Category: News

Lebanon receives $1.139B in IMF special drawing rights (SDRS)

The director-general of the WHO has said he is “deeply concerned” at how Lebanon’s economic crisis is impacting health care

The United States on Friday paved the way for further sanctions to be imposed on parties to the conflict in northern Ethiopia, where thousands have been killed and millions are … Read More

IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva on Thursday disputed an independent investigation which found that in her previous job at the World Bank, she pressed staff to alter a report to avoid … Read More

‘If you’re afraid of wolves,’ 36-year-old screen star Yulia Peresild told journalists, a month before being dispatched to the International Space Station, ‘you shouldn’t go into the forest.’

Finance Minister Youssef Khalil Friday signed a new contract with restructuring consultancy Alvarez and Marsal (A&M) to carry out a forensic audit at the country’s central bank, the ministry said … Read More

The Lebanese pound fell on the black market Friday, trading at 15,450 to the dollar, reversing some gains in recent days.

The pound was up, trading at 14,050 to the dollar on the black market

Somalia’s regional leaders on Friday appealed to the president and prime minister to end their damaging feud, warning of the risk of political instability in the Horn of Africa nation.

Iranian fuel and petrochemical exports have boomed in recent years despite stringent U.S. sanctions