Category: News

‘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

Amnesty International has condemned the “climate of impunity” that prevails in Iran over deaths in custody despite reports of more than 70 such cases over the past decade.

Lebanon’s energy ministry further raised gasoline prices on Friday by over 30%, an official document showed.

Australia finds itself as the common link in a new mesh of global alliances centred on the Indo-Pacific that are all but in name aimed at countering China’s rising military … Read More

Finance Minister Youssef Khalil signs forensic audit contract with Alvarez and Marsal