Month: June 2021

The Shura Council has effectively suspended the Central Bank’s circular instructing Lebanese banks to pay LL3,900 for each dollar for customers with foreign currency accounts and instead asked the lenders … Read More

The largest ship in the Iranian navy caught fire in the Gulf of Oman under unclear circumstances, forcing sailors to evacuate the vessel, state media reported.

A family of four generations living next door to each other in downtown Gaza City, were utterly unprepared for the inferno.

President Tayyip Erdogan has warned Iraq that Turkey will “clean up” a refugee camp which it says provides a safe haven for Kurdish militants.

U.N. tribunal set up to prosecute those behind the assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri will have to close if unable to resolve acute funding shortage.

WHO said Tuesday that one strain of a Covid-19 variant first detected in India was now considered “of concern” and had been dubbed “Delta”, while two other strains had been … Read More

Devin Booker scored 30 points as the Phoenix Suns left LeBron James and the depleted Los Angeles Lakers facing elimination from the NBA playoffs Tuesday with a crushing 115-85 victory.

Israel’s parliament on Wednesday elected former centre-left politician Isaac Herzog as the country’s president, a role meant to promote unity among ethnic and religious groups.

Swiss firm Lonza will open a new production line for the drug substance in Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine, making it possible to churn out hundreds of millions more jabs per year.