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Mahassen Fattouh is busy; she is avoiding COVID-19 like her life depends on it, because in a way it does. If she tests positive, she will jeopardize her chance to … Read More
The Taliban do not want to battle government forces inside Afghanistan’s cities and would rather see them surrender, a senior insurgent leader said Tuesday, as the militants also warned Turkey … Read More
Israel wants foreign aid to Gaza disbursed through a voucher system, as a safeguard against donations being diverted to bolster the Palestinian enclave’s Hamas rulers and their arsenal, a government … Read More
Grief and anger gripped the Iraqi city of Nasiriyah on Tuesday after fire swept through a Covid isolation unit killing 64 people and wounding dozens more.
The Lebanese pound fell slightly Tuesday, hitting a new record low of LL19,450 to the dollar on the black market.
Iran said on Tuesday it was holding talks on prisoner exchanges with the United States aimed at securing the release of Iranians held in U.
A fire which enveloped a Covid isolation unit in southern Iraq killed 64 people, a medical source told AFP in an updated toll on Tuesday.
The judge investigating last year’s deadly Lebanon port blast on Monday rejected a request by MPs for more evidence before immunity for three ex-ministers can be waived, a judicial source … Read More
The European Union on Monday agreed to adopt a sanctions regime for Lebanese leaders by the end of July, France said, in an effort to force a stable government to … Read More
Lebanon recorded 150 new coronavirus cases and two deaths in the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry said Monday.