VideosWar Diary: Day 400
This is Beirut 2024-11-09 18:45 - Reading : less than a minute
This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the war and its repercussions on the region. Here are the main highlights for November 9, 2024.
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Iran Urges Trump to Reconsider "Maximum Pressure" Policy
This is Beirut 2024-11-09 14:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran on Saturday urged US President-elect Donald Trump to reconsider the "maximum pressure" policy he pursued against Tehran during his first term. "Trump must show that he is not following the wrong policies of the past," Iranian Vice President for Strategic Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif told reporters on Saturday. These ...
Iran Warns of Expansion of War "Beyond the Middle East"
This is Beirut 2024-11-09 12:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Saturday warned that the wars in Gaza and Lebanon, where Israel is battling Tehran-backed groups, could spill over beyond the Middle East. "The world should know that in case of the expansion of war, its harmful effects will not be limited only to the West Asia region; insecurity and instability can ...
Pakistani Separatists Bomb Railway Station, Killing 26
This is Beirut 2024-11-09 12:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
A bombing claimed by Pakistani separatists killed 26 people, including 14 soldiers, at a railway station in the southwestern Balochistan province, a hospital spokesman said on Saturday. The blast hit as passengers waited on a platform at the main railway station in the provincial capital, Quetta. "Fourteen members of the Army and 12 civilians ...
Israeli Airstrikes Kill 14 in Gaza Overnight
This is Beirut 2024-11-09 10:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hamas Palestine United Nations
Gaza's civil defence agency said on Saturday that Israeli air strikes killed at least 14 Palestinians overnight, including women and children, while the Israeli military said it had eliminated dozens of militants in the territory's north. An air strike hit tents housing displaced Palestinians in the southern area of Khan Yunis, killing at least ...
EU Foreign Policy Chief in Kyiv After Trump's Win
This is Beirut 2024-11-09 10:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Donald Trump Josep Borrell Ukraine Washington
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell arrived Saturday in Kyiv to reassure Ukraine of Europe's backing in the first visit by a top Brussels official after Donald Trump's poll win. The volatile Republican's victory in the United States election has set nerves jangling in Ukraine and Europe that Trump could end Washington's support for Kyiv's fight ...
Iran denies conspiracy accusations against Trump
This is Beirut 2024-11-09 10:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Donald Trump Tehran United States
Iran deemed as 'totally baseless' on Saturday the U.S. accusations that Tehran is involved in assassination plots in the United States, specifically targeting President-elect Donald Trump. Iran's Foreign Ministry on Saturday called the allegations that Tehran was behind a plot against Trump "totally unfounded." The Foreign Ministry "rejects ...
Iraqi PM Hopes Trump will End MidEast Wars
This is Beirut 2024-11-09 09:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Donald Trump Middle East Palestine Washington
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani expressed hopes during a phone call with US President-elect Donald Trump that he would keep his "promises to work towards ending wars" in the Middle East. Amid Israel's wars in Gaza and Lebanon, Sudani -- who was named premier by a majority bloc of Iran-backed political factions -- has been in a ...
US Charges Iranian in Alleged Plot to Assassinate Donald Trump
This is Beirut 2024-11-08 20:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Donald Trump United States Iran plot assassination
According to reports from Reuters, U.S. authorities have charged an Iranian man in connection with a plot allegedly ordered by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to assassinate Donald Trump, the U.S. Justice Department announced on Friday. In a statement, the Justice Department said Farhad Shakeri, 51, had informed law enforcement ...
Scholz Says Open to Discussions on Election Date
This is Beirut 2024-11-08 18:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Scholz Germany crisis elections
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, mired in crisis after his three-party coalition collapsed this week, said Friday he is open to talks on whether to move forward snap elections. The embattled chancellor has signalled new polls by March, half a year earlier than scheduled, but all opposition parties have urgently demanded they be held as early as ...
Numbers & FiguresUSA: President-Elect Trump at 301 Electoral Votes, Harris at 226
This is Beirut 2024-11-08 18:39 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Donald Trump USA Harris elections results
The final state calls are coming in for the US presidential election, with President-elect Donald Trump at 301 electoral votes, well past the 270 needed for victory, and Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris at 226, US networks said. Nevada was the latest to be called Friday, with six electoral votes going to Trump, yet another flip of a swing ...
Spotlight'Very Serious': Israel's Blows Against Iran Expose Infiltration
This is Beirut 2024-11-08 17:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Hassan Nasrallah Tehran intelligence
A spate of recent intelligence successes by Israel against Iran and its allies have underlined the extent of Israel's infiltration of the establishment in Iran, causing major anxiety for its leadership, analysts say. It remains a closely guarded secret how, and how deeply, Israel has infiltrated Iran's administration and security ...