This is Beirut 02/04 17:35 - Reading : less than a minute
Durbar, a festivities-filled procession held each Eid, saw Emir Hameem Nuhu Sunusi, of the Jigawa state capital Dutse, ride through his city as traditional leaders across the rest of Nigeria’s Muslim-majority north did the same.
This is Beirut 02/04 16:53 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir visited the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City on Wednesday, his spokesperson said, prompting strong condemnation from Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Palestinian militants Hamas. The firebrand politician was visiting the site, which is sacred to Jews and Muslims, in ...
Marie de La Roche Saint-André 02/04 16:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Since his return to power, US President Donald Trump has intensified pressure on Iran, particularly targeting its nuclear program. In March, he sent a letter to Tehran urging it to negotiate a new nuclear agreement and issued a two-month ultimatum. Then, in an interview with NBC on Sunday, Trump threatened the Iranians, stating that “if they do ...
This is Beirut 02/04 15:50 - Reading : less than a minute
On the dizzying dunes of Saudi Arabia, intrepid drifters defy gravity in a spectacular ballet of dust and speed.
This is Beirut 02/04 14:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The Israeli army said it targeted Hamas militants in a strike on a UN building in Jabalia refugee camp Wednesday that Gaza's civil defence agency said killed 19 people, nine of them children. The army said in a statement that it struck the militants "inside a command and control centre that was being used for coordinating terrorist activity", and ...
This is Beirut 02/04 14:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Azerbaijan on Wednesday insisted that arch-foe Armenia must meet Baku's "legitimate demands" before the Caucasus neighbours can sign a peace treaty, the text of which they agreed upon last month. The two ex-Soviet republics announced on March 14 they had wrapped up talks aimed at resolving their decades-long conflict, with both sides agreeing on ...
This is Beirut 02/04 11:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Rescuers on Wednesday pulled a man alive from the rubble five days after Myanmar's devastating earthquake, as calls grew for the junta to allow more aid in and halt attacks on rebels. The shallow 7.7-magnitude earthquake on Friday flattened buildings across Myanmar, killing more than 2,700 people and making thousands more homeless. Several ...
This is Beirut 02/04 10:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz announced Wednesday a major expansion of military operations in Hamas-run Gaza, saying the army would seize "large areas" of the Palestinian territory. Katz said Israel would bolster its presence in the Gaza Strip to "destroy and clear the area of terrorists and terrorist ...
This is Beirut 02/04 10:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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"They are our eyes," said Karin happily after releasing the arm of one of the specialised "image whisperers" guiding her and other blind people around Geneva's Red Cross museum. The museum has been offering its new image prompter service to the visually impaired since late last year. Karin, who did not want to give her ...
This is Beirut 02/04 10:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Recent clashes between forces loyal to President Salva Kiir and First Vice President Riek Machar have raised fears that South Sudan is on the brink of renewed war. The arrest of Machar last week was seen by some observers as the spark that could reignite the civil war that the rivals fought between 2013 and 2018 that killed some 400,000 ...
This is Beirut 02/04 10:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Yemen's Huthi rebels said on Wednesday that overnight air strikes on Hodeida province killed four people in an attack they blamed on the United States. "The casualty toll of the American aggression targeting the Water Management building in... Hodeida governorate... rose to four martyrs and three wounded," said Huthi health ministry spokesman ...
This is Beirut 02/04 10:00 - Reading : less than a minute
The all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh has long been a symbol of the Taliban's oppression of women in Afghanistan, but the trend is slowly changing.