This Is Beirut 2024-05-19 16:52 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The DR Congo military on Sunday thwarted an attempted coup near the offices of President Felix Tshisekedi in Kinshasa involving "foreigners and Congolese", the army spokesperson said. The coup bid took place in the early hours of the morning outside the residence of economy minister Vital Kamerhe, in the Gombe area in the north of the capital, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-19 16:18 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A helicopter carrying Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi was involved in "an accident" in poor weather conditions on Sunday, state media reported, with a search underway and no news yet on his condition. "An accident happened to the helicopter carrying the president" in the Jofa region of the western province of East Azerbaijan, state television ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-19 16:11 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
According to The Guardian, three high-ranking Syrian officials are to go on trial in Paris on Tuesday. They are accused of crimes against humanity and war crimes. In 2013, 20-year-old student Patrick Dabbagh was arrested by the Syrian army at his home in Damascus. Within 24-hours, the army returned for his 48-year-old father. Their fate remained ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-19 14:16 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Russian shelling on the outskirts of the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Sunday killed at least four civilians, said the governor of the region facing a new Russian offensive. Russia launched an assault in the border region on May 10 after a surge in aerial strikes. "We know about four civilians killed. At least eight people are wounded," governor ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-19 14:14 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico's life is no longer in danger following an assassination attempt, Deputy Prime Minister Robert Kalinak said on Sunday. Fico has been in the hospital since Wednesday, when a lone gunman shot him four times, including in the abdomen. "He has emerged from the immediate threat to his life, but his condition remains ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-19 13:07 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
French forces smashed through around 60 road blocks to clear the way from conflict-stricken New Caledonia's capital to the airport. However, they still have not reopened the route, a top government official said on Sunday. After six nights of violence, which left six dead and hundreds injured, security forces will launch "harassment" raids to ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-18 22:14 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
German activists glued themselves to a runway at Munich airport Saturday and caused dozens of flights to be cancelled, in their latest action aimed at pushing authorities to tackle climate change. The activists from the Last Generation environmental protest group forced their way into Germany's second-busiest airport by cutting through a fence in ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-18 18:24 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi faces a new trial over accusations she made against the security forces of sexually assaulting female prisoners, her family said on Saturday. The trial, due to begin on Sunday, relates to an audio message she shared from prison in April, which was also shared by supporters. In it, she ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-18 17:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Violence linked to riots in New Caledonia, a French archipelago in the South Pacific, continued on Saturday with a sixth death in six days, according to the authorities. One more person was killed Saturday and two injured in France's Pacific territory of New Caledonia as security personnel tried to restore order after a fifth night of riots and ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-18 17:06 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, director Mohammad Rasoulof undertook an "exhausting and extremely dangerous" walk across a mountainous border to avoid imprisonment in Iran for national security reasons. Film director Mohammad Rasoulof made an "exhausting and extremely dangerous" walk across a mountainous borderland in ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-18 15:21 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Slovakia's health minister said Saturday the prognosis for Prime Minister Robert Fico was "positive" after an assassination attempt, while the suspected gunman appeared in court for the first time. Fico has been in hospital since Wednesday when a lone gunman shot him four times, including in the abdomen. He underwent a five-hour surgery on ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-18 15:14 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Junta-run Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have finalized plans to form a confederation after turning their backs on former colonial ruler France to seek closer ties with Russia. Their foreign ministers met Friday in Niger's capital Niamey to agree on a text establishing the Confederation of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). "The objective was to ...