This Is Beirut 10/03 17:13 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Officers arrested a man who crashed a car into the gates of London's Buckingham Palace over the weekend, police said on Sunday. The Metropolitan Police said the car "collided with the gates" of the royal residence at 02:30 GMT on Saturday. Armed officers arrested the man at the scene on suspicion of criminal damage and he was taken to hospital, ...
This Is Beirut 10/03 16:19 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Escalating violence between Russia and Ukraine has resulted in deadly attacks in eastern Ukraine, including shelling of towns and residential areas on Sunday. Both sides have reported casualties, with civilian casualties mounting as the conflict continues unabated. Russian shelling of towns in eastern Ukraine killed three people Sunday while a ...
This Is Beirut 09/03 11:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The US and allied forces intercepted 15 attack drones launched by Iran-backed Houthis on Saturday into the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. The Houthis claimed responsibility for the attack, marking one of their largest assaults since November. The US and allied forces shot down 15 one-way attack drones fired by Iran-backed Houthis into the Red Sea and ...
This Is Beirut 09/03 00:06 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said that the country's March local elections would be his last, suggesting an end to his more than two decades in power. It was the first time that Erdogan, who has been in power since 2003, has spoken about leaving office. "I am working non-stop. We're running around breathlessly because for ...
This Is Beirut 08/03 18:39 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Friday that a "backlash" against women's rights was threatening progress across the world. He called the situation facing women in Afghanistan "the most egregious example" with girls excluded from "much of the education system." He also singled out sexual violence against women in Sudan, ...
This Is Beirut 08/03 15:18 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Two people were killed on Friday in a Turkish airstrike on Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, according to a local source. Two people were killed on Friday in a strike on the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, an official said, accusing Turkey of being behind the raid. Turkey frequently carries out ground and air operations on ...
This Is Beirut 08/03 13:06 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
According to a UN-mandated expert report published on Friday, March 8, the crackdown on the protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini in Iran in September 2022 led to crimes against humanity. The violent repression of peaceful protests and discrimination against women and girls by Tehran led to serious rights violations, many amounting to ...
08/03 11:47 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Senegalese people now have a clear picture concerning the forthcoming presidential elections, scheduled for March 24, and can envision a way out of the major crisis caused by the last-minute postponement of the election last month. Senegal on Thursday looked set to elect its new president on March 24 and end weeks of crisis triggered by the delay ...
This Is Beirut 08/03 11:09 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Highly scrutinized by both supporters and detractors, US President Joe Biden delivered a powerful speech on Thursday, March 7, in his final State of the Union address before the November elections, aimed squarely at his rival Donald Trump. Embodying "optimism" against Donald Trump's "rancor" and "moral strength" against the "hatred" fueled by ...
This Is Beirut 07/03 21:33 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Britain will supply Ukraine with more than 10,000 drones to aid its fight against Russia's invasion, the government said Thursday as Defense Secretary Grant Shapps visited Kyiv. The defense ministry said it was spending a further £125 million ($160 million) on "cutting-edge drones", bringing its overall drone package to Ukraine to £325 ...
This Is Beirut 07/03 19:54 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Sweden on Thursday became the 32nd member of NATO in the shadow of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, turning the page on two centuries of non-alignment and capping two years of torturous diplomacy. Days after Hungary followed key holdout Turkey and became the last NATO member to sign off, Sweden ceremonially handed over accession documents to the ...
This Is Beirut 07/03 19:48 - Reading : less than a minute
US President Joe Biden's impending coronation as the 2024 Democratic candidate was interrupted -- slightly -- on Super Tuesday when a little-known businessman claimed victory in American Samoa. Jason Palmer beat the incumbent and runaway favorite in the tiny Pacific Ocean territory's caucus, securing a majority there even if most Americans are ...