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Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, deputy ruler of Dubai and the United Arab Emirates minister of finance, has died, his brother said on Wednesday.

Armenia’s parliament voted on Wednesday to lift martial law, the RIA news agency reported, ahead of an early parliamentary election planned in June.

France will next week reopen its embassy in the Libyan capital Tripoli, President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday, in a sign of a gradual return of stability to the country … Read More

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to secure a solid parliamentary majority in Israel’s election on Tuesday but a potential deal with a rival rightist could make him the eventual winner, … Read More

Saudi Arabia Tuesday joined the international community in calling for the swift formation of a new government in Lebanon to carry out fundamental reforms to rescue the country from its … Read More

Lebanon registered 42 new coronavirus-related deaths and 3,851 more cases in the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry said Tuesday, as the country prepared to receive doses of AsraZeneca and … Read More

Lebanon registers 42 coronavirus deaths, 3,851 cases in 24 hours

Iraq has sent a formal request to President Joe Biden’s administration for a date to resume strategic talks on bilateral relations and the withdrawal of remaining U.S. combat forces, Iraqi … Read More

The Biden administration is mulling over America’s role in Syria’s ongoing conflict as the U.S. tries to break away from Middle East wars, but Vladimir Putin’s top diplomat already has … Read More

Western satirists are much more likely to be celebrated as champions of free speech for attacking minorities within their communities than for picking on one of Europe’s wealthiest and most … Read More