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Lebanon recorded 139 coronavirus cases and six deaths in the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry said Wednesday, as Caretaker Health Minister Hamad Hassan announced plans for a vaccine “marathon” … Read More
A political prisoner serving a life sentence in Bahrain has died after contracting COVID-19, the interior ministry and activists said on Wednesday, as the tiny Gulf state fights a surge … Read More
Iranians will vote for a new president on June 18 in a poll many see as decided in advance, with ultraconservatives expected to strengthen their grip on power amid record … Read More
A massive fire on the outskirts of Jerusalem led to villages being evacuated Wednesday as dozens of Israeli firefighters and 10 aerial tankers battled the blaze.
Screening as part of ‘To Palestine With Love,’ Elia Suleiman’s latest film displaces his understated brand of comedy from Nazareth to Paris and New York
Kadhimi’s dilemma is not merely a political balancing act, weighing one group against the other. It is existential, because the protesters are really calling for the primacy of state power … Read More
Britain and the European Union failed on Wednesday to agree any solutions to ease post-Brexit trade with Northern Ireland, in a standoff that is not only deepening mistrust between the … Read More
U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin are set to hold their June 16 summit in an 18th-century Swiss villa overlooking Lake Geneva, a soothing setting for what … Read More
Nigeria’s media and activists fear their country is slipping into repression after the government suspended Twitter in Africa’s most populous nation, where hyper-connected youth embraced the platform as a means … Read More
Billionaire founder of Dubai’s largest developers, DAMAC Properties, announced on Wednesday his intention to take the company fully private in a move that would delist it from the local stock … Read More