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The Central Bank denied Friday a Swiss newspaper report that alleged the International Monetary Fund had removed information from a 2016 report on the country at the request of Gov. … Read More

The novelist was born on the Indian Ocean island of Zanzibar, off the coast of east Africa, in 1948, and began writing after moving to England as a refugee, where … Read More

The United Arab Emirates, one of the world’s biggest oil exporters, has launched a “strategic initiative” targeting carbon neutrality by 2050, ahead of a UN climate conference late this month.

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah described Iran as a “sincere ally and loyal friend” during talks with Iranian foreign minister in Beirut, the group said in a statement Friday.

The Nobel Peace Prize was on Friday awarded to journalists Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia for their fight for freedom of expression in their countries.

The Lebanese pound fell again Friday, trading at LL18,750 to the dollar on the black market, exchange dealers said.

The United States on Thursday denounced Hezbollah’s deliveries of Iranian fuel in crisis-hit Lebanon as a public relations stunt and warned that Tehran remained under sanctions.

Iraqis go to the polls Sunday for parliamentary elections, two years after a wave of anti-government protests swept the war-scarred country, but analysts say the vote is unlikely to deliver … Read More

Theo Hernandez shot France into a Nations League final with Spain Thursday with a last-gasp strike which earned Les Bleus a thrilling 3-2 win from two goals down against Belgium.

A Saudi-led consortium completed its takeover of Premier League club Newcastle United Thursday despite warnings from Amnesty International that the deal represented “sportswashing” of the Gulf kingdom’s human rights record.