US Embassy denies possible sanctions on Salameh
The US Embassy in Lebanon denied Friday reports that Washington intended to slap sanctions on Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh.
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Washington denies possible sanctions on Salameh
The US Embassy in Lebanon denied Friday that Washington intended to slap sanctions on Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh.
Al Shabaab militants storm Somali jail, seven soldiers killed
At least seven soldiers were killed when fighters of the Somali Islamist group al Shabaab stormed a jail in the semi-autonomous state of Puntland early on Friday, police and the … Read More
Pope meets Iraqi leaders in Baghdad’s Green Zone
Pope Francis arrived inside the heavily fortified Green Zone, the seat of Iraq’s government, to meet with President Barham Salih and other officials.
Pope Francis arrives in Baghdad, ‘happy’ to land in Iraq on historic visit
Pope Francis landed in war-battered Iraq Friday on a first-ever papal visit, defying security fears and the pandemic to comfort one of the world’s oldest and most persecuted Christian communities.