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The World Health Organization said Wednesday its experts were still reviewing safety data on the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine following concerns around blood clots but recommended that injection programmes continue.
Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh expected Wednesday a retreat in the Lebanese pound’s rate against the dollar once new proposals are studied.
Demonstrators briefly attempted to storm Lebanon’s Economy Ministry Wednesday to protest skyrocketing prices of basic goods as the local currency collapses.
The UAE will not get involved in Israeli electioneering, an Emirati official said Wednesday, in pointed comments amid new reports Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is planning to visit ahead of … Read More
Three people were killed and nearly 1,900 injured celebrating Iran’s traditional fire festival in the runup to this weekend’s Persian New Year, emergency services said Wednesday.
Jordan’s state security court sentenced six men to death Wednesday after convicting them of maiming a 16-year-old boy in a case that triggered public outrage, a court official said.
Syria’s first couple are on their way to recovery nine days after testing positive for the coronavirus, President Bashar Assad’s office said Wednesday.
Palestinians on Wednesday received their first delivery of coronavirus vaccine via the UN’s Covax programme supporting poorer nations, an AFP journalist in the occupied West Bank reported.
Pope Francis on Wednesday appealed for bloodshed to end and dialogue to prevail in Myanmar, saying he symbolically kneels in that country’s streets, where protests against the military takeover were … Read More
Lebanon is battling its worst economic crisis since the 1975-1990 civil war.