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Among the growing number of graves of the war dead in the cemetery of the Yemeni city of Marib, one tombstone stands out.

The collapsing Lebanese pound recorded a massive fall Saturday, trading at a new low of LL17,100 to the dollar on the black market, as residents grapple with fuel shortages and … Read More

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was under mounting pressure on Saturday to fire his health secretary after the admission that he broke COVID-19 guidelines by kissing an employee sparked accusations … Read More

President Joe Biden on Friday promised Afghanistan’s top leaders a “sustained” partnership even as he moves to accelerate winding down the United States’ longest war amid escalating Taliban violence.

Lebanon’s Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Friday repeated pledges to import Iranian fuel should shortages across the country persist.

Lebanon recorded 163 coronavirus cases and four deaths in the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry said Friday, as a Pfizer vaccine ‘marathon’ took place for over 50s across the … Read More

Syrian refugee girls are increasingly at risk of child marriage due to a surge in pandemic-linked poverty, legal loopholes and long-term displacement in countries across the Middle East and North … Read More

President Michel Aoun said Friday the Lebanese are looking forward to the meeting called for by Pope Francis with Lebanon’s Christian leaders to address the country’s overlapping crises next week … Read More

Marwan Rechmaoui talks about his show ‘But the trees keep voting for the axe’ and the best way forward when, sometimes, dereliction falls from the sky

Lebanon records 163 COVID-19 cases, 4 deaths in last 24 hours