This Is Beirut 2024-04-27 13:54 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iran said Saturday it would release the crew members of a Portuguese-flagged ship that its forces seized this month in the Gulf. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps took over the MSC Aries with 25 crew members on board near the Strait of Hormuz on April 13. Tehran later said the ship belonged to its arch-foe Israel and was being investigated ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-26 23:16 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
British head of state King Charles III will make a limited return to public duties next week, after doctors said they were "very encouraged" by the progress of his treatment for cancer. His first engagement with Queen Camilla would be to a cancer treatment center on Tuesday. The couple will also host Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako of Japan ...
2024-04-26 21:13 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
The city of Rafah could mark the last military chapter of the war launched by Israel against Hamas. As negotiations leading to a potential truce struggle to advance, the Hebrew State remains committed to its project to launch a large-scale offensive in this roughly 64 km2 area south of Gaza, home to approximately one and a half million ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-26 21:12 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
On his way back from addressing journalists at the scene in the city of Ramla, Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir was involved in a spectacular car crash in which three people were lightly injured, police said. An AFP photographer at the scene saw two damaged cars, one which had flipped over. Israeli media reported Ben ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-26 10:29 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday told top US diplomat Antony Blinken that the world's biggest economies should be "partners, not rivals" as the two sides pressed for headway on a range of concerns. Blinken, in China for the second time in less than a year, pointed to improvements in the relationship but urged greater action from Beijing on ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-25 21:46 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
The death sentence handed down to Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi, imprisoned for his support of the 2022 protest movement in Iran, was denounced internationally on Thursday. Iranian authorities on Thursday faced pressure to release and clear a prominent rapper sentenced to death in a verdict supporters say is merely revenge for his music backing ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-25 20:31 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
US sanctions against Iran were tightened again on Thursday, targeting the country's military drone industry, alongside similar sanctions by Canada and the UK, almost two weeks after Tehran's attack on Israel. The UK on Thursday joined the United States and Canada in announcing a fresh set of sanctions against Iran's drone and missile industries ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-25 18:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The US Supreme Court was hearing arguments Thursday on whether Donald Trump, as a former president, should be immune from prosecution for acts committed while in office, as the window for holding trial before the election narrows. The US Supreme Court was hearing arguments on Thursday on whether Donald Trump, as a former president, should be ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-25 15:36 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday warned that Europe faces an existential threat from Russian aggression, calling on the continent to adopt a "credible" defense strategy less dependent on the United States. He described Russia's behavior after its invasion of Ukraine as "uninhibited" and said it was no longer clear where Moscow's ...
Ali A. Hamadé 2024-04-25 12:25 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
In a surprising twist of events, the United States House of Representatives recently passed a bill allocating substantial financial and military aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. This legislation — in a gridlock for over six months — that apportions an astronomical amount of $95 billion, finally received bipartisan support. The bill ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-25 11:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, on a visit to Shanghai ahead of crucial talks with Chinese officials, emphasized the need for "direct and sustained" dialogue between the two countries. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, on a visit to Shanghai ahead of crucial talks with Chinese officials, emphasized the need for "direct and sustained" ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-24 19:44 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Russia and Ukraine agreed in a Qatari-brokered deal to exchange almost 50 children displaced by Moscow's invasion, the Kremlin's children's rights commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova announced in Doha on Wednesday. Moscow has been accused of forcibly taking Ukrainian children into Russian territory during its full-scale offensive, with Lvova-Belova ...