Pound rises sharply as govt set to be formed
The Lebanese pound is trading at LL17,100 to the dollar on the black market
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Mikati arrives at Baabda Palace for govt talks with Aoun
Mikati arrives at Baabda Palace for govt talks with Aoun
Mikati says govt will be announced Friday afternoon: Lebanon24
Mikati says govt will be announced Friday afternoon: Lebanon24
Mikati says govt to be announced Friday afternoon
Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati said Lebanon’s new government would be announced Friday afternoon, Lebanon24 website reported.
Loading resumes at two Libyan oil ports
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.
Taliban response to Afghan protests increasingly violent, UN says
The Taliban response to peaceful marches in Afghanistan has been increasingly violent, say UN
Lebanon set to get new govt at last: sources
Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati is set to announce a new government in the next 24 hours after finally agreeing with President Michel Aoun on a Cabinet lineup of 24 nonpartisan … Read More
Israel arrests more relatives of Palestinian jail breakers
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.
Ukraine president says war with Russia is a worst-case possibility
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.
‘America was very far away’: How Afghans remember 9/11
When hijacked planes crashed into the World Trade Centre in the United States, Afghans were still reeling from their own Al-Qaeda tragedy.