Month: September 2021

The Lebanese pound is trading at LL17,100 to the dollar on the black market

Russia and Belarus kickstarted massive joint military drills on the EU’s border on Friday, closely monitored by NATO as tensions between Belarus and its western neighbours rise.

The United Arab Emirates said on Friday residents who had been fully vaccinated with a shot approved by the World Health Organization could return as of Sept. 12

Mikati arrives at Baabda Palace for govt talks with Aoun

Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati said Lebanon’s new government would be announced Friday afternoon, Lebanon24 website reported.

Mikati says govt will be announced Friday afternoon: Lebanon24

The Taliban response to peaceful marches in Afghanistan has been increasingly violent, say UN

Loading operations at the Libyan oil terminals of Es Sider and Ras Lanuf resumed on Friday after a stoppage, National Oil Corporation and two engineers at the ports said.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday said all-out war with Russia was a possibility, adding that he wanted to have a substantive meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The Israeli army made more arrests Friday of relatives of six escaped Palestinian prisoners, an advocacy body said, as troops kept up a massive manhunt in the occupied West Bank.