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World powers will seek to raise tens of millions of dollars in emergency aid for the Lebanese army at a meeting on Thursday, aiming to prevent the military from collapsing … Read More

The suppression of the Palestinian narrative is the clearest demonstration of how social media companies are unable or unwilling to live up to their own mission statements as open platforms … Read More

Airlines renewed their calls on Britain to restart international travel, pleading the government to allow people vaccinated against COVID-19 to travel freely with the peak summer season just weeks away … Read More

The historic U.S.-brokered 1998 Irish peace agreement has been put at risk by the implementation of the Brexit divorce deal in the British province of Northern Ireland, Prime Minister Boris … Read More

Israeli troops shot a Palestinian motorist on Wednesday who tried to ram them in the occupied West Bank and then brandished a knife, the Israeli military said.

Reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear accord will have to await the formation of a new Iranian government, head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said

EU approval of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine will be delayed because a June 10 deadline to submit data was missed, diminishing the shot’s prospects in the EU’s pandemic response.

U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin square up on Wednesday for their first meeting since Biden took office with deep disagreements likely and expectations low for any … Read More

Paris’ Socialist mayor Anne Hidalgo has hinted she is planning to stand in 2022 presidential elections

The Lebanese pound rose on the black market Wednesday, trading at LL14,900 against the dollar, after a run of three record lows in three days.