This Is Beirut 06/04 12:19 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
"Political revenge" or a return to control? Iraq's federal government is reviewing its relations with autonomous Kurdistan and tightening its grip on it. Iraq is using a period of relative stability to assert more control over the oil-rich autonomous Kurdistan region, which has long had fraught relations with federal authorities, analysts and ...
This Is Beirut 05/04 19:26 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The United States and China held talks this week on safety in interactions between their armed forces for the first time in more than two years, the US military said on Friday. The resumption of the talks came after US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping agreed at a summit in November to restore military-to-military ...
This Is Beirut 05/04 14:01 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Kuwait's opposition retains a majority in parliament, according to the results of parliamentary elections published on Friday in this Gulf country. Opposition lawmakers maintained a majority in Kuwait's parliament, results showed on Friday, after the Gulf state's third parliamentary vote in as many years held just months into the new emir's ...
This Is Beirut 05/04 11:17 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A prominent Iraqi jihadist leader in the northwest of Syria was killed in a suicide bombing, announced on Friday his group and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) war monitor. "Abu Maria al-Qahtani was martyred after a treacherous attack by an Islamic State group member using an explosive belt," said former Al-Qaeda affiliate Hayat ...
This Is Beirut 04/04 21:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Amnesty International reports that Iran executed at least 853 people in 2023, with over half on drug-related charges, indicating a surge in executions that rights groups fear is being used to instill fear and suppress dissent. Iran has turned its prisons into sites of mass killing with at least 853 people executed in the Islamic republic in 2023, ...
This Is Beirut 04/04 21:24 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
UAE-based Oceanlink Maritime DMCC is at the center of sanctions announced this Thursday by the US Treasury Department. These measures are aimed at disrupting illicit financial flows supporting Iran's destabilizing activities in the region and around the world, according to Brian E. Nelson, the U.S. Treasury's Assistant Secretary for Terrorism and ...
This Is Beirut 04/04 14:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Kuwaitis are voting on Thursday to elect the first parliament of Emir Sheikh Mechaal al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah's reign, in the third parliamentary elections in three years in this rich Gulf oil state mired in repeated political crises. Some 835,000 voters were called upon to choose 50 deputies from 200 candidates, including 13 women, after the ...
This Is Beirut 04/04 13:04 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Faced with rising tensions between Iran and Israel, the Israeli army has reportedly decided to jam certain GPS signals throughout its territory. In recent days, people using Waze, Google Maps, and Moovit, among other location-based programs, reported GPS outages throughout the central region of Israel, with maps indicating that users are in ...
This Is Beirut 04/04 10:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Ten security members, including the deputy of a police station, were killed in two attacks claimed by jihadists in Iran's restive southeast, state television reported Thursday, updating an earlier toll of five. "The case of the terrorist attacks was closed with the martyrdom of 10 members of the security forces," and the killing of 18 ...
03/04 23:20 - Reading : less than a minute
Social media platforms owned by Meta namely Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp have experienced a series of global outages Wednesday evening, acknowledged the company through one of its spokespersons. The website Downdetector, which tracks social media interruption issues through user reports, notably recorded a surge in reports around ...
This Is Beirut 03/04 11:24 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un oversaw the successful launch of a new hypersonic missile, showcasing the country's advancements in missile technology and raising concerns among analysts about heightened security threats in the region. North Korea's Kim Jong-un oversaw the launch of a new medium-to-long range solid-fuel hypersonic missile, state ...
This Is Beirut 03/04 10:33 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
A powerful earthquake struck Taiwan on Wednesday and resulted in at least seven fatalities, nearly 60 injuries, extensive building damage and regional tsunami warnings, prompting response efforts and interruptions in various industries. At least seven people were killed and more than 700 injured on Wednesday by a powerful earthquake in Taiwan ...