This Is Beirut 24/08 20:39 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Two female journalists were killed and a man was injured on Friday in Iraqi Kurdistan in a drone strike targeting their vehicle, a bombing attributed to the Turkish military engaged against Turkish Kurdish fighters of the PKK, local officials told AFP. “It is not the Turkish military,” the Turkish Ministry of Defense in Ankara told AFP when ...
This Is Beirut 24/08 19:09 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Police were on Saturday hunting for a man who, draped in a Palestinian flag, was suspected of setting fires at a synagogue in southern France and triggering an explosion that injured a police officer. Authorities said the incident was being treated as a potential terror attack and "all means" were being deployed to find the perpetrator. Security ...
Ali A. Hamadé 24/08 17:54 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Everything seemed to indicate that the Southport tragedy would remain a significant topic in public debate, particularly regarding illegal immigration. However, the far-right's cynical exploitation of a single crime, portraying it as a racially and Islamist-motivated act, changed everything. This disgraceful manipulation triggered weeks of ...
This Is Beirut 24/08 13:34 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iran's new government will seek to "manage tensions" with its arch-enemy, the United States, to help reduce pressure and neutralize crippling sanctions, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said. "What we have to do is manage the tensions and hostilities" between Tehran and Washington, he said in an interview late Friday on state television. Iran and ...
This Is Beirut 24/08 12:29 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
German police on Saturday hunted a man who stabbed three people to death and wounded eight others at a street festival in the city of Solingen, with a terror motive for the attack "not excluded". The unidentified knifeman went on a rampage in the western town of Solingen late on Friday, as thousands had gathered for the first night of a "Festival ...
This Is Beirut 24/08 11:03 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., scion of America's storied political clan, suspended his long-shot presidential bid on Friday and endorsed Donald Trump, injecting new uncertainty into the White House race. "I no longer believe that I have a realistic path of electoral victory," Kennedy, an anti-vaccine activist and conspiracy theorist who was polling in ...
This Is Beirut 24/08 10:36 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
American forces killed a senior leader of an Al-Qaeda-affiliated militant group in a strike in Syria on Friday, the US military said. The strike targeted Abu Abdul Rahman al-Makki, who was "a Hurras al-Din Shura Council member and senior leader responsible for overseeing terrorist operations from Syria," the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a ...
Marc Saikali 24/08 10:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Tehran’s brief statement reads: “Israel may be waiting a long time for Iran’s counteraction.” The regime’s staunch supporters see this as a shrewd strategic move to fray Israeli nerves, which they believe are consumed with worry. Yet, the more skeptical consider that Iran might delegate response to its proxies like Hezbollah, Hamas, and ...
This Is Beirut 23/08 20:46 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The United Arab Emirates has accepted the credentials of an ambassador from Afghanistan's Taliban government, officials said, becoming just the second country after China to do so. The oil-rich Gulf state said it was committed to "building bridges" to help the Afghan people, after the Kabul foreign ministry announced on social media that new ...
This Is Beirut 23/08 17:21 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iran has arrested 14 suspected members of the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group who were allegedly planning attacks in the country, authorities said on Friday. The 14 members of "Islamic State-Khorasan have been arrested" in a series of operations, the Intelligence Ministry said in a statement cited by state news agency IRNA. Islamic ...
This Is Beirut 23/08 14:36 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi used his first visit to Kyiv on Friday to again call for a diplomatic solution to more than two years of war with Russia, saying he stood "firmly for peace" in talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky. Modi was in Kyiv just over a month after angering Ukraine by hugging President Vladimir Putin during a meeting ...
This Is Beirut 23/08 12:11 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iran's new Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, has called for dialogue with the European Union to resolve bilateral issues, following a phone call with the bloc's top diplomat. "The Islamic Republic of Iran welcomes the development of relations with the European Union in an environment based on mutual respect," Araghchi said in a statement issued ...