This Is Beirut 2024-08-17 14:24 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Ukraine claimed on Friday to be continuing its unprecedented advance into Russia's Kursk region, saying it wanted to force Russia into “fair” negotiations after nearly two and a half years of a large-scale invasion of its territory by Moscow. The Russian army, for its part, is maintaining its pressure further south, in Ukraine's Donbas ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-17 10:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
After the extraordinary events of the last few weeks, Donald Trump's campaign to return to the White House is experiencing considerable turbulence, with the ex-president appearing older and less at ease. Donald Trump has never lacked self-confidence, but his presidential campaign has been sent into a tailspin by the extraordinary events of the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-16 18:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz told his French and British counterparts Friday that his country expects support "in attacking" Iran if it strikes Israel. "If Iran attacks, we expect the coalition to join Israel not only in defense but also in attacking significant targets in Iran," Katz said to France's Stéphane Séjourné and Britain's ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-16 16:43 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The European Union's top diplomat Josep Borrell said Friday he would propose sanctions against Israeli government "enablers" of Jewish settler violence, following a deadly attack on a village in the occupied West Bank. "Day after day, in an almost total impunity, Israeli settlers fuel violence in the occupied West Bank, contributing to endanger ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-16 13:18 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Pakistan said Friday it had confirmed a case of mpox, a day after Sweden recorded the first infection outside of Africa involving a new, more dangerous strain of the virus that has killed hundreds in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The mpox surge in Africa -- which has also affected Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda -- prompted the World Health ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-16 05:59 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris made an upbeat show of unity Thursday as they held their first joint public event since Harris replaced the president as the Democratic Party's candidate in November's election. Chants of "Thank you Joe!" rang out from the audience at a community college in the Maryland suburbs outside Washington. Biden announced a ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-15 22:39 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The United States criticized on Thursday the Israeli authorities' approval of a plan to build a new settlement in the occupied West Bank on land designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced the plan on Wednesday, openly stating that Israel aimed to create elements to "combat the dangerous project ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-15 21:28 - Reading : less than a minute
The United States has issued sanctions targeting Hezbollah and Houthi trade networks as it increases pressure on Iranian-supported groups. The US Treasury Department said in a statement that it targeted individuals, entities, and ships accused of being involved in the shipment of Iranian commodities, including oil and liquefied petroleum gas ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-15 17:59 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas told a special session of the Turkish parliament on Thursday that he would travel to Gaza. As he was speaking, Health Ministry officials in the Palestinian territory said the death toll from Israel's assault there had passed 40,000 people. "I have decided to go to Gaza with other brothers from the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-15 16:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Thursday said one of its colonels has died of wounds suffered in an air strike it blamed on the US-led coalition in Syria. Ahmadreza Afshari of the IRGC's "aerospace advisory forces" in Syria was "martyred because of injuries caused by aerial bombardment", Guards' chief Hossein Salami said in a ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-15 13:42 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Thousands took to the streets of Kolkata early Thursday to condemn the rape and murder of a local doctor, demanding justice for the victim and an end to the chronic issue of violence against women in Indian society. The discovery of the 31-year-old's brutalized body last week at a state-run hospital has sparked nationwide protests, with Prime ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-15 13:29 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Japan lifted on Thursday a warning that a "megaquake" potentially causing colossal damage and loss of life could strike, with the government telling people to "go back to normal." The week-old alert that such a catastrophe might hit the archipelago of 125 million people prompted thousands to cancel holidays and stock up on essentials, emptying ...