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President Vladimir Putin on Monday approved higher salaries for law enforcement and military personnel ahead of a parliamentary vote, one of many measures critics say is designed to boost support … Read More
Lebanon’s information minister George Kordahi said on Monday President Michel Aoun had stressed during the new government’s first cabinet meeting Lebanon’s need for the International Monetary Fund, The World Bank … Read More
President Aoun says hopes cabinet will resume talks with IMF
More than two years after Sudan’s power-sharing deal was inked, analysts say the role of civilian leaders is receding while the army remains dominant
The Taliban co-founder and now deputy prime minister of Afghanistan released an audio statement Monday saying he was alive and well after news of his supposed demise went viral on … Read More
A new animal clinic has opened in the occupied West Bank, part of a growing tendency among Palestinians to raise and pamper pets.
The pound is trading at 16,350 to the dollar, said exchange dealers
Israel’s foreign minister has proposed improving living conditions in Gaza in exchange for calm from the enclave’s Hamas Islamist leaders, aiming to solve “never-ending rounds of violence” as the two … Read More
An international commercial flight touched down in the Afghan capital on Monday, the first since the Taliban retook power last month.
Lebanon’s Finance Ministry says to receive SDRs from the IMF on Sept. 16 worth $1.135 billion