This Is Beirut 27/08 11:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan arrived in Beijing on Tuesday to meet top diplomat Wang Yi for tense talks as China was embroiled in security rows with key American allies Japan and the Philippines. On Monday, US treaty ally Japan scrambled fighters after a Chinese military aircraft's incursion into its airspace, which Tokyo called a ...
Philippe Abi-Akl 27/08 09:02 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Have the negotiations for a ceasefire in Gaza, currently taking place in Cairo, reached their final hurdle at the Philadelphi Corridor? This question arises as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu showed relative flexibility by accepting United States President Joe Biden's request for a partial withdrawal from the corridor during the ...
This Is Beirut 27/08 03:26 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
President Emmanuel Macron faced an uphill battle Tuesday seeking fresh talks over a new government in France, with the political left refusing to take part after he rejected their candidate for prime minister. More than seven weeks after an inconclusive parliamentary election which cost his allies their relative majority, Macron has still not ...
This Is Beirut 26/08 21:28 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The United Nations said Monday it had been forced to halt its humanitarian operations in Gaza due to a new Israeli evacuation order for the Deir al-Balah area, a senior UN official said. "We are not operating today. As of this morning, we're not operating in Gaza," the official said, adding that since the start of the war the UN has sometimes had ...
This Is Beirut 26/08 19:18 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
More than 60 people were killed on Sunday, in Pakistan's province of Balochistan when separatist militants attacked police stations, railway lines and highways and security forces launched retaliatory operations, officials said on Monday. The assaults were the most widespread in years by ethnic militants fighting a decades-long insurgency to win ...
This Is Beirut 26/08 18:09 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Poland's army stated on Monday that the NATO country's airspace was violated, probably by a drone, after deadly Russian strikes battered Ukraine. A Russian barrage hit Ukraine with more than 100 missiles and around 100 drones, including in its western regions, killing at least four people and targeting its energy infrastructure. During the ...
Charles Chartouni 26/08 11:21 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The striking fact about the ongoing truce negotiations is the nature of their stakes, their partners and their projected outcomes. After 10 months of open-ended wars on three battlefronts, we are left with one successful truce, the comeback of an unhindered course of violence, the looming hazards of a total war destroying whatever is left ...
This Is Beirut 26/08 11:09 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Brazil was deploying military aircraft as part of a "war" against wildfires ravaging the southeastern state of Sao Paulo, with authorities warning on Sunday that arsonists were setting blazes. Following a crisis meeting of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's cabinet, Environment Minister Marina Silva announced a "war against the fire" and said ...
This Is Beirut 26/08 10:53 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A safety advisor working for Reuters was killed in a missile strike on a hotel in eastern Ukraine, the global news agency said on Sunday, as Kyiv claimed further advances into Russia's Kursk region. Meanwhile, Ukraine accused neighboring Moscow-allied Belarus – which allowed Russia to use its territory as a launchpad for the February 2022 ...
This Is Beirut 25/08 11:11 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
German police said on Sunday that a Syrian man has given himself up and confessed to killing three people and wounding eight others in a knife rampage at a street festival. Friday's random attack amid thousands of people gathered for the festival in the western city of Solingen stunned Germany. Two men aged 56 and 67 and a 56-year-old woman were ...
This Is Beirut 25/08 10:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed more "retribution" against Russia on Saturday as he celebrated Independence Day near where his forces launched a surprise offensive into Russian territory two weeks ago. Zelensky also signed a law banning the Russia-linked branch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, calling the legislation a "liberation ...
This Is Beirut 25/08 10:27 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Russian embassy in Paris on Sunday accused French authorities of "refusing to cooperate" after the arrest of Telegram messaging platform owner Pavel Durov. Durov, who has Russian and other nationalities, was detained at Paris Le Bourget airport on Saturday and was expected to appear in court on Sunday for alleged offenses related to the ...