This Is Beirut 2024-01-28 15:02 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iran's Revolutionary Guards captured on Sunday a foreign oil tanker transporting approximately two million liters of "smuggled fuel" near the country's southern coast, leading to the arrest of fourteen crew members. Iran's Revolutionary Guards seized Sunday a foreign oil tanker carrying around two million liters of "smuggled fuel" near the ...
Ali A. Hamadé 2024-01-28 13:50 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Amidst the political tumult dominating this year's elections in the United Kingdom, the British Conservative Party and the government, led by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, are grappling with evident challenges, as highlighted by recent polls. These surveys, published respectively by the Daily Telegraph and the Times of London, two media strongholds ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-28 13:47 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
An Italian church in Istanbul was targeted in an armed attack carried out by two masked individuals during a religious ceremony on Sunday, resulting in one fatality. One man died after armed assailants opened fire in an Italian church in Istanbul during Sunday mass in an apparent assassination attempt that was swiftly condemned by Pope ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-28 11:32 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran on Sunday announced the simultaneous launch of three satellites into orbit, occurring nearly a week after the Revolutionary Guards' launch of a research satellite received criticism from Western nations. Iran on Sunday said it simultaneously launched three satellites into orbit, nearly a week after the launch of a research satellite by the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-27 16:27 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Gunmen in southeastern Iran near the Pakistan border killed nine foreign nationals Saturday, more than a week after the neighbors exchanged deadly cross-border fire, Iranian news agency Mehr reported. "According to witnesses, unknown armed men killed nine non-Iranians this morning in a house in the Sirkan neighborhood of Saravan city" in ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-26 13:18 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The US state of Alabama executed a convicted murderer on Thursday using nitrogen gas, marking the first use of a method criticized by the UN rights chief as potentially constituting torture. The southern US state of Alabama put to death a convicted murderer using nitrogen gas on Thursday, the first time the country has used a method that the UN ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-26 13:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Uncertainties persisted on Thursday surrounding the military plane crash that Russia claimed resulted in the deaths of numerous captured Ukrainian soldiers ahead of a planned prisoner exchange, with Moscow and Kyiv trading accusations at the UN Security Council. Russia blamed Ukrainian forces for downing the IL-76 transport plane over the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-25 22:24 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The United States confirmed on Thursday, that it had specifically warned Iran about the threat of an attack before bombings, attributed to the Islamic State group, resulted in the deaths of approximately 90 people in southeastern Kerman. The United States said Thursday it had specifically alerted Iran to the threat of an attack before bombings ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-25 21:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iraq stated, on Thursday, that talks would begin between Washington and Baghdad over the gradual pull-out of US-led coalition troops. The Iraqi government hoped that these discussions would result in a timeline for the gradual reduction of the troops fighting the Islamic State group. Washington and Baghdad will begin discussions expected to lead ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-25 08:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Indirect negotiations in Oman on the nuclear issue between Iran and the United States have reportedly been suspended. One might claim they were suspended by mutual agreement, but it would be more accurate to say that it was due to considerations linked to the interests of each of the two countries. Tehran is stalling and does not seem to want to ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-24 21:07 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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A legal action was initiated in a Washington court on Wednesday, targeting the United Arab Emirates and its influential leader. The lawsuit alleges that the UAE funded a deceptive "dark public relations" campaign, falsely associating an American oil trader with terrorist financing. The United Arab Emirates and its powerful ruler were sued in a ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-24 19:39 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Saudi Arabia is reportedly implementing a significant shift in its alcohol policies by permitting sales to non-Muslim diplomats, according to information from two sources familiar with the matter, shared with AFP on Wednesday. Saudi Arabia plans to allow alcohol sales to non-Muslim diplomats for the first time, two sources familiar with the plan ...