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When Jordan sabotaged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s triumphant pre-election trip to the United Arab Emirates last week, analysts say, it was sending him a message: stop marginalising us.
Myanmar faced growing isolation on Thursday with increasingly limited internet services and its last private newspaper ceasing publication as the military built its case against ousted elected leader Aung San … Read More
Egyptian political activist Sanaa Seif was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Wednesday for spreading “false information” relating to Covid-19, her sister and lawyers said.
After a yearlong investigation, Iran’s civil aviation agency on Wednesday released its final report on the crash of a Ukrainian passenger plane that killed 176 people last year, revealing no … Read More
Holders Bayern Munich cruised into the Champions League quarterfinals as a 2-1 win over Lazio in Wednesday’s last-16 second leg sealed a 6-2 aggregate victory.
Chelsea reached the Champions League quarterfinals for the first time since 2014 as Hakim Ziyech ended his goal drought to inspire a 2-0 win against Atletico Madrid in the last … Read More
France and its international partners will seek to increase pressure on Lebanon’s politicians in the coming months, a French diplomat said on Wednesday, although he did not envisage sanctions against … Read More
President Michel Aoun Wednesday gave Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri the choice to either immediately form a new national rescue government to cope with the dangerous situation in the country, or … Read More
While Lebanon appeared Wednesday to be edging rapidly toward a total economic collapse as a result of the Lebanese pound’s unchecked plunge, local pressure mounted on top leaders to meet … Read More
President Michel Aoun invited Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri to meet at Baabda Palace to form a new Cabinet, or to make way for another candidate if is not able to … Read More