This Is Beirut 21/08 11:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Barack Obama told fellow Democrats in Chicago on Tuesday that "the torch has been passed" to Kamala Harris and that the United States was ready for her to become president. Former President Obama, who was greeted with rapturous applause and cheers at the packed arena hosting the party's nominating convention, said Vice President Harris would ...
This Is Beirut 21/08 11:02 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Russian air defenses shot down 11 Ukrainian drones targeting Moscow, "one of the largest" such strikes ever against the capital, officials said on Wednesday. "Eleven drones were destroyed" over Moscow and its surrounding region, the Defense Ministry said. "This is one of the largest ever attempts to attack Moscow with drones," Moscow Mayor ...
Rami Rayess 21/08 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
In addition to the significant economic challenge posed by Brexit, the security dimension was equally, if not more, crucial from a strategic perspective, given its serious implications for both Europe and Britain. The United Kingdom's departure from the European Union deprived it of access to shared European security and intelligence systems, ...
This Is Beirut 20/08 21:58 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Qatar on Tuesday as part of a Middle East tour to push forward talks aimed at ending the 10-month-old Gaza war. A US senior official traveling with Blinken in the Middle East criticized "maximalist" remarks attributed to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on maintaining control of ...
This Is Beirut 20/08 19:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Ukraine's parliament voted Tuesday to ban the Russian-linked Ukrainian Orthodox Church, a move Kyiv says strengthens its independence as the country cuts ties with institutions it considers aligned with Moscow. Kyiv has been trying to curb spiritual links with Russia for years—a process accelerated by Moscow's 2022 invasion, which the powerful ...
This Is Beirut 20/08 17:24 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iran shut two offices linked to Germany's government on Tuesday, the judiciary said, nearly a month after the closure of a religious center in Germany over ties to the Islamic republic. "Two branches of illegal centers affiliated with the German government, which violated Iran laws and committed numerous illegal acts and extensive financial ...
This Is Beirut 20/08 13:38 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The world's oldest living person, Spain's Maria Branyas Morera, who was born in the United States and lived through two world wars, has died at the age of 117, her family said on Tuesday. "Maria Branyas has left us. She died as she wished: in her sleep, peacefully and without pain," her family wrote on her account on social network X. "We will ...
This Is Beirut 20/08 12:54 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Barack Obama will hail Kamala Harris as the future of the Democratic Party on Tuesday as she is formally crowned its presidential nominee after a roller-coaster ride in US campaign politics. Former President Obama, still hugely popular and an influential figure in the party, will tell delegates at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago ...
Philippe Abi-Akl 20/08 09:04 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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On his ninth visit to the region since the Al-Aqsa Flood operation and the subsequent war and massacres in Gaza, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel on Sunday to deliver a message from the American administration to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. US efforts to secure a ceasefire through the Doha and Cairo ...
This Is Beirut 20/08 08:01 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
An emotional Joe Biden won a huge ovation as he gave a farewell speech at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Monday, after Kamala Harris made a surprise appearance to thank him for being an "incredible" president. "I love you," the tearful 81-year-old president told the crowd to deafening cheers, less than a month after dropping out ...
Cian ward 19/08 16:31 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
On August 6th, more than two years into Vladimir Putin's "special military operation", Ukraine launched a "special military operation" of its own. It is a risky gambit, but one that may be crucial in eventual peace talks. At 5 a.m. on the 24th of February 2022, President Vladimir Putin addressed the Russian people from deep within the Kremlin, ...
This Is Beirut 19/08 13:47 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Two wildfires in southern France forced several thousand people to flee before the blazes were brought under control, officials said on Monday. Some 3,000 holiday makers were evacuated from a camping site to a municipal building in the coastal town of Canet-en-Roussillon, near the city of Perpignan, in the face of a fire fanned by strong winds, ...