Armenia PM announces snap election to defuse crisis
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Thursday announced a snap parliamentary election to be held June 20 in an effort to defuse a political crisis sparked by last year’s war … Read More
Pharmacies shut, fuel rationed as Lebanon’s collapse intensifies
Pharmacies went on strike and petrol stations rationed scarce fuel on Thursday across Lebanon as public anger over an accelerating economic collapse intensified with little sign of an end to … Read More
No ceasefire in Yemen unless blockade lifted, rebels say
The Saudi-led blockade of Yemen must be lifted before a ceasefire agreement can be reached, a Huthi rebel spokesman has said amid UN calls for an immediate halt to fighting.
Armenia will shortly announce snap election: Interfax
Armenia will announce on Thursday or Friday that it is to hold a snap parliamentary election, the Interfax news agency quoted a government minister as saying, amid a political crisis … Read More
Health officials in Gaza urge wary Palestinians to have COVID-19 vaccine
Waiting for her COVID-19 vaccination in a Gaza clinic, Leena Al-Tourk, 28, a Palestinian lawyer, recalled the social pressure she faced in the conservative enclave over getting the shot.
Lebanese pound gains on report Hariri to meet Aoun
The Lebanese pound rose on the black market Thursday, trading at LL12,950 against the dollar, on reports the country’s top two leaders would meet soon
Army’s biggest threat: the collapsing Lebanese currency
Soldiers are suffering and they’re hungry, were the frank words of Gen. Joseph Aoun, spoken last week in a meeting addressing local developments.
Yemeni rebel offensive threatens camps of those who fled war
Already displaced once in Yemen’s grinding civil war, Mohammed Ali Saleh fled with his pregnant wife and their three children to central Marib province last year to seek refuge in … Read More
Jordan counts on Biden as it asserts itself against Israel
When Jordan sabotaged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s triumphant pre-election trip to the United Arab Emirates last week, analysts say, it was sending him a message: stop marginalising us.
Myanmar faces growing isolation as military tightens grip
Myanmar faced growing isolation on Thursday with increasingly limited internet services and its last private newspaper ceasing publication as the military built its case against ousted elected leader Aung San … Read More