Month: July 2021

A Palestinian on hunger strike for more than two months while in Israeli detention claimed “victory” Friday after his release and transfer to a hospital in the occupied West Bank.

Pharmacies in crisis-hit Lebanon began an indefinite strike on Friday over medicine shortages as the cash-strapped state struggles to afford subsidies on key imports.

In ‘Annette’, Driver plays a famous stand-up comedian named Henry McHenry who performs a sinister, physical show, dubbed ‘The Ape of God,’ while clad in a boxing robe. (Driver modeled … Read More

Lebanon faces electricity and water shortages as two of the country’s power plants shut down Friday, while water companies announced they would begin rationing supplies to households in a sign … Read More

Lebanon’s caretaker interior minsiter has rejected a request by the lead investigator on the Beirut port explosion to question the country’s security chief, judicial and security sources said Friday.

Jihan al-Sadat, the second wife of assassinated Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, has died at the age of 87, the presidency said on Friday.

An agreement on Ethiopia’s controversial Nile River dam is possible, the UN said Thursday, urging “trust, transparency and open engagement” as Egypt accused Addis Ababa of threatening its existence.

Pfizer and partner BioNTech plan to ask U.S. and European regulators within weeks to authorize a booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine, based on evidence of greater risk of infection … Read More