Category: News

In the two years since Kurdish forces wrested away the Islamic State’s last Syrian bastion, the jihadist group has proved it does not need a stronghold to pose a potent … Read More

The Central Bank has decided to launch its own electronic currency exchange platform to register all transactions with the help of the commercial banks and licensed exchange dealers, the Office … Read More

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif met Turkish officials in Istanbul on Friday as the two regional powers tried to move past tensions sparked by the deaths of Turkish captives in … Read More

Holders Bayern Munich will face the team they beat in last year’s Champions League final in this season’s quarterfinals after being paired with Paris St Germain in Friday’s draw.

US-trained emergency doctor Nour al-Jalbout wanted desperately to serve her fellow Lebanese, but less than two years after returning home she says the country’s catastrophes are forcing her to leave.

A final batch of polls by Israeli media outlets on Friday showed a razor-thin election, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s fate likely turning on the performance of small parties and … Read More

Germany resumed vaccinations with the coronavirus vaccine made by AstraZeneca on Friday, following a recommendation by European regulators that the benefits of the shot outweigh the risks.

British Airways said it was considering selling its headquarters building because of a switch to homeworking during the pandemic means it may no longer need so much office space.

Libya’s new government includes five women, with two in key portfolios — a first for the country nonetheless criticized by activists as insufficient and as not living up to a … Read More

The Lebanese pound rose on the black market again Friday, trading at LL11,400 against the dollar, on hopes a new government would be formed as early as Monday.