Category: News

Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri Tuesday called for the temporary suspension of immunity on all officials, including the president, in the probe into last year’s Beirut Port blast.

The British Museum will restore eight ancient glass artefacts damaged in last year’s Beirut port explosion. The glass vessels were shattered after massive cache of ammonium nitrate stored in Beirut’s … Read More

Moroccan heavyweight boxer Youness Baalla attempted to bite David Nyika’s ear during his defeat to the New Zealander at the Tokyo Olympics Tuesday.

Lebanon registers 1,502 COVID-19 cases, one death

Simone Biles’ bid for a record six gold medals at the Tokyo Games ended abruptly Tuesday when she dropped out of the women’s team final after one vault and watched … Read More

Mohammad Sadeq returned to his home on the outskirts of Kandahar city this week to discover it had new occupants — the Taliban.

Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz will meet his French counterpart in Paris this week for talks that will include an “update” on the Pegasus spyware scandal, his office said Tuesday.

A Saudi court sentenced a Sudanese journalist to four years in prison for social media posts critical of the kingdom, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday.

It should have been the happiest of times, but Lebanese doctor Israa Seblani does not even have a photograph of her wedding on display as the memories are so painful.

Tunisia’s biggest party, the moderate Islamist Ennahda, on Tuesday called for political dialogue to get the country out of crisis after it accused the president of a coup when he … Read More