This Is Beirut 2024-05-23 20:14 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday signed a decree allowing the confiscation of assets inside Russia belonging to the United States, its citizens and companies, to compensate those hit by Western sanctions against Moscow. The West froze around $300 billion of Russian financial assets, mostly its central bank reserves, after Moscow ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-23 12:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Emmanuel Macron has vowed to quell an "unprecedented insurrection" in New Caledonia on Thursday as he visits the region rife with unrest. France's president visited the restive Pacific territory of New Caledonia on Thursday, urging a "return to peace" after deadly rioting, and vowing thousands of military reinforcements will be deployed for "as ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-23 10:27 - Reading : less than a minute
Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa said that there is no reason to delay the return of diplomatic relations between the Kingdom and Iran, during a meeting on Thursday with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, according to Bahrain News Agency. He added that Manama looks forward to improving its relations with Tehran. The King arrived ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-23 10:22 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Fighter jets took off from a Taiwan airbase on Thursday as the self-ruled island dispatched aerial and naval forces in response to China's launch of military drills. Beijing commenced two days of war games, dubbed "Joint Sword-2024A," as a "strong punishment" for Taiwan's "separatist acts." They come after the island swore in new President Lai ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-23 09:56 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
At least nine people, including a child, died after strong wind gusts caused a stage in northern Mexico to collapse during a campaign rally on Wednesday, authorities said. At least 50 other people were injured in the accident, some seriously, according to Nuevo Leon Governor Samuel Garcia. Images of the accident showed a crowd fleeing as the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-23 00:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Various heads of state and officials from various countries arrived in Tehran on Wednesday, to attend the memorial event of late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash on Sunday. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei led funeral prayers at the memorial ceremony. Five days of national mourning were ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-22 22:31 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday set a general election date for July 4, ending months of speculation but not the doom-laden forecasts about the size of the government's expected defeat. The poll will be the first time Sunak, 44, faces the public while in charge, after he was appointed leader of the largest party in parliament by ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-22 19:17 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Russia has launched a likely space weapon and deployed it in the same orbit as a US government satellite, the Pentagon said. "Russia launched a satellite into low Earth orbit that we assess is likely a counter-space weapon presumably capable of attacking other satellites in low Earth orbit," Pentagon spokesman Air Force Major General Pat Ryder ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-22 17:59 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Concerns are growing among some people in Iran about who will replace Ebrahim Raisi as president of the Islamic republic after his death in a helicopter crash on Sunday. "I'm more worried than sad," Mohadeseh Jalali said at Wednesday's funeral in Tehran for Raisi and his entourage, who died when their aircraft hit a mountain in northwest Iran ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-22 14:41 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Huge crowds of Iranians thronged the streets of the capital Tehran on Wednesday for the funeral procession of president Ebrahim Raisi and his entourage, who died in a helicopter crash. In the city centre, mourners clutching portraits of Raisi gathered in and around the University of Tehran, where Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, led ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-22 14:33 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The decision by Ireland, Norway and Spain, announced on Wednesday, to recognize the State of Palestine has sparked a mixture of praise, evasion and fury internationally. The Palestine Liberation Organization and Islamist group Hamas welcomed the decision to recognize a Palestinian state as a boost for their cause. "We consider this an important ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-22 12:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Trump's lawyers rested their case on Thursday, without the former president testifying as he previously promised to do. The jury is scheduled to deliberate the verdict next week. Donald Trump's defense lawyers rested their case on Tuesday – without the former president following through on a vow to testify – as the judge scheduled jury ...