This Is Beirut 2024-07-29 12:22 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The French authorities arrested an activist belonging to an ultra-left movement at a site belonging to national rail operator SNCF, days after sabotage attacks paralyzed the network at the start of the Olympic Games, a police source said on Monday. The man was detained at Oissel in northern France on Sunday and had access keys to SNCF technical ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-29 10:59 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Incumbent President Nicolas Maduro has been re-elected for a third term at the head of Venezuela, the National Electoral Council (CNE) announced on Sunday evening, at the end of a campaign in which the opposition denounced intimidation and fears of fraud. Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro won re-election with 51.2% of votes cast on Sunday, the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-29 10:39 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The foreign ministers of the United States, Japan, Australia and India expressed on Monday "serious concern" over the situation in the South China Sea in a veiled rebuke to Beijing. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his counterparts in the so-called Quad grouping issued a joint statement calling for a "free and open" Pacific after talks in ...
2024-07-29 10:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Benjamin Netanyahu United States
If I had to choose a motto to depict, by and large, the international scenery, I would opt for the above-mentioned aphorism. The chaotic landscapes burgeoning, throughout the various geopolitical spectrums, is a quite appropriate representation when it comes to describing the dynamics of implosion on the crossroads between domestic and ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-28 19:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Thousands of Druze gathered in Majdal Shams on Sunday to mourn the deaths of young people killed by a rocket the previous day amid the ongoing conflict between Hezbollah and Israel. With tears in their eyes, thousands of Druze climbed the steep streets of Majdal Shams on Sunday to attend the funeral of young people killed the day before in this ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-28 13:58 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei gave Sunday his official endorsement of Masoud Pezeshkian as the Islamic republic's ninth president, following snap elections that had concluded earlier this month. In a message read by the director of Khamenei's office, he said: "I endorse the vote (for) the wise, honest, popular and scholarly Mr ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-28 09:07 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Donald Trump labeled Vice President Kamala Harris a "crazy liberal," while she vowed to prevail over his "wild lies" as both laid out presidential campaign attack lines Saturday with just 100 days left until election day. After earlier addressing a bitcoin conference in Tennessee, Trump rallied supporters Saturday evening in Minnesota, seeking to ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-27 19:09 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Besieging Sudanese paramilitary forces pounded El-Fasher on Saturday, witnesses said, killing 22 people in Darfur's last city outside their control, according to a hospital source. El-Fasher has become a key battleground in the 15-month-long war pitting the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) against the regular army. The battle for the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-27 08:52 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken hit out at China's "escalatory and unlawful actions" in the South China Sea on Saturday, hours before he was due to hold talks with Beijing's top diplomat at a regional meeting in Laos. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Laos on Saturday, where he will attend a regional meeting and hold talks with ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-26 20:48 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Benjamin Netanyahu Donald Trump United States
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump sharply criticized his Democratic political rivals and pledged to work for peace in the Middle East if reelected as he met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Florida on Friday. The meeting capped a week in which Netanyahu addressed the US Congress and held talks with President Joe ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-26 14:32 - Reading : less than a minute
A Franco-Swiss airport was temporarily evacuated for security reasons on Friday, hours after arson attacks disrupted the French rail network ahead of the Olympics opening ceremony. EuroAirport, located on the French side of the border near Basel, said on its website that it had reopened and flight operations were gradually restarting. Earlier, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-26 13:33 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Sri Lanka's first presidential elections since an unprecedented economic crisis spurred widespread unrest will be held in September, the election commission said Friday. The election will be the first test of the public mood since the height of the 2022 downturn, which caused months of food, fuel and medicine shortages across the island ...