Ali A. Hamadé 2024-06-15 17:32 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
In an unexpected turn of events, Kate Middleton, formally known as Catherine, Princess of Wales, has shared significant news about her cancer treatment, three months after beginning chemotherapy. Her Royal Highness stated, "I am making good progress, but as with anyone undergoing chemotherapy, there are highs and lows," noting that her ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-15 17:17 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran and Sweden announced on Saturday a prisoner exchange that saw a former Iranian official jailed in Sweden freed as Stockholm said Tehran had released a European Union diplomat and a second Swede. "Hamid Noury, who has been in illegal detention in Sweden since 2019, is free and will return to the country in a few hours," Kazem Gharibabadi, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-15 14:27 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Former French president François Hollande announced on Saturday his candidacy for the legislative elections in Corrèze under the banner of the Nouveau Front Populaire, while a crisis has erupted within La France Insoumise (LFI) over nomination disputes. Former French President François Hollande is standing as a candidate for the legislative ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-15 10:34 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
More than 1.5 million Muslims will pray on Mount Arafat in soaring temperatures on Saturday, in the high-point and most gruelling day of the annual hajj pilgrimage. Worshippers from all over the world will climb the rocky, 70-metre (230-feet) hill, about 20 kilometres (12 miles) from Mecca, where the Prophet Mohammed is believed to have given his ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-14 15:52 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Moscow would only halt its offensive on Ukraine if Kyiv effectively surrenders by pulling its troops out of the east and south and dropping its bid for NATO membership. Ukraine, NATO and the United States immediately rejected Putin's hardline conditions to halt the full-scale military offensive ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-14 15:49 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Pope Francis called on Friday for a ban on "lethal autonomous weapons," when he addressed the G7 leaders' summit in Italy on the perils of artificial intelligence. "In light of the tragedy that is armed conflict, it is urgent to reconsider the development and use of devices like the so-called 'lethal autonomous weapons' and ultimately ban their ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-14 15:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
At weddings, football matches and other special events, some Iraqi men like to fire salvos of celebratory gunfire into the sky, worrying little about where the bullets might fall. For some Iraqis, the tradition has been devastating, as have random bullets from sporadic gun battles in a society still awash with weapons after decades of war and ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-14 10:34 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
More than a million Muslim pilgrims were in Mecca Friday for the start of a hajj pilgrimage held against the grim backdrop of the Gaza war and in exhausting summer heat. Crowds of robed worshipers will circle the Kaaba, the black cubic structure at Mecca's Grand Mosque, with many expressing sadness eight months into the Israel-Hamas war. "Our ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-14 10:28 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran is further expanding its nuclear capacities, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Thursday, one week after the agency's board of governors passed a resolution criticizing Tehran's lack of cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog. The IAEA informed its members that Tehran told the agency it was installing more cascades at the ...
Rami Rayess 2024-06-14 09:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Since the announcement of the European parliamentary election results, there has been a surge of political and non-political analyses to understand their anticipated impact on the "old" continent and their implications for the future European trajectory. These concerns were amplified by the swift and surprising move by French President Emmanuel ...
Ali A. Hamadé 2024-06-13 22:55 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Anyone who thought they had seen it all in France is completely wrong! Since the announcement of snap elections for June 30 and July 7, political developments and electoral surprises have continued to multiply. One of the most notable is the supposed alliance between Marine Le Pen's National Rally (RN) and The Republicans (LR), representing the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-13 22:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The heads of six United Nations agencies and three international NGOs issued a joint call Thursday for the release of their staff detained by the Houthi. They said the detentions were unprecedented and insisted the targeting of aid and development workers in Yemen must stop. "We, the principals of the affected UN entities and international ...