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The European Union and United Nations will deploy observers to monitor Iraq’s parliamentary election next month, saying Tuesday they hope voting will not be tainted by fraud and abstention.

Hundreds of men and women shouting slogans such as “Long live the resistance” and “Death to Pakistan” marched in the streets to protest against the Taliban takeover

Fans and stars paid tribute to Jean-Paul Belmondo on Tuesday, saying the charismatic French actor, who died on Monday aged 88, would live on forever in people’s minds and on … Read More

Lebanon suffered their first defeat of the final round of World Cup qualification Tuesday following a narrow 1-0 defeat away to South Korea.

Syria has no technical or logistical problems in resuming the shipment of Egyptian gas through its territories to Lebanon since all the pipelines remained intact and serviceable despite the 10-year-old … Read More

Israel launched airstrikes against Gaza on Monday night, the army said, retaliating after incendiary balloons launched from the blockaded Palestinian enclave had started fires.

Musician Ahmed Mahdy says the increased freedoms allow his rap group Ijraat, ‘procedures’, to better reflect the issues they see still plaguing Sudan, which is still in the grip of … Read More

Framed by an environmental and economic crisis, Mounia Akl’s debut feature ‘Costa Brava, Lebanon’ follows a family that has relocated to the mountains to escape Beirut’s troubles. Production began 3 … Read More

Within weeks of the Islamists taking the capital, many of the colourful street art pieces painted on Kabul’s labyrinth of concrete blast walls have been painted over, replaced by drab … Read More

France’s highest court on Tuesday dismissed a previous legal ruling that struck out a charge for complicity in crimes against humanity against cement firm Lafarge over its dealings in Syria, … Read More