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The European Union, backed by France, is preparing to set up a mechanism for sanctions as part of stepped up pressure on Lebanese politicians to form a new government badly … Read More
A woman from the capital Damascus has applied to run for president of Syria, the parliament speaker said Tuesday, making her the first female to make a bid for the … Read More
Jurors began a first full day of deliberations Tuesday in the trial of the former Minneapolis police officer charged with murdering George Floyd as US cities braced for a verdict … Read More
A group of 46 nations called Tuesday on member states of the global chemical weapons watchdog to diplomatically rebuke Syria for using toxic gas and nerve agents in the country’s … Read More
Lebanon registers 36 new coronavirus deaths, 1,608 cases
Several doctors were prevented Tuesday from seeing Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in a prison hospital after his three-week hunger strike and prosecutors detailed a sweeping, new case against his … Read More
Experts at the agency that regulates drugs for the European Union said Tuesday that they found a “possible link” between the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine and very rare blood … Read More
Iran and world powers have made headway in talks to save the 2015 nuclear accord though much more work is needed, a senior European Union official said Tuesday, with meetings … Read More
The battle for Yemen’s gas-rich Marib region is complicating US efforts to reach a ceasefire needed to end a six-year-old war and secure a foreign policy win for President Joe … Read More
Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday demanded jail terms for 97 people who joined student protests against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s appointment of a party loyalist as the rector of a top … Read More