This Is Beirut 2024-07-04 14:24 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The leaders of China and Russia on Thursday urged their allies to resist malign external influence, advancing their shared anti-Western agenda at a regional summit in Central Asia. Russian President Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping were in Kazakhstan for a gathering of leaders from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), a regional bloc ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-04 14:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Britain votes Thursday in a general election widely expected to hand the opposition Labour party a landslide win and end nearly a 14 years of Conservative rule. The national ballot follows Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's surprise call to hold it six months earlier than required. His gamble looks set to backfire spectacularly, with polls throughout ...
2024-07-04 13:14 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
On the Fourth of July, in 1776, the declaration of the United States’ independence was approved unanimously by the Second Continental Congress, marking freedom from Great Britain's rule. Later, the treaty of Paris in 1783 acknowledged US independence, ending an era which lasted around 167 years. Today, Americans celebrate what they ...
Salam Zaatari 2024-07-04 10:33 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
The 2024 US presidential election is shaping up to be a high-stakes rematch between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. As the campaigns intensify, the political landscape is fraught with challenges and uncertainties that could significantly influence the outcome. The recent presidential debate and mounting pressure on ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-04 10:23 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Joe Biden is "absolutely not" pulling out of the US presidential race, his spokeswoman said Wednesday, as pressure mounted following his disastrous debate performance against Donald Trump. Panic has gripped his Democratic Party in the wake of last week's TV debate, and internal rumblings about finding a replacement candidate before November's ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-03 16:41 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
France on Wednesday expelled an Iranian suspected of influence peddling on behalf of the Islamic Republic and having links to the Revolutionary Guards ideological Army, his lawyer and a source close to the issue told AFP. Bashir Biazar had been held in administrative detention since the start of June and was subject to a deportation order from ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-03 13:46 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
An attack blamed on jihadists in central Mali killed more than 20 civilians on Monday, two officials from the provincial authority said, in the latest killings in the troubled Sahel region. "At least 21 civilians have been killed" in the village of Djiguibombo, several dozen kilometres (miles) from the town of Bandiagara, one of the officials ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-03 13:21 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Investigators in Germany and Sweden, on Wednesday, arrested eight suspects allied with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government over alleged participation in crimes against humanity in Syria, prosecutors in both countries said. The suspects are accused of taking part in a "violent crackdown on a peaceful anti-government protest" in the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-03 12:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The leaders of Russia and China were in Kazakhstan on Wednesday for a regional summit, seeking to harden anti-Western alliances and press their influence in the strategic Central Asian region. Russian President Vladimir Putin touched down in the Kazakh capital of Astana Wednesday morning for a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-03 11:24 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Tunisia will hold a presidential election on October 6, the office of President Kais Saied announced Tuesday, though he has not indicated if he will seek a new five-year term after his 2019 election. Saied, a constitutional specialist, took full control of the country in 2021, ruling by decree after dismissing his prime minister and parliament, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-03 10:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Joe Biden is to meet Democratic governors, Wednesday, to assuage growing anxiety over the viability of his candidacy following a disastrous debate performance. The White House said Biden will meet with Democratic governors on Wednesday evening, to reassure them of his competence as he faces growing pressure to withdraw his candidacy, following ...
Rami Rayess 2024-07-03 09:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The Iranian presidential elections were rescheduled following the tragic helicopter crash on May 19, which resulted in the immediate deaths of President Ebrahim Raisi, his Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian and several other Iranian officials. Raisi had previously contested against President Hassan Rouhani in 2017 but did not win. ...