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Egyptian officials say the Palestinian Authority plans to call off its first elections in 15 years, citing Israel’s refusal to allow voting in east Jerusalem.

American and Iranian warships had a tense encounter in the Gulf earlier this month, the first such incident in about a year amid wider turmoil in the region over Tehran’s … Read More

Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rai is set to resume his mediation attempts aimed at speeding up the formation of a new government desperately needed to rescue Lebanon from total economic … Read More

Lebanon registered 29 more coronavirus deaths and 642 new cases, the Health Ministry said Monday.

Hussein al-Khaled and his family have lived in a makeshift hut in Lebanon for a decade since fleeing the war in neighboring Syria, but this year COVID and economic collapse … Read More

The Palestinian leadership will convene later this week to discuss whether to postpone next month’s elections if Israel does not allow voting in east Jerusalem, where days of violence have … Read More

When Lebanese took to the street to protest against government corruption and the failing economy, most Western governments rushed to pledge their support for the popular uprising and echoed their … Read More

The biggest surprise of the evening saw best actor prize go to Anthony Hopkins for his turn in the dementia drama ‘The Father.’ The award had been widely expected to … Read More

President Michel Aoun ordered the security agencies Monday to crack down on drug smuggling and those behind it, saying the illicit trade hurts Lebanon.

According to recent polls, change is in the air: Two-thirds of Palestinians want President Mahmoud Abbas to resign.