This Is Beirut 2024-06-07 12:08 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Pro-democracy activists in Sudan reported Friday that about 40 people were killed in "violent artillery fire" carried out the previous day by paramilitary forces on Omdurman, Khartoum's twin city. "So far, the death toll is estimated at 40 civilians and there are more than 50 injured, some seriously," the Karari Resistance Committee said in a ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-06 23:44 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Emmanuel Macron European Union
French President Emmanuel Macron warned Thursday that the EU risked being blocked by a big far-right presence in the European Parliament after this week's elections. "If France sends a very big far-right delegation, if other big countries do this, Europe could be blocked," Macron told French television. "Because what is a Europe where the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-06 22:08 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Emmanuel Macron Ukraine United Kingdom United States Volodymyr Zelensky
United States President Joe Biden warned, on the 80th anniversary of D-Day on Thursday, that democracy around the world was at risk, as leaders marked the 1944 landings in occupied France that helped defeat Nazi Germany in World War II. Biden, Britain's King Charles III, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and French President Emmanuel Macron ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-06 21:43 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
United Nations UN Security Council
Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, Panama and Somalia were elected by secret ballot Thursday at the United Nations General Assembly to serve on the Security Council for the 2025-2026 term. The top UN panel, charged with maintaining international peace and security, is comprised of 15 nations, including five veto-wielding permanent members: Britain, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-06 17:59 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Ukraine on Thursday ordered the evacuation of children and their guardians from several towns and villages in the eastern Donetsk region, where fighting with Russia is intensifying. President Volodymyr Zelensky has said Russian firepower is now concentrated in Donetsk, which the Kremlin claimed to have annexed in 2022 despite not having full ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-06 17:14 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
More than one in four children under the age of five globally live in "severe" food poverty, UNICEF has warned, meaning more than 180 million are at risk of experiencing adverse impacts on their growth and development. "Severe child food poverty describes children who are surviving on severely deprived diets so they're only consuming two or less ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-06 13:16 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iranian authorities have arrested 30 people suspected of belonging to a "satanist network" at an event with "alcoholic drinks", local media reported Thursday. A total of "18 men and 12 women" were arrested at a gathering in the northern province of Mazandaran, Fars news agency reported, without specifying when the raid took place. Police forces ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-05 23:17 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Donald Trump Ukraine United States Vladimir Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday criticized the West's delivery of long-range weapons to Ukraine, arguing Moscow could arm other countries with similar weapons to attack Western targets. The comment -- which Putin made at a rare press conference with foreign news outlets -- came after several Western countries including the United ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-05 19:37 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico on Wednesday blamed his opponents for fostering the "hatred" that led to an assassination attempt against him, in his first address since the shooting. In the video posted on Facebook, looking calm but speaking with long pauses, the 59-year-old also said that he could resume work as early as this month. "I ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-05 19:26 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The International Atomic Energy Agency's board of governors has passed a resolution criticizing Iran's lack of cooperation with the United Nations nuclear watchdog, three diplomats told AFP on Wednesday. The motion brought by Britain, France and Germany – but opposed by China and Russia – is the first of its kind since November 2022 and comes ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-05 13:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Western allies come together to mark 80 years since the World War II D-Day landings, as the specter of war haunts Europe once again in Ukraine. US President Joe Biden began a state visit to France on Wednesday marking 80 years since the World War II D-Day landings, with a new war shadowing Europe as Ukraine battles Russian invasion. Along with ...
This Is Beirut 2024-06-04 20:34 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
France, Germany, and Poland have become "permanent" targets for Russian disinformation attacks in the run-up to European Parliament elections this week, a senior EU official said on Tuesday. The European Union has repeatedly warned heading towards the June 6-9 vote that Russia would ramp up disinformation campaigns in the 27-country bloc. "There ...