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Lebanon’s new government easily won a vote of confidence in Parliament Monday, giving a boost to ministers to get down to work to tackle a series of urgent problems facing the … Read More

Prime Minister Najib Mikati Monday pledged to immediately resume negotiations with the International Monetary Fund on a bailout package shortly before his new government was set to win a vote … Read More

Ranked the most-influential band of all time by Spin magazine last year, Nirvana’s ethos continues to reverberate in artists as varied as Billie Eilish, Lana Del Rey and Frank Turner. … Read More

Lebanon registered 302 coronavirus cases and four deaths in the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry reported Monday.

The European Union joined a chorus of international criticism on Monday over the execution of nine men by the Iran-aligned Houthi movement in Yemen following their conviction for involvement in … Read More

Diplomats from five different countries said they had revised down their national pavilions’ visitor targets. Continuing obstacles to foreign travel mean the Expo’s economic boost is likely to fall short … Read More

Parliament opened a debate Monday on the policy statement of Prime Minister Najib Mikati’s new government, before a vote of confidence that it appeared set to easily win.

Voted for by audiences, the People’s Choice Award of the Toronto International Film Festival has become an increasingly accurate Oscars bellwether, predicting eventual best picture winners such as last year’s … Read More

When it comes to vital US interests, all bets are off. For years activists, human rights advocates and European diplomats have charged that Washington’s foreign policy is replete with hypocrisy: … Read More

Dozens of demonstrators in Sudan have blocked key roads and a crucial port in the country’s east in protest at parts of a peace deal with rebel groups, a protest … Read More