Time for Lebanese leaders to form a new government: US ambassador
US Ambassador Dorothy Shea urged officials Thursday to set their differences aside and form a new government to rescue the country from its many crises.
European diplomats visit Libya in show of support for unity govt
The foreign ministers of France, Germany and Italy were in Tripoli to meet their Libyan counterpart Thursday in a show of support for the war-torn country’s newly formed unity government.
Battered Lebanese pound up for second day in a row
The Lebanese pound rose on the black market for a second day in a row Thursday, trading at LL12,900 agaist the dollar, as the Central Bank prepared to launch an … Read More
AstraZeneca says vaccine 76 pct effective in updated US trial data
British-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca on Wednesday revised down by three percentage points the effectiveness of its Covid vaccine after American authorities raised concerns that results reported from its US trial were … Read More
N.Korea missile launch tests Biden, alarms Japan ahead of Olympics
North Korea launched two suspected ballistic missiles into the sea near Japan on Thursday, underscoring steady progress in its weapons programme and ramping up pressure on the new U.S. administration … Read More
Saudi official denies threat to harm UN Khashoggi investigator
A senior Saudi official denied on Thursday he had threatened to harm the human rights expert who led the U.N. investigation into the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, after the … Read More
Suez Canal suspends traffic while efforts to dislodge ship continue
The Suez Canal temporarily suspended traffic on Thursday as efforts to dislodge a 400 m (430 yard) long container vessel that has blocked the waterway continued for a third day, … Read More
Netherlands stunned by Yilmaz hat-trick in Turkey
The Netherlands slumped to a dramatic 4-2 loss to Turkey in Istanbul in their opening 2022 World Cup qualifier as Burak Yilmaz scored a hat-trick Wednesday.
Lebanon registers 3,856 new coronavirus cases, 53 deaths
Lebanon registered 53 new coronavirus-related deaths and 3,856 more cases in the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry said Wednesday, as the country received its first batch of the Oxford-AstraZeneca … Read More
Lebanon registers 3,856 new coronavirus cases, 53 deaths
Lebanon registers 3,856 new coronavirus cases, 53 deaths