This is Beirut 01/07 19:07 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Europe on high alert as surprise early heatwave creeps north Paris, France 01/07/2025 - 19:03 (UTC + 3) Schools were partially shut in France, iconic monuments closed to tourists, and cities across Europe put on high alert as a record-breaking early summer heatwave spread across the continent Tuesday. Withering conditions that ...
This is Beirut 01/07 18:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran France Human Rights Jean-Noel Barrot
A French diplomat on Tuesday visited two French nationals detained in Iran, Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris, the foreign minister said, after their families demanded proof that they were alive after Israeli strikes. "We obtained a visit today from our chargé d'affaires in Iran," Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot told ...
Rayan Chami 01/07 17:20 - Reading : less than a minute
On July 1, Canadians everywhere celebrate the birth of their nation, marked by unity, joy and red-and-white pride. From fireworks to family gatherings, it’s a day to reflect on shared history. Happy Canada Day!
This is Beirut 01/07 16:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Action Against Hunger United States USAID South Sudan
The impact of US aid cuts has already taken a toll in South Sudan and children are dying, Action Against Hunger told AFP on Tuesday. The east African nation has remained deeply poor and unstable since independence in 2011 and is massively dependent on international aid despite its oil wealth. It is among the countries facing shortfalls following ...
This is Beirut 01/07 15:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The most senior UN official in Iran said Tuesday the organisation's humanitarian and development aid budget to the country would need to be doubled following the war with Israel. Stefan Priesner, the UN resident coordinator in Iran, said he hoped the international community would step up with more funding. "We are now doing the budgeting" for ...
This is Beirut 01/07 13:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Kyiv Ukraine Izhevsk Drone Russia
A Ukrainian drone attack on a Russian city more than 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) from the front line left multiple people dead and wounded early on Tuesday, the region's governor said. It was one of the deepest strikes into Russian territory of the three-year-old conflict. Izhevsk, far from the battlefield in Ukraine, is home to multiple arms ...
This is Beirut 01/07 12:40 - Reading : less than a minute
After two years of war in Sudan, entire families are fleeing the fighting, only to face another deadly threat: hunger.
This is Beirut 01/07 12:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Middle East United States Water UNESCO Drought
Almost three quarters of the globe's cultural and natural heritage sites are threatened by too little or too much water, the UN's cultural agency said on Tuesday. As a result of rising temperatures, extreme weather events including hurricanes, droughts, floods and heatwaves have become more frequent and intense, scientists warn. Seventy-three ...
This is Beirut 01/07 12:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Two rockets struck the military section of Kirkuk airport in northern Iraq late on Monday, slightly wounding two security personnel, a senior security official told AFP. Another rocket hit a house in the city of Kirkuk, causing material damage. "Two Katyusha rockets fell in the military section of Kirkuk airport," slightly wounding two security ...
This is Beirut 01/07 10:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Turkish police have arrested more than 120 city hall members in the opposition bastion of Izmir, local media and the CHP opposition party said on Tuesday. The arrests, on charges of alleged corruption, came after a similar operation in opposition-run Istanbul on March 19 that saw the arrest of its popular mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, the main political ...
This is Beirut 01/07 09:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
US President Donald Trump once again targeted former aide Elon Musk on Tuesday, attacking the amount of government subsidies the entrepreneur is receiving, after the tech billionaire renewed criticism of the president's flagship spending bill. "Elon may get more subsidy than any human being in history, by far," Trump said on social media. "And ...
This is Beirut 01/07 09:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
European Union Europe Denmark Mette Frederiksen
Pushing countries to keep vows to boost defense spending and bolstering Europe's "dangerous" security will top Denmark's agenda as it takes over the European Union's rotating presidency on Tuesday, according to Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen. Denmark is among European nations put on edge by Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine and who have already ...