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A heat spike across northern Tunisia caused record temperatures on Tuesday including a sweltering 49 degrees Celsius (120 degrees Fahrenheit) in the capital Tunis, the Meteorological Institute said.

Taliban militants have taken control of Afghanistan’s borders with Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, Russia’s Kommersant daily reported on Wednesday, citing Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, heightening security concerns for Moscow.

The Lebanese pound rose marginally on the black market Wednesday, trading at 20,550 to the dollar, as efforts to form a long-delayed new government appeared set to resume.

Taliban insurgents tightened their grip on captured Afghan territory on Tuesday, now controlling 65% of the country, as U.S. President Joe Biden urged the nation’s leaders to fight for their … Read More

Forest fires in Algeria killed 42 people on Tuesday, including 25 soldiers deployed to help put out the blaze, the government said, as thick clouds of smoke covered much of … Read More

Saudi Arabia reiterated on Tuesday its solidarity with the Lebanese people, but said any assistance to current or future government depends on serious reforms, state news agency SPA reported, citing … Read More

Director Tsai Ming-liang’s documentary ‘The Night’ and Chung Mong-hong’s drama ‘The Falls’ were submitted under the name Taiwan, Taipei’s foreign ministry said, but organisers changed the name on the festival’s … Read More

The Cabinet formation process has apparently hit a standstill in the absence of a new meeting Tuesday between top leaders to iron out obstacles that are hindering the birth of … Read More

‘Stranger Things’ maestro Shawn Levy is offering an ‘antidote’ to the misery with a story about hope, kindness and the very human tendency to transcend the sometimes grim realities of … Read More