This Is Beirut 15/07 09:14 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
US President Joe Biden sought to calm a divided nation Sunday after his rival Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt, saying in a rare Oval Office address that it was time to lower the temperature of America's hostile politics. "It's time to cool it down. We all have a responsibility to do that," Biden said in a televised address ...
15/07 09:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
The latest elections in France unveiled the evolving political chasms, the growing political and constitutional discrepancies and the systemic exclusions aimed at hobbling the National Rally (NR), and perpetuating the stigmas and the ostracism against this political formation. Ten million political voters are discounted from the French political ...
This Is Beirut 14/07 16:16 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Two people were shot dead in southwestern Germany on Sunday, police said, adding that the suspected gunman was also found dead in what appeared to be a domestic incident. The attacker was reportedly a hunter, according to Bild newspaper and broadcaster SWR. Police in the Reutlingen region said they received several reports of gunshots in the ...
This Is Beirut 14/07 15:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Donald Trump called on Americans Sunday to stand united after he was injured in an assassination attempt – a shocking incident that opened a dark new chapter in an already polarized US presidential race. The 78-year-old former president was hit in the ear at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, while the shooter and a bystander were killed ...
This Is Beirut 14/07 15:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum on Sunday announced he had appointed his son, the emirate's crown prince, as defense minister of the United Arab Emirates in a cabinet reshuffle. "Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has joined the government of the UAE as Deputy Prime Minister and has been appointed Minister of ...
This Is Beirut 14/07 10:04 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
France does not know where its government is headed and on Sunday, the armed forces will also take an unusual detour at the start of their annual Bastille Day march. Preparations to host the Olympic Games blocked the national day parade from its traditional route on the Champs Elysées, and a smaller military contingent will instead march on the ...
This Is Beirut 14/07 08:45 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
US President Joe Biden and world leaders led the condemnation after his election rival Donald Trump was wounded in an apparent assassination attempt at a Pennsylvania rally on Saturday, as some Republicans blamed the Biden campaign for the violence. Political leaders on both sides of the aisle slammed the attack minutes after the Republican ...
This Is Beirut 13/07 19:23 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
An oil depot caught fire Saturday in Russia's Rostov region after a Ukrainian drone attack, its governor Vasily Golubev said on Telegram. Both Moscow and Kyiv have extensively used drones, including larger self-detonating craft with ranges stretching hundreds of kilometres, throughout the conflict, which began in February 2022. "After a drone ...
This Is Beirut 13/07 18:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday announced the imminent end to the Turkish forces' operation against Kurdish PKK fighters in northern Iraq and Syria. Turkey launched Operation Claw-Lock in April 2022 to secure its border with northern Iraq, from where it accused Kurdish separatists of launching attacks against Turkish territory. "We ...
This Is Beirut 13/07 17:38 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Kremlin on Saturday warned that the deployment of US missiles in Germany could make European capitals targets for Russian missiles in a repeat of Cold War-style confrontation. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov spoke of a "paradox" in which "Europe is a target for our missiles, our country is a target for US missiles in Europe". "We have enough ...
This Is Beirut 13/07 14:31 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran's president-elect Masoud Pezeshkian said he looks forward to improved relations with European nations, even though he accused them of reneging on commitments to mitigate the impact of US sanctions. Pezeshkian won a runoff election against ultraconservative former nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili last week. The 69-year-old has called for ...
This Is Beirut 13/07 09:08 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
A fired up Joe Biden again rejected speculation he would quit the US presidential race and tried to turn the spotlight on rival Donald Trump as he took his crisis-hit reelection bid back on the campaign trail Friday. But as he addressed a lively rally in the battleground state of Michigan, the drumbeat of Democrats urging the 81-year-old Biden to ...