Month: July 2021

Afghan authorities on Saturday imposed a night-time curfew across 31 of the country’s 34 provinces to curb surging violence unleashed by a sweeping Taliban offensive in recent months, the interior … Read More

Lebanon and Iraq signed a landmark agreement Saturday to ship 1 million tons of Iraqi diesel to operate the country’s aging power plants.

China claimed the first two gold medals of the Tokyo Olympics Saturday as cyclist Richard Carapaz became just the second competitor in Ecuador’s history to top the podium, with victory … Read More

In the workplace, it is one thing to deal with bias that is obvious and out in the open.

The reign of Japan’s “King Kohei” Uchimura, two-time Olympics all-around champion and holder of seven Olympic medals, came to an abrupt end Saturday when he failed to qualify for the … Read More

China’s Yang Qian won the first gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics Saturday after prevailing in a battle of nerves with Russian Anastasiia Galashina in the women’s 10-meter rifle final.

Lebanon’s deepening economic crisis has piled pressure on hospitals, leaving them ill-equipped to face any new wave of the coronavirus, a top hospital director has warned.

A Palestinian teenager has died after being shot during clashes with Israeli soldiers at a protest over illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian authorities said Saturday.