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A Palestinian teenager has died after being shot during clashes with Israeli soldiers at a protest over illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian authorities said Saturday.

Lebanon’s deepening economic crisis has piled pressure on hospitals, leaving them ill-equipped to face any new wave of the coronavirus, a top hospital director has warned.

The Lebanese pound rose on the black market Saturday, trading at LL19,750 against the dollar, a day after it gained 10 percent on reports a new government might finally be … Read More

Lebanon recorded 744 new coronavirus cases and one death in the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry reported Friday, the highest number of cases since May 6.

A U.S. delegation and other dignitaries were hurried to vehicles as reports emerged of shots fired and crowd control gas used on protesters outside the funeral of late Haitian president … Read More

Barring last-minute hitches, former Prime Minister Najib Mikati is set to be designated to form a new government next week following President Michel Aoun’s binding consultations with parliamentary blocs to … Read More

Mar Mikhael was painted red Thursday night with the premiere of a new documentary and festival exposing period poverty, shining a spotlight on the problem facing women in Lebanon that … Read More

Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine could become the second shot okayed for adolescent use in the European Union after regulators on Friday recommended approving it for 12- to 17-year-olds ahead of U.S. … Read More

In an opening ceremony marked by simplicity, one tradition held Friday – athletes from all over the world paraded into the Olympic stadium to represent their nations, for the first … Read More

The World Heritage Committee meeting in Fuzhou, China, cited Italy’s recent ban and gave Italian authorities until next December to report back on efforts to preserve the city’s ecosystem and … Read More