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Naftali Bennett, a multi-millionaire former tech entrepreneur who made a name in politics with hardline religious-nationalist rhetoric, could become Israel’s next prime minister.

Yair Lapid, who late Wednesday succeeded in assembling the most improbable coalition in Israel’s history, is a former opposition leader and television anchor.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s opponents on Wednesday announced they have reached a deal to form a new governing coalition, paving the way for the ouster of the longtime Israeli leader.

In a further blow to depositors, the Central Bank asked all commercial banks to stop paying LL3,900 for each US dollar and to return to the old LL1,507 rate.

Lebanon recorded 214 coronavirus cases and five deaths over the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry reported Wednesday.

LafargeHolcim in the United States has appointed Toufic Tabbara as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of its US cement operations, the company said in a statement Monday from Chicago.

President Michel Aoun Wednesday launched his most scathing diatribe against Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri, accusing him of stalling on the formation of a new government and of seeking to seize … Read More

A huge fire broke out at a refinery in the southern part of the Iranian capital Tehran on Wednesday, Iranian state media reported, saying there were so far no reports … Read More

Anitta’s ‘Girl from Rio’s is the latest twist on the placid Bossa Nova tune that, more than a half-century after its creation by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes, … Read More

A top Sudanese military official said the government will review an agreement with Russia to establish a navy base in the African country.