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Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri arrived at Baabda Palace Thursday for crucial talks with President Michel Aoun on the formation of a new government.

Battered by punishing US sanctions and the Covid-19 pandemic, Iranians are readying for a gloomy Nowruz, the traditional Persian New Year festival that is at the heart of national culture.

Hariri arrives at Baabda Palace for crucial Cabinet talks with Aoun

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday mocked US President Joe Biden over his “killer” comment but said that Moscow would not sever ties with Washington over the spat.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Thursday announced a snap parliamentary election to be held June 20 in an effort to defuse a political crisis sparked by last year’s war … Read More

Pharmacies went on strike and petrol stations rationed scarce fuel on Thursday across Lebanon as public anger over an accelerating economic collapse intensified with little sign of an end to … Read More

The Saudi-led blockade of Yemen must be lifted before a ceasefire agreement can be reached, a Huthi rebel spokesman has said amid UN calls for an immediate halt to fighting.

Armenia will announce on Thursday or Friday that it is to hold a snap parliamentary election, the Interfax news agency quoted a government minister as saying, amid a political crisis … Read More

Waiting for her COVID-19 vaccination in a Gaza clinic, Leena Al-Tourk, 28, a Palestinian lawyer, recalled the social pressure she faced in the conservative enclave over getting the shot.

The Lebanese pound rose on the black market Thursday, trading at LL12,950 against the dollar, on reports the country’s top two leaders would meet soon