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The EU will open talks with Washington Monday to ensure its supply of US-made materials for coronavirus vaccines, a European source said Saturday, items currently under tough export restrictions.

Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka compromised his side’s faint hopes of a top four finish in the Premier League as the Swiss midfielder’s embarrassing mistake gifted Burnley a 1-1 draw Saturday.

Caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab said he was ready to halt his work if that would increase pressure for a new government to be formed, in a move that could … Read More

Egypt’s president arrived in Sudan on Saturday, his first visit to the country since a popular uprising led to the military’s overthrow of longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir in 2019.

The Governor of the Central Bank Riad Salameh said Friday that he would slap a lawsuit against Bloomberg News and its reporter in Beirut for claiming that the US authorities … Read More

The Lebanese pound tumbled to an unprecedented low against the US dollar on the black market, as people woke up to an exchange rate of LL10,250 to the dollar.

After successful lobbying from trade associations, the caretaker government allowed the premature reopening this week of retail stores, but with Lebanon’s collapsing currency customers are shying away while business owners … Read More

Missile strikes on makeshift oil refineries in northern Syria killed four people and injured more than 20 others, a war monitor said Saturday.

Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, spiritual leader of most of the world’s Shiite Muslims, told Pope Francis in a historic meeting in Iraq on Saturday that the country’s Christians should live … Read More

Britain faces a tough challenge to retain global influence after its departure from the EU under a prime minister who has a well-known reputation for “lying”, France’s former ambassador to … Read More