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Libya’s new government includes five women, with two in key portfolios — a first for the country nonetheless criticized by activists as insufficient and as not living up to a … Read More
The Lebanese pound rose on the black market again Friday, trading at LL11,400 against the dollar, on hopes a new government would be formed as early as Monday.
Hundreds of Moroccans protested Thursday after Algeria expelled farmers from a disputed border area where they had long been allowed to farm dates, an AFP journalist said.
Virtual platforms like Netflix and Zoom have emerged as lifelines for a pandemic-hit world forced indoors, but in sanctioned Syria where both websites are blocked, Mohammad Habash feels increasingly disconnected.
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have made major advances on Marib city, the government’s final holdout in the country’s north, after hours of clashes, government military sources said on Friday.
Paul Pogba returned from injury to score the winner as Manchester United beat AC Milan 1-0 Thursday to advance to the Europa League quarter-finals 2-1 on aggregate.
Arsenal reached the Europa League quarterfinals despite suffering a 1-0 loss to Olympiakos in the second leg Thursday, while Mislav Orsic scored a brilliant hat-trick as Dinamo Zagreb knocked out … Read More
Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Thursday he would support a new Cabinet if announced on Monday after a scheduled meeting between President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister-designate Saad … Read More
Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri Thursday struck a somewhat optimistic note, saying there was an opportunity now to form a new government to halt the economic collapse, a day after a … Read More
Lebanon registered 73 new coronavirus deaths and 3,757 more cases in the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry said Thursday.