This Is Beirut 2024-08-27 17:07 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday that his military had recently carried out the first successful test of a domestically-produced ballistic missile. His announcement in Kyiv came in the wake of two consecutive nights of large-scale Russian bombardments across Ukraine that killed several people and battered energy ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-27 17:01 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran’s supreme leader opened the door on Tuesday to renewed negotiations with the United States over his country’s rapidly advancing nuclear program, telling its civilian government there was "no barrier" to engaging with its "enemy," as reported by the Associated Press. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei who has final say on all state matters, set clear ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-27 14:42 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday that he supports a swift end to the grinding conflict in Ukraine after visiting the war-hit country. Modi, 73, has trodden a delicate balance between maintaining India's historically warm ties with Russia while courting closer security partnerships with Western ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-27 14:01 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
UN nuclear watchdog head Rafael Grossi kicked off a visit on Tuesday to "independently assess" conditions at Russia's Kursk nuclear plant following Ukraine's unprecedented cross-border offensive into the Russian region. Russia fired hundreds of drones and missiles at Ukraine on Monday, killing at least four people and battering the country's ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-27 13:52 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The UAE said on Tuesday that it had requested consular services for Telegram's Pavel Durov after the Dubai-based tech boss was arrested in France over alleged failings to curb criminality on the app. "The UAE is closely following the case of its citizen Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram, who was arrested by the French authorities in Paris–Le ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-27 11:44 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Japan slammed on Tuesday what it called the first confirmed incursion by a Chinese military aircraft into its airspace as a "serious violation" of its sovereignty, saying Beijing was becoming "increasingly active." China's growing economic and military clout in the Asia-Pacific region and its assertiveness in territorial disputes has rattled the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-27 11:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan arrived in Beijing on Tuesday to meet top diplomat Wang Yi for tense talks as China was embroiled in security rows with key American allies Japan and the Philippines. On Monday, US treaty ally Japan scrambled fighters after a Chinese military aircraft's incursion into its airspace, which Tokyo called a ...
2024-08-27 09:02 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Have the negotiations for a ceasefire in Gaza, currently taking place in Cairo, reached their final hurdle at the Philadelphi Corridor? This question arises as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu showed relative flexibility by accepting United States President Joe Biden's request for a partial withdrawal from the corridor during the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-27 03:26 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
President Emmanuel Macron faced an uphill battle Tuesday seeking fresh talks over a new government in France, with the political left refusing to take part after he rejected their candidate for prime minister. More than seven weeks after an inconclusive parliamentary election which cost his allies their relative majority, Macron has still not ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-26 21:28 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The United Nations said Monday it had been forced to halt its humanitarian operations in Gaza due to a new Israeli evacuation order for the Deir al-Balah area, a senior UN official said. "We are not operating today. As of this morning, we're not operating in Gaza," the official said, adding that since the start of the war the UN has sometimes had ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-26 19:18 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
More than 60 people were killed on Sunday, in Pakistan's province of Balochistan when separatist militants attacked police stations, railway lines and highways and security forces launched retaliatory operations, officials said on Monday. The assaults were the most widespread in years by ethnic militants fighting a decades-long insurgency to win ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-26 18:09 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Poland's army stated on Monday that the NATO country's airspace was violated, probably by a drone, after deadly Russian strikes battered Ukraine. A Russian barrage hit Ukraine with more than 100 missiles and around 100 drones, including in its western regions, killing at least four people and targeting its energy infrastructure. During the ...