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The Lebanese pound snapped a three-day losing streak Friday, trading at 15,850 to the dollar on the black market, exchange dealers said.

Hezbollah announced Friday the arrival of a second ship loaded with Iranian gasoil to Syria’s Baniyas port.

US lawmakers green-lit $1 billion Thursday to resupply Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system after funding was controversially stripped from a separate bill following a revolt from the Democrats’ left … Read More

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian held “thorough and confident” talks with Iraq’s President Barham Salih late on Thursday, wrote Le Drian on his Twitter page.

Barcelona made it three games without a victory Thursday as a goalless draw with Cadiz further weakened Ronald Koeman’s position as coach.

In its bid for IMF support, Lebanon must address a question it has evaded since the economy imploded two years ago: how should it distribute the huge losses caused by … Read More

Prime Minister Najib Mikati arrived in Paris Thursday for crucial talks with President Emmanuel Macron aimed at seeking French and international assistance to help Lebanon overcome its deepening economic and … Read More

Majed Sait and his wife are spending their honeymoon on a cruise in the turquoise waters off Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast, a voyage that is still a novelty in … Read More

Yemen on Thursday received its third batch of COVID-19 vaccines through the COVAX global vaccine-sharing scheme, the health ministry said.

Broadcast between 1999 and 2007, ‘The Sopranos’ marked the beginning of a golden age for television series with its dark humor and complex characters and made a star of James … Read More