Month: August 2021

Barring last-minute hitches, Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati is set to meet President Michel Aoun Thursday to present him with a Cabinet lineup of 24 nonpartisan specialists, in the latest bid … Read More

Lebanon registers 1,593 COVID-19 cases, five deaths in last 24 hours

Attackers shot dead at least 36 people and destroyed buildings in a night raid on a village near the central Nigerian city of Jos, officials said, in an area hit … Read More

Dozens of Yemeni cyclists hit the road Wednesday with a shared goal — to spread peace in a country embroiled in conflict for more than seven years.

The giant dam Ethiopia has constructed on the Blue Nile made no impact on this year’s floods in Sudan, which had taken costly precautions in the absence of any deal … Read More

Algeria has severed diplomatic relations with Morocco over alleged “hostile actions”, accusations the kingdom has dismissed as “absurd”.

Afghanistan’s Taliban have appointed senior veterans to the posts of finance minister and defence minister, two members of the group said, as it switches focus from a stunning military conquest … Read More

Reuters found one NFT representing an image of a cartoon ape that was sold on OpenSea for 39 ETH – the cryptocurrency ether – last week (around $124,205 at time … Read More