This Is Beirut 25/07 17:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iranian authorities on Thursday executed Kurdish man Kamran Sheikheh, the last surviving defendant in a case linked to a Muslim cleric's killing in 2008, rights groups said. Sheikheh, one of seven men first arrested in the case more than 14 years ago, was put to death in Urmia prison in northwestern Iran, the Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) ...
This Is Beirut 25/07 16:28 - Reading : less than a minute
King Abdullah II has issued a royal decree to dissolve Jordan's parliament on Thursday, Jordanian media reports. A royal decree has been issued to dissolve the Chamber of Deputies, effective today, Thursday, July 25, 2024, according to the Petra Agency. “I, Abdullah II ibn al-Hussein, King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, pursuant to ...
This Is Beirut 25/07 13:48 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The death toll from a devastating landslide in southern Ethiopia has risen to 257, the United Nations said Thursday, warning it could increase to up to 500. The disaster occurred on Monday following heavy rains in a tiny community in a mountainous area of South Ethiopia regional state. The last toll, given by the local authority on Tuesday, was ...
This Is Beirut 25/07 11:22 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Boeing will plead guilty to fraud as part of a deal with the US Department of Justice over two fatal 737 MAX crashes, according to a court filing Wednesday. The agreement comes after prosecutors concluded Boeing flouted an earlier settlement addressing the disasters, in which a total of 346 people were killed in Ethiopia and Indonesia more than ...
Salam Zaatari 25/07 10:52 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
The turn of events in the presidential elections took an unexpected twist when President Biden suspiciously suspended his campaign over social media and not in a televised speech and endorsed Kamala Harris. This move raised eyebrows, particularly because the Obamas did not endorse Harris, whereas the Clintons did, fueling speculation about ...
This Is Beirut 25/07 10:34 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Amnesty International called on the United Nations Thursday to extend the arms embargo on Darfur to cover all of Sudan, in a report on weapons flooding the war-torn country. The 15-month war between Sudan's regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces "is being fuelled by an almost unimpeded supply of weapons into Sudan by states and ...
This Is Beirut 25/07 10:31 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Donald Trump launched a volley of attacks against US Vice President Kamala Harris Wednesday, calling her a "radical left lunatic" in his first rally since she became the de facto Democratic Party nominee for November's election. Trump's address comes as Harris, 59, hits the campaign trail armed with President Joe Biden's endorsement -- after his ...
This Is Beirut 25/07 04:11 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
US President Joe Biden told Americans Wednesday that he had dropped out of the 2024 election to unite his party and his country, saying in a historic Oval Office speech that it was time to pass the torch to "younger voices." In his first televised address since his stunning decision, the 81-year-old hailed his "tough" and "capable" Vice President ...
This Is Beirut 25/07 01:53 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Negotiations for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal are in their "closing stages," a US official said Wednesday, ahead of talks between US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Biden will try to close some "final gaps" in his talks with Netanyahu at the White House on Thursday but key elements including the ...
This Is Beirut 24/07 20:46 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Saudi Arabia, a key player in Yemen's nearly decade-long war, on Wednesday welcomed a deal between Yemen's government and the Iran-backed Houthis to halt tit-for-tat banking sanctions. The deal was announced on Tuesday by Hans Grundberg, the United Nations' envoy to Yemen, in a bid to end the warring parties' battle for control over the country's ...
This Is Beirut 24/07 16:54 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A far-right Israeli minister said Wednesday he had prayed at Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound, yet again defying longstanding rules that permit Jewish visits but forbid prayer. The mosque compound is Islam's third holiest site and a symbol of Palestinian national identity but it is also revered by Jews as the site of their ancient ...
This Is Beirut 24/07 14:52 - Reading : less than a minute
Reuters reported on Wednesday that a car bomb in northern Moscow injured an official from Russia's military intelligence agency. Russia's Interior Ministry stated that two people were injured in a blast caused by an unidentified device. Russian media reports that shortly after the officer and an unidentified woman got into the car in a Moscow ...