This Is Beirut 14/08 11:21 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday his troops were "moving further" into Russia, as Kyiv's biggest ever cross-border attack stretched into a second week. The Ukrainian army entered Russia's Kursk region on August 6, capturing dozens of settlements in the biggest offensive by a foreign army on Russian soil since World War ...
This Is Beirut 14/08 01:38 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The UN General Assembly on Tuesday officially launched a new data-driven "vulnerability" index that would help small island States and developing nations gain access to low-interest financing. The "Multidimensional Vulnerability Index" (MVI) is set to act as a complement to GDP and other development metrics. Since the 1990s, small island ...
This Is Beirut 13/08 18:22 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Ukraine said on Tuesday it would not hold on to Russian territory captured in its surprise cross-border incursion and offered to stop raids if Moscow agreed to a "just peace." Ukrainian forces entered Russia's Kursk region last Tuesday, taking over two dozen settlements in the biggest attack by a foreign army on Russian soil since World War II. ...
This Is Beirut 13/08 17:46 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on the Iraqi government to "intensify efforts" on Tuesday, to exhume victims of the successive conflicts that have plagued the country. "To advance justice and accountability for victims and their families, the Iraqi government should intensify efforts to exhume graves, identify victims, return remains to families ...
This Is Beirut 13/08 16:02 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The United Nations said on Tuesday their human rights offices in Sanaa had been stormed by Yemen's Houthis, with the UN's rights chief demanding they leave immediately and return all seized assets. On August 3, the Iran-backed Houthis sent a delegation to the UN Human Rights Office's premises in Sanaa and forced staff to hand over the keys. They ...
This Is Beirut 13/08 15:59 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Russian President Vladimir Putin told Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday that Moscow was "concerned" about civilian deaths in Gaza. "We are concerned above all about civilian losses," Putin said, according to images shown on Russian state television. "We are doing everything ... to support Palestine and the Palestinian ...
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This Is Beirut 13/08 11:24 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Donald Trump ran through his checklist of conspiracy theories on Monday in a rambling conversation with his uber-wealthy supporter Elon Musk that was initially derailed by what the tech titan said was a technical glitch. In a very one-sided conversation on X, Trump vented about a "zombie apocalypse" of immigration, repeatedly blasted President ...
This Is Beirut 12/08 21:02 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Donald Trump will be interviewed Monday live on X by its billionaire owner, Elon Musk, an influential supporter, as the Republican ex-president works to reignite online enthusiasm for his sagging White House campaign. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO has emerged as a major voice in US politics but is accused of turning the platform formerly known as ...
This Is Beirut 12/08 17:28 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Sudan is at a catastrophic "breaking point," with tens of thousands of preventable deaths looming due to multiple crises, the United Nations' migration agency warned Monday. The International Organization for Migration said famine and floods were adding to a catalogue of challenges facing millions of people in the war-torn country, amid the ...
This Is Beirut 12/08 12:47 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Iran's former foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who negotiated a landmark 2015 nuclear deal with major world powers, announced on Monday that he had resigned from his new post as vice president. "To avoid any suspicions or excuses for disrupting the work of the government... I resigned from the position of vice president for strategic ...
Malo Pinatel 12/08 11:57 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
The suspense in Tunisia has come to an end this Sunday, August 11: The Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE), responsible for organizing and supervising elections, has released the final list of candidates for the presidential election, which will take place on October 6. This will mark the fourth election since the 2011 overthrow of ...