This Is Beirut 2024-05-24 22:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Several hundred Tunisians marched through the capital, on Friday, chanting "down with the dictatorship" as they protested a spate of arrests under a presidential decree critics say is being used to stifle dissent. Two Tunisian media figures received one-year jail sentences on Wednesday after making comments the authorities deemed critical, in the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-24 19:23 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
In a key step towards normalizing ties between the historic rivals, Armenia has returned four border villages it seized decades ago to Azerbaijan. The move, which has sparked protracted protests in Armenia, represents an important move towards reaching a comprehensive peace agreement after years of fruitless talks mediated by Russia and Western ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-24 18:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Prosecutors in France's first trial of officials from the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad said on Friday that they were seeking life sentences for three top security officers. On the final day of the trial before the Paris Criminal Court, they also asked for an international arrest warrant for the three, who are being tried in absentia for ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-24 13:32 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
China said on Friday that Taiwan's leadership was pushing the self-ruled island into war and warned of further "countermeasures," as Beijing conducted military drills around the territory. Chinese warships and fighter jets surrounded Taiwan on the second day of drills that Beijing said were a test of its ability to seize the island, days after ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-24 12:27 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iran's army has so far found no evidence of criminal activity in a helicopter crash that killed the country's President Ebrahim Raisi and seven others, state media reported. Raisi, 63 years, died on Sunday after his helicopter went down in the country's mountainous northwest, while returning from a dam inauguration on the border with ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-24 10:21 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Russia said on Friday for the first time that the Islamic State coordinated the March concert hall attack in Moscow, the country's deadliest terror attack in two decades. "In the course of the investigation... it has been established that the preparations, the financing, the attack and the retreat of the terrorists were coordinated via the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-24 00:47 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
An Iranian General Staff statement on Thursday presented the initial findings of the investigation into the crash of President Ebrahim Raisi's helicopter on Sunday. No suspicious elements were detected in the exchanges between the helicopter's crew and the control tower, the statement issued by the Iranian General Staff's public relations center ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-23 20:14 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday signed a decree allowing the confiscation of assets inside Russia belonging to the United States, its citizens and companies, to compensate those hit by Western sanctions against Moscow. The West froze around $300 billion of Russian financial assets, mostly its central bank reserves, after Moscow ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-23 12:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Emmanuel Macron has vowed to quell an "unprecedented insurrection" in New Caledonia on Thursday as he visits the region rife with unrest. France's president visited the restive Pacific territory of New Caledonia on Thursday, urging a "return to peace" after deadly rioting, and vowing thousands of military reinforcements will be deployed for "as ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-23 10:27 - Reading : less than a minute
Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa said that there is no reason to delay the return of diplomatic relations between the Kingdom and Iran, during a meeting on Thursday with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, according to Bahrain News Agency. He added that Manama looks forward to improving its relations with Tehran. The King arrived ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-23 10:22 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Fighter jets took off from a Taiwan airbase on Thursday as the self-ruled island dispatched aerial and naval forces in response to China's launch of military drills. Beijing commenced two days of war games, dubbed "Joint Sword-2024A," as a "strong punishment" for Taiwan's "separatist acts." They come after the island swore in new President Lai ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-23 09:56 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
At least nine people, including a child, died after strong wind gusts caused a stage in northern Mexico to collapse during a campaign rally on Wednesday, authorities said. At least 50 other people were injured in the accident, some seriously, according to Nuevo Leon Governor Samuel Garcia. Images of the accident showed a crowd fleeing as the ...