Category: News

Lebanon Wednesday declared a national day of mourning on Aug. 4, the first anniversary of the catastrophic blast at Beirut Port.

It feels like yesterday; these guys do not leave my mind, I think of them every day. If my house wasn’t near the port, I wouldn’t ever look at it … Read More

Novak Djokovic set up a quarterfinal with Japan’s Kei Nishikori at the Tokyo Olympics Wednesday as gold medal rival Daniil Medvedev struggled with the heat, even asking the chair umpire … Read More

Afghanistan would become a “pariah state” if the Taliban take control of the country by force, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday.

Mother gave birth to her first child under torchlight in the corridor of the destroyed St. George Hospital University Medical Center.

Tunisia’s judiciary has opened an investigation into three political parties, including Ennahda and Heart of Tunisia, on suspicion of receiving foreign funds during the 2019 election campaign, a judicial source … Read More

The private equity firm that owns NSO, the Israeli spyware company at the heart of the Pegasus scandal, is being liquidated, a source close to the company told AFP on … Read More

France’s financial crimes unit said Tuesday it had charged prominent rightwinger Rachida Dati, a former cabinet minister and close ally of ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy, over her dealings with disgraced former … Read More

A Palestinian man was killed late Tuesday in Israeli gunfire in the occupied West Bank, the scene of clashes between protesters and Israeli forces for weeks, Palestinian officials said.

Senior U.S. diplomats are holding talks in the Gulf region in a renewed push for a ceasefire in Yemen as fierce ground battles spread and the Iran-aligned Houthi group resumed … Read More