decried "completely unsatisfactory" cooperation from Tehran after returning from Iran, where he urged leaders to adopt "concrete" measures to address concerns over its nuclear program. Grossi's visit came at a time of heightened regional tensions and with his International Atomic Energy Agency ...
2024-05-07 23:38 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Since the outbreak of the Gaza war between Hamas and Israel on October 7, 2023, the Israeli military has undertaken a military project: the creation of a corridor stretching from the east to the west of the Gaza Strip. Known as the "Netzarim corridor," this passageway carries significant strategic implications for the Israeli ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-07 23:18 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday hosted Chinese leader Xi Jinping for a high altitude lunch at a childhood haunt in the Pyrenees mountains. Macron pressed a message to Beijing not to support Russia's war against Ukraine and to accept fairer trade. The first day of Xi's state visit to France, his first to Europe since 2019, saw ...