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State-owned Electricité du Liban warned Saturday that Lebanon may face total blackout very soon if the authorities did not provide fresh U.S. dollars to buy fuel oil for power plants, … Read More
Afghan and Taliban forces clashed again on the outskirts of Herat Saturday, a day after a police guard was killed when a United Nations compound in the western city came … Read More
Days after a raging wildfire in southern Turkey drove his family from the home they lived in for four decades, Mehmet Demir returned Saturday to discover a burnt-out building, charred … Read More
A super cruise ship has departed Saudi Arabia for the first time, setting sail for regional waters as the kingdom seeks to expand its tourism industry and diversify its oil-dependant … Read More
Gymnastics superstar Simone Biles further slashed her Tokyo Olympics schedule over a crippling mental block Saturday as a raging Novak Djokovic missed out on a tennis medal.
British health authorities have urged more pregnant women to get coronavirus jabs after a national study found the Delta variant appeared to increase their risk of severe symptoms.
Tunisian security forces Friday arrested a member of parliament who condemned President Kais Saied’s power grab as a “military coup”, his party said.
Former President Donald Trump helped raise more than $56 million from online donors during the first six months of this year, a campaign finance disclosure showed on Friday in a … Read More
The Lebanese pound dropped sharply on the black market Saturday, trading at LL19,100 against the dollar, exchange dealers said, knocking off nearly LL1,000 in value in 24 hours.
The U.S. State Department said on Friday it has approved the potential sale of 18 CH-53K heavy lift helicopters to Israel in a deal valued at up to $3.4 billion.