This Is Beirut 2024-08-18 19:02 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Central Bank of Libya said on Sunday it was "suspending all operations" after a bank official was abducted in the capital, Tripoli, in a statement posted on social media. Musab Msallem, head of information technology at the Central Bank, "was kidnapped by an unidentified group from his house this morning," said the statement. The bank said ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-18 13:28 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Iraqi Parliament is set to legalize child marriage, a major setback for the rights of women and girls in the country. The move follows a controversial bill passed on August 16, 2024, which would lower the legal age of marriage to 13 for girls and 16 for boys. The new legislation is a revision of the current Personal Status Law, which ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-18 11:43 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Venezuela's opposition, claiming victory in presidential elections they say were stolen by strongman Nicolas Maduro, gathered in the thousands in Caracas and elsewhere on Saturday, vowing to fight "to the end." People rallied in several cities in Venezuela and as far afield as Spain, Belgium, and Australia in response to a call by opposition ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-18 10:23 - Reading : less than a minute
Ukrainian forces said they thwarted a Russian missile attack on the capital, Kyiv, where air raid sirens sounded before dawn on Sunday. "This is the third ballistic missile attack on the capital in August, with a clear interval of six days between each attack," the Kyiv City Military Administration posted on Telegram after the early morning ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-17 22:01 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Social media platform X, formerly Twitter, will shutter its local operations in Brazil following a bitter legal tussle over the platform's rights and responsibilities, owner Elon Musk said on Saturday. The service will remain available to Brazilian users. The closure was the apparent culmination of an ongoing legal battle between Musk and ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-17 21:43 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are holding dueling campaign stops in the crucial battleground state of Pennsylvania this weekend, as new polling shows the United States vice president making major gains ahead of her big moment at next week's Democratic National Convention. Trump will hold a rally in the small town of Wilkes-Barre on Saturday, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-17 14:24 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Ukraine claimed on Friday to be continuing its unprecedented advance into Russia's Kursk region, saying it wanted to force Russia into “fair” negotiations after nearly two and a half years of a large-scale invasion of its territory by Moscow. The Russian army, for its part, is maintaining its pressure further south, in Ukraine's Donbas ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-17 10:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
After the extraordinary events of the last few weeks, Donald Trump's campaign to return to the White House is experiencing considerable turbulence, with the ex-president appearing older and less at ease. Donald Trump has never lacked self-confidence, but his presidential campaign has been sent into a tailspin by the extraordinary events of the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-16 18:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz told his French and British counterparts Friday that his country expects support "in attacking" Iran if it strikes Israel. "If Iran attacks, we expect the coalition to join Israel not only in defense but also in attacking significant targets in Iran," Katz said to France's Stéphane Séjourné and Britain's ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-16 16:43 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The European Union's top diplomat Josep Borrell said Friday he would propose sanctions against Israeli government "enablers" of Jewish settler violence, following a deadly attack on a village in the occupied West Bank. "Day after day, in an almost total impunity, Israeli settlers fuel violence in the occupied West Bank, contributing to endanger ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-16 13:18 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Pakistan said Friday it had confirmed a case of mpox, a day after Sweden recorded the first infection outside of Africa involving a new, more dangerous strain of the virus that has killed hundreds in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The mpox surge in Africa -- which has also affected Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda -- prompted the World Health ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-16 05:59 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris made an upbeat show of unity Thursday as they held their first joint public event since Harris replaced the president as the Democratic Party's candidate in November's election. Chants of "Thank you Joe!" rang out from the audience at a community college in the Maryland suburbs outside Washington. Biden announced a ...