This Is Beirut 21/07 11:28 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
With the possibility of normalization between Turkey and Syria on the horizon, a number of problematic issues may block the path, according to analysts. After a long estrangement, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad may be edging towards a meeting, but analysts say normalization will likely be gradual ...
This Is Beirut 20/07 17:27 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Cyprus on Saturday marked 50 years since Turkish troops invaded the Mediterranean island, with comments from the Turkish and Cypriot leaders demonstrating the stark divide that remains. The Greek-Cypriot president of Cyprus, who seeks a bi-zonal, bi-communal federation under a UN framework, said there was no other option but reunification. But ...
This Is Beirut 20/07 15:26 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A former Ukrainian nationalist lawmaker, who often made outspoken statements defending the Ukrainian language, has died after being shot by a gunman in her home city of Lviv, authorities said. Iryna Farion, 60, briefly served as a member of Ukraine's parliament for the ultra-nationalist Svoboda party and routinely attracted controversy for ...
This Is Beirut 20/07 14:38 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A commercial vessel was attacked twice by drones off the coast of Yemen on Saturday but proceeded with its voyage despite sustaining damage, a British maritime security agency said. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, run by the British navy, said the attack happened 64 nautical miles northwest of Mokha, Yemen, near the strategic Bab ...
This Is Beirut 20/07 12:07 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Friday he had spoken by telephone with Ukraine leader Volodymyr Zelensky, and pledged to end the European country's war with Russia. "I appreciate President Zelensky for reaching out because I, as your next President of the United States, will bring peace to the world and end the war that has ...
This Is Beirut 19/07 20:56 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iran is capable of producing fissile material for use in a nuclear weapon within "one or two weeks," US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday. News of Iran's capabilities follows the recent election of President Masoud Pezeshkian, who has said his goal is to "get Iran out of its isolation," and who favors reviving the 2015 nuclear deal ...
This Is Beirut 19/07 11:03 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Crowdstrike has stated that a "fix" has been deployed for the bug that caused the global IT outage. The American multinational Microsoft announced a global outage on Friday affecting businesses and users worldwide. The global technical outage caused significant disruptions on Friday morning, affecting various sectors around the globe, including ...
This Is Beirut 19/07 10:32 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Wall Street Journalist Reporter Evan Gershkovich was sentenced to 16 years in a penal colony Friday, accused of spying in a trial the US has called a sham. US reporter Evan Gershkovich was sentenced to 16 years in a Russian penal colony on Friday for "espionage", a verdict reached after three weeks of secretive hearings condemned by Washington as ...
This Is Beirut 19/07 10:23 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Chinese officials pledged on Friday to help ease debt pressure on local governments through reforms to the tax system, after a key political gathering in the capital focused on jumpstarting the faltering economy. All eyes were on how this week's Third Plenum of the Communist Party in Beijing, attended by President Xi Jinping, might tackle the ...
This Is Beirut 19/07 06:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Donald Trump predicted an "incredible victory" Thursday in accepting the Republican presidential nomination from a party euphoric over his escape from assassination and buoyed by the apparent implosion of Joe Biden's reelection campaign. "We will have an incredible victory, and we will begin the four greatest years in the history of our ...
This Is Beirut 19/07 03:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
US President Joe Biden was reportedly coming closer to dropping out of the White House race Friday as allies including Barack Obama were said to have expressed concerns that he can no longer win the 2024 election. The 81-year-old Democrat was holed up at his beach house with Covid as multiple US media reports said he was considering the future of ...
This Is Beirut 18/07 18:32 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Bangladeshi students set fire to the country's state television station on Thursday, a day after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina appeared on the network seeking to calm escalating clashes that have killed at least 32 people. Hundreds of protesters demanding reform of civil service hiring rules fought back and overwhelmed riot police who had fired at ...