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The reign of Japan’s “King Kohei” Uchimura, two-time Olympics all-around champion and holder of seven Olympic medals, came to an abrupt end Saturday when he failed to qualify for the … Read More

China’s Yang Qian won the first gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics Saturday after prevailing in a battle of nerves with Russian Anastasiia Galashina in the women’s 10-meter rifle final.

Weakened by pro-Iran factions at home, Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi will meet with US President Joe Biden on Monday to discuss a possible full US troop withdrawal from his … Read More

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