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Lebanon registered 621 new coronavirus cases and nine deaths in the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry reported Thursday.

The Covid-delayed Expo 2020 kicks off in Dubai on Thursday with an extravagant opening ceremony for what is expected to be the world’s biggest event since the start of the … Read More

A French court on Thursday convicted former president Nicolas Sarkozy of illegal campaign financing over massive overspending on his 2012 re-election campaign, six months after he was given a jail … Read More

A Gulf Air plane began the first commercial flight between Bahrain and Israel on Thursday, a year after the normalisation of diplomatic relations.

The United States has no plans to “normalize or upgrade” diplomatic relations with the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and also does not encourage others to do so, a … Read More

Conflict-torn Ethiopia is holding elections Thursday for dozens of federal parliamentary seats, the final round of voting before Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed forms a new government next week.

The Lebanese pound fell for a sixth day Thursday, trading at 17,450 against the dollar

Israeli police fatally shot a Palestinian woman who tried to stab officers in Jerusalem’s Old City on Thursday, police said.

Israel’s Foreign Minister Yair Lapid began a landmark visit Thursday to Bahrain where he will open the Israeli embassy one year after the US-brokered normalisation of ties.

The United States has no plans to “normalize or upgrade” diplomatic relations with the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and also does not encourage others to do so, a … Read More