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 ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-24 15:24 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iran reduced its military footprint in Syria after a succession of strikes blamed on Israel, a source close to Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah and a war monitor said on Wednesday. Iran has provided military support to Syrian government forces through more than a decade of civil war but a series of strikes targeting its commanders in recent ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-24 14:27 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
US Secretary of State Blinken visited China on Wednesday, as the US seeks to increase pressure over Ukraine and Fentanyl, while simultaneously managing tensions ahead of November's upcoming election. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken returned Wednesday to China on his second visit in one year, as the United States ramps up pressure on its ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-24 11:31 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Australian police said seven people who posed an "unacceptable risk and threat" to the public have been arrested after anti-terror raids that involved more than 400 officers Wednesday. Police said the individuals were linked to a 16-year-old accused of stabbing an Assyrian Bishop in Sydney, and adhered to a "religiously motivated extremist ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-24 10:24 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Argentina has asked Interpol to arrest Iran's interior minister over the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people, the foreign ministry said Tuesday. The Iranian minister, Ahmad Vahidi, is part of a delegation from Tehran currently visiting Pakistan and Sri Lanka, and Interpol has issued a red alert seeking ...