This Is Beirut 28/06 11:54 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
EU leaders struck a deal Thursday to return Ursula von der Leyen as head of the powerful European Commission, while tapping Estonia's prime minister Kaja Kallas as the bloc's top diplomat. The late-night accord carves up the EU's top institutional jobs for the next five years, with former Portuguese prime minister Antonio Costa to head the ...
This Is Beirut 28/06 10:39 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Polls in Iran opened on Friday for a presidential election following the death of ultraconservative president Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash last month. Around 61 million Iranians are eligible to vote in the polls where reformist Masoud Pezeshkian, 69, hopes for a breakthrough win against a divided conservative camp. The Guardian Council ...
This Is Beirut 28/06 09:52 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
President Joe Biden stumbled in the first presidential debate, against Donald Trump, on Thursday evening, fueling concerns over the presidents age. A halting Joe Biden struggled Thursday to allay concerns he is too old for a second term in the White House in a fiery debate with Donald Trump marked by personal insults. A bombastic Trump lashed ...
This Is Beirut 27/06 23:46 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The United States on Thursday announced sanctions against shipping companies for transporting Iranian oil, saying it was a response to Tehran's nuclear "escalation," on the eve of presidential elections in the Islamic republic. "Over the past month, Iran has announced steps to further expand its nuclear program in ways that have no credible ...
This Is Beirut 27/06 19:41 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
European Union Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday signed a 10-year security pact with the European Union in Brussels, the latest deal aimed at shoring up long-term support for Kyiv in its fight with Russia. Days after the EU said it was opening formal membership negotiations with Kyiv, Zelensky attended a summit of EU leaders to meet with some ...
This Is Beirut 27/06 18:34 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Syria is planning the phased demobilization of tens of thousands of reservists from next month, a defense ministry official said, as fighting in the civil war has wound down in recent years. "Tens of thousands will be demobilized by the end of the current year, and the same next year, while maintaining combat readiness and acting in the interests ...
This Is Beirut 27/06 12:37 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Two people were shot dead and two others gravely wounded, on Thursday, in an area known for drug trafficking near the Gare de Midi train station in Brussels, police said. The incident occurred between 1:00 and 2:00 am near a cafe in the Saint Gilles district of the Belgian capital, and the suspect or suspects fled, a police spokesman said. In ...
This Is Beirut 27/06 11:42 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Two ultraconservative candidates have pulled out of Iran's Friday presidential vote, leaving four contenders including one reformist still in the race. Tehran's ultraconservative mayor, Alireza Zakani, announced his withdrawal in a post on social media platform X on Thursday, after earlier denying he was ending his campaign. Zakani's withdrawal ...
This Is Beirut 27/06 10:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Joe Biden and Donald Trump will face off in a crucial US presidential debate on Thursday, as they vie for voter support in a tightly contested and deeply polarized 2024 election. Joe Biden and Donald Trump square off for a historic US presidential debate Thursday, with the stage set for what could be an inflection point in the 2024 race, as ...
This Is Beirut 27/06 10:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Two people were killed in an Israeli strike on southern Syria on Wednesday, the official SANA news agency reported, citing a military source. According to the NGO Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the strike targeted the service centre of a foundation affiliated with pro-Iranian groups including Lebanon's Hezbollah. The strike was near ...
This Is Beirut 27/06 10:36 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
North Korea successfully tested its multiple-warhead missile capability, state media said Thursday, as dozens more trash-laden balloons from Pyongyang landed in the South. Relations between the two Koreas are at one of their lowest points in years, with Pyongyang ramping up weapons testing while bombarding the South with balloons full of trash it ...
This Is Beirut 27/06 00:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Bolivian President Luis Arce on Wednesday called for democracy to be respected after soldiers and tanks deployed outside government buildings and tried to knock down a door of the presidential palace. AFP reporters saw soldiers and tanks entering Plaza Murillo, a historic square where the presidency and Congress are situated. One of the tanks ...