Month: July 2021

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.

Pfizer Inc plans to ask U.S. regulators to authorize a booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine within the next month based on evidence of greater risk of reinfection six months … Read More

Lebanon’s free-falling currency hit a new record low Friday, trading at 19,150 to the dollar on the black market, as the country’s political and economic crises deepened.

Israel will this year double its supply of water to Jordan and encourage Amman to export more to the Palestinians, Israeli officials said on Thursday after a source told Reuters … Read More

Russia has proposed that the U.N extend aid access into Syria from Turkey for six months in response to a rival bid by Western council members to renew the long-running … Read More

President Joe Biden’s frustrations with Afghanistan boiled over more than a decade ago, and they never again eased.

The Taliban said on Friday they had captured Afghanistan’s biggest border crossing with Iran, as the insurgents continued a blistering offensive across the country.

Saudi Arabia is concerned about increased nuclear activities by Iran which threaten regional security, a Saudi foreign ministry official said, after Tehran started the process of producing enriched uranium metal.

Former world number one Karolina Pliskova reached her maiden Wimbledon final after coming back from a set down to beat second seed Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus 5-7 6-4 6-4 Thursday.