This Is Beirut 2024-06-19 16:03 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The Philippine military said on Wednesday that the Chinese coast guard rammed and boarded Filipino navy boats in a violent confrontation in the South China Sea this week, in which a Filipino sailor lost a thumb. Monday's incident was the latest in a series of escalating confrontations between Chinese and Philippine ships in recent months as ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-19 10:28 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Absolute or relative majority? Government coalition or institutional deadlock? Who will be Prime Minister? In France, suspense hangs over the consequences of the parliamentary elections on June 30 and July 7, although some are already putting forward their views on the various scenarios. Absolute Majority This is the clearest hypothesis from an ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-19 10:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
An Arab diplomat told AFP on Wednesday that at least 600 Egyptians died during the hajj pilgrimage, citing searing heat that reached 51.8 degrees Celsius (125 degrees Fahrenheit) on Monday. “All of them (the Egyptians) died because of heat,” except for one who sustained fatal injuries during a minor crowd crush, one of the diplomats said, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-19 09:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a mutual defense agreement on Wednesday with North Korea's Kim Jong Un, who offered his “full support” on Ukraine. The pledge of military cooperation was part of a strategic treaty signed during a summit in Pyongyang, where Putin was making his first visit in 24 years. “It is really a breakthrough ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-18 22:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Russian President Vladimir Putin landed in North Korea on Wednesday, the Kremlin said, kicking off a visit set to boost defense ties between the two nuclear-armed countries as Moscow pursues its war in Ukraine. Ahead of Putin's late-night touchdown, huge banners with a smiling photograph of the Russian leader reading "We ardently welcome ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-18 19:56 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
At least four people were killed and 120 injured Tuesday in a 4.9 magnitude earthquake that hit Iran's northeastern city of Kashmar, state media reported. The quake struck at 1:24 pm (0954 GMT), Kashmar's governor, Hajatollah Shariatmadari, who gave the casualty toll, said on state television. Thirty-five people were hospitalized, he said, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-18 18:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Thousands of Israelis have been protesting for the past two days against the government of Benjamin Netanyahu, demanding the government's resignation and calling for new elections. They are calling for an agreement to be reached for the release of hostages. View this post on Instagram A post shared ...
David Hale 2024-06-18 17:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
There is conventional wisdom held in some quarters that the risk of a full-blown war between Hezbollah and Israel will begin to recede if and when the conflict between Israel and Hamas reaches a ceasefire or end state. If only it were so simple. It is true that Hezbollah leaders assert they will continue the fight they joined on October 8, 2023, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-18 15:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
An Iranian court has sentenced Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to a year in prison for "propaganda against the state," the jailed activist's lawyer said on Tuesday. Mohammadi, 52, has been jailed since November 2021 over several past convictions relating to her advocacy against the obligatory hijab for women and capital punishment in ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-18 10:33 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to touch down on Tuesday night for his first trip to the isolated nation in 24 years, with a confrontation between North and South Korean troops on their shared border highlighting regional security tensions. Ahead of his visit, Putin hailed North Korea for "firmly supporting" Moscow's war in Ukraine ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-17 23:19 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Emmanuel Macron Europe European Union
European Union leaders huddled in Brussels on Monday to thrash out how to divide up the bloc's top jobs, with early signals putting Ursula von der Leyen on track for a second term as chief of the powerful European Commission. Far-right gains in EU-wide elections in early June, which triggered snap polls and political upheaval in France, appear to ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-17 22:47 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Israel struck Gaza on Monday and witnesses reported blasts in the besieged territory's south, but fighting has largely subsided after a day of relative calm and as Muslims marked Eid al-Adha. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dissolved his war cabinet, a government spokesman said, reflecting fractures at the top of the country's ...