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Lebanon registers 26 COVID-19 deaths, 570 cases in last 24 hours

Israel’s attorney-general secured a deferment on Sunday of a court hearing on planned evictions of Palestinians in Jerusalem, a session that had threatened to stoke more violence in the holy … Read More

The death toll from an explosion outside a school in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul has risen to 68, Afghan officials said on Sunday, with doctors struggling to provide medical care to … Read More

Saudi Arabia will organize the pilgrimage to Mecca this year, but under special conditions to guard against the spread of COVID-19, state TV reported on Sunday.

A small fire occurred in one of the engines of a tanker off the coast of Syria’s Mediterranean port of Banias, state media said.

Prominent Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul has been summoned for questioning by Saudi security three months after her release from prison, a relative said on Sunday.

Adnan, a Palestinian from east Jerusalem, vowed rubber bullets fired by Israeli police would not deter him: “Silence is not an option” in defence of Arabs in the Holy City, … Read More

Hezbollah put its forces in Lebanon and Syria on high alert Sunday as Israel began large-scale military exercises, security sources said.

Saul “Canelo” Alvarez stopped Billy Joe Saunders in eight rounds Saturday to unify three super middleweight titles in front of the largest U.S. crowd in history to watch an indoor … Read More

Pope Francis on Sunday called for an end to violence in annexed east Jerusalem, where clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police have left scores of Palestinians injured.