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Parliament Friday convened for a general session to discuss a three-item agenda, with crucial and reformist laws glaringly missing at a critical time for Lebanon.

Lebanon will be receiving 92,000 jabs of the Oxford-AstraZeneca-developed coronavirus vaccine next week, giving a boost to the country’s vaccination campaign

Time seems to have stood still at Papazian’s, an Armenian Egyptian watchmaker whose almost 120-year-old Cairo shop has withstood the decades, surviving political upheavals and urban transformations.

Western countries on Friday called on Egypt to end the prosecution of activists, journalists and perceived political opponents under counter-terrorism laws, and to unconditionally release them.

Palestinians received 40,000 doses of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine on Thursday, a donation by the United Arab Emirates that could boost a long-time rival of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ahead … Read More

The story of Doha Sabah Abdallah’s personal tragedy and loss deeply resonated with Pope Francis during his historic visit last weekend to the northern Iraqi town of Qaraqosh, once devastated … Read More

The Israeli military said Friday that it has conducted a joint naval exercise with Greece and Cyprus, in the latest sign of increased cooperation among three countries that increasingly view … Read More

Turkey and Egypt have had their first diplomatic contacts since breaking off relations in 2013, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Friday.

The Lebanese pound hit a record low of LL10,800 against the dollar on the black market Friday as politicians fail to agree on the formation of a new government.

Three Palestinian fishermen who died in an offshore blast on Sunday had encountered an explosive-laden Israeli drone that had fallen into the sea and blew up in their nets, the … Read More