Rami Rayess 24/07 10:52 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The recent rise in regional tensions – marked by Houthi attacks on Tel Aviv and Israel’s unprecedented response of targeting the port of Hodeidah – signals a broadening of the Arab-Israeli conflict. This could usher in a new phase of military intervention that extends beyond traditional boundaries, without necessarily escalating into a ...
This Is Beirut 24/07 09:19 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Germany on Wednesday banned the Hamburg Islamic Centre, an association that has been under investigation for several months over its alleged support for Lebanon's Hezbollah group and its links to Iran. Tehran reacted in fury, summoning Germany's ambassador to Iran to condemn a "hostile action" it branded as a "clear example of Islamophobia". ...
This Is Beirut 23/07 23:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
French President Emmanuel Macron, on Tuesday, dismissed a left-wing alliance's push to name a new prime minister after snap elections, saying parties in a fractured parliament must come together to build a broad coalition after the Paris Olympic Games. "Of course we need to be concentrated on the Games until mid-August," Macron told broadcaster ...
This Is Beirut 23/07 22:09 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The United States announced Tuesday that it had invited Sudan's warring sides to hold ceasefire talks next month. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Washington had invited Sudan's regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to start US-mediated negotiations beginning on August 14 in Switzerland. "The United States remains ...
This Is Beirut 23/07 21:52 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lucie Castets was nominated as prime minister of France by head of the Green Party Marine Tondelier, Tuesday on X, following initial reports by newspaper L'Humanité. 37-year-old Castets told AFP she had accepted the nomination "with great humility but also great conviction," believing herself a "serious and credible candidate" for prime ...
This Is Beirut 23/07 19:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned on Tuesday, a day after acknowledging that the agency failed in its mission to prevent an assassination attempt against Donald Trump. Cheatle was facing bipartisan calls to step down after a 20-year-old gunman wounded the former Republican president and current White House candidate at a July ...
Cian ward 23/07 16:28 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
Yemen may be at risk of collapsing back into civil war as the increasingly empowered Houthi regime, hardening western policy and an intensifying economic war pushes the war-ravaged country towards the brink. “This is the tensest period I've seen since the truce, we may even have war next week”, says Mohammed al-Basha, analyst at the US-based ...
This Is Beirut 23/07 15:34 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Yemen's government and the Iran-backed Houthis have agreed to halt tit-for-tat banking sanctions as they wrestle for control of the country's financial institutions, the United Nations said on Tuesday. The Houthis have been fighting a Saudi-led coalition since March 2015, months after they seized the capital Sanaa and most of Yemen's population ...
This Is Beirut 23/07 14:19 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
French President Emmanuel Macron will break his silence on Tuesday to clarify his intentions after the legislative elections and define the “Olympic and political truce” he is invoking, in the face of a left that is still clamoring to govern despite its divisions and a right that is proposing an a minima agreement. Accused by his opponents of ...
This Is Beirut 23/07 13:48 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Ukraine's foreign minister was in China Tuesday for talks on how officials there might help end the war with Russia, whose ties with Beijing have grown stronger since the conflict began. China presents itself as a neutral party in the war and says it is not sending lethal assistance to either side, unlike the United States and other Western ...
This Is Beirut 23/07 12:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The number of arrests in days of violence in Bangladesh passed the 2,500 mark in an AFP tally on Tuesday, after protests over employment quotas sparked widespread unrest. At least 174 people have died, including several police officers, according to a separate AFP count of victims reported by police and hospitals. What began as demonstrations ...
23/07 08:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Following a Houthi drone attack on Tel Aviv on Saturday, Israeli fighter jets launched an assault from the Nevatim Airbase (Negev) on oil and electricity facilities in the Yemeni city of Hodeidah. On Sunday, a Houthi official stated, "Israel made a serious mistake. We will retaliate in a strong and appropriate manner." Meanwhile, the American news ...