Month: May 2021

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards commander on Wednesday hailed the Palestinian militants who have peppered Israel with rocket fire in the Gaza Strip’s latest conflict.

Gaza City’s Rimal district was long a place of relative calm and prosperity in the crowded enclave — until Israeli bombing pounded much of it to rubble.

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas will travel to Israel and the Palestinian territories for talks Thursday on the escalating conflict in the Middle East, a ministry spokeswoman said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to press on with operations against Gaza’s ruling Hamas after U.S. President Joe Biden urged him to seek a “de-escalation”.

Bitcoin and ether tumbled on Wednesday to 3-1/2 month lows, on track to post their largest one-day loss since March last year, in the wake of China’s move a day … Read More

All signs indicate that a fierce political battle is brewing in Parliament between President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri over Aoun’s letter to the legislative body seeking lawmakers’ … Read More

The United States said Wednesday it would not support a United Nations Security Council draft resolution proposed by France calling for an Israeli-Palestinian ceasefire, saying it could undermine efforts to … Read More

Lebanon reports 10 coronavirus deaths, 489 cases in last 24 hours

World powers were meeting Wednesday for new round of high-level talks on bringing the United States back into the nuclear deal with Iran amid growing hopes that an agreement might … Read More

Lebanon recorded 489 new coronavirus cases and 10 deaths over the last 24 hours the Health Ministry said Wednesday.