This Is Beirut 28/05 21:21 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A merchant vessel was "taking on water" off the Yemeni port of Hodeidah on Tuesday after it was damaged in a missile attack, maritime security firm Ambrey said. The ship was "targeted with three missiles," Ambrey said, adding that a distress call said it "had sustained damage to the cargo hold and was taking on water." The distress call also ...
This Is Beirut 28/05 16:43 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iraqi authorities announced the seizure of 2.5 million captagon pills Tuesday, as the country grapples with a ballooning trade in the banned stimulant. Authorities in Iraq -- a key conduit for the amphetamine-type drug -- regularly announce large hauls of captagon, much of it trafficked across the porous 600-kilometer (370-mile) border with ...
Philippe Abi-Akl 28/05 09:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Despite various accounts surrounding the crash of the Iranian helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, the incident brought the issue of succession in Iran to the forefront, pertaining to both the Supreme Guide and the presidency. While the issue of "succession" may not have been the cause ...
Salam Zaatari 28/05 08:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Hezbollah's Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah praised late President Ebrahim Raisi and his Foreign Affairs Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, highlighting their monumental funeral as one of the largest in modern history. “The funeral procession is the third largest in the history of mankind after Imam Khomeini and Qassem Soleimani,” ...
This Is Beirut 27/05 22:07 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Europe needs to "wake up" to authoritarian trends among far-right parties and governments, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday, ahead of key European Union elections. "Everywhere in our democracies these ideas thrive, pushed by the extremes and, in particular, the far right," Macron said in a speech in the eastern city of Dresden, ...
This Is Beirut 27/05 21:36 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Israel faced a wave of international condemnation Monday over a strike that Gaza officials said killed 45 people when it set off a fire that ripped through a tent city for displaced Palestinians. Adding to already heightened tensions since Israel launched a ground operation in Rafah in early May, the Israeli and Egyptian militaries reported a ...
27/05 20:04 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Planned discussions between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to resolve the impasse over Tehran's nuclear program have been suspended following the death of President Ebrahim Raisi this month, the agency said. One day after the May 19 helicopter crash which killed Raisi and others, "Iran indicated that due to the 'special ...
This Is Beirut 27/05 14:58 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Armenia said on Monday that police had detained hundreds of demonstrators demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan over territorial concessions made to Azerbaijan. Pashinyan's position remains unshaken, despite the challenge mounted by charismatic archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, who is trying to launch an impeachment process ...
Charles Chartouni 27/05 08:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The death of the Iranian president, Ebrahim Raisi, seems to be the result of technical failures, according to the questionable forensic investigations. Nonetheless, the technical failures unveil the hidden realities of a decaying dictatorship that has nothing to offer after 45 years of undisputed Islamic totalitarianism, failed governance, ...
This Is Beirut 26/05 17:18 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Saudi Arabia named a new ambassador to Damascus Sunday, state media said, more than a year after the two Arab nations resumed ties following a prolonged rift over Syria's war. The official Saudi Press Agency said the government had appointed Faisal bin Saud Al-Mejfel as its ambassador to Syria. The newly appointed envoy, according to the report, ...
This Is Beirut 26/05 12:01 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Emmanuel Macron arrived Sunday in Berlin on the first state visit to Germany by a French president in a quarter-century, bringing a plea to defend democracy against nationalism at upcoming European elections. Macron made an appearance at a democracy festival his first stop, where, accompanied by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, he warned ...
Ali A. Hamadé 26/05 09:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
It’s a bombshell! British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak surprised everyone by announcing that UK general elections will be held on July 4, moving them up several months from the original deadline of January 2025. This unexpected decision has sent shockwaves through government and parliamentary circles, where it was widely believed that Sunak ...