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President Michel Aoun will deliver a televised address to the Lebanese at 8 pm Wednesday on the “current developments”, the presidency said in a statement.

The battle for an ancient desert city in war-torn Yemen has become a key to understanding wider tensions now inflaming the Middle East and the challenges facing any efforts by … Read More

President Aoun to address nation at 8 p.m. today

Jordan’s Prince Hamzah, accused of plotting against the kingdom’s “security and stability”, disappeared from the local press Wednesday following a prosecutor’s order banning coverage of the kingdom’s worst crisis in … Read More

Britain on Wednesday began rolling out its third coronavirus vaccine, from US company Moderna, as questions mounted over jabs from the country’s main supplier, AstraZeneca.

Russia sparred with the United States and its allies Tuesday over a vote later this month that could strip Syria of voting rights in the international chemical weapons watchdog, with … Read More

Shoukri Wednesday called on Lebanon to speedily form a government of specialists and conveyed a message of support for the crisis-stricken country.

A Turkish court on Wednesday sentenced four former soldiers to life in jail for their roles in a failed 2016 bid to oust President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, state news agency … Read More

The Lebanese pound marginally went up on the black market Wednesday, trading at LL11,800 against the dollar.

Myanmar troops fired at anti-coup protesters on Wednesday, killing at least five people and wounding several, media said, as activists defied a bloody crackdown and internet blockade by the ruling … Read More