Lebanese pound retreats as Mikati, Macron meet
The pound was trading at 16,150 to the dollar on Saturday
Iraqi Kurdistan conference pushes Baghdad-Israel normalisation
More than 300 Iraqis, including tribal leaders, attended a conference in autonomous Kurdistan organised by a US think-tank demanding a normalisation of relations between Baghdad and Israel, organisers said Saturday.
Abbas tells U.N. Israeli actions could lead to ‘one state’
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas accused Israel on Friday of destroying the two-state solution with actions he said could lead Palestinians to demand equal rights within one binational state comprising Israel, … Read More
Palestinian killed by Israel troops in West Bank: ministry
A Palestinian was shot dead by Israeli troops Friday when clashes broke out on the sidelines of a demonstration in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said.
Macron urges Mikati to undertake ‘urgent’ reforms
French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday urged the new Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati to undertake “urgent” reforms to help his crisis-wracked country, as the two men met for the … Read More
Over 140 killed in clashes for Yemen’s Marib: military sources
More than 140 rebels and pro-government troops have been killed this week as fighting intensifies for Yemen’s strategic northern city of Marib, military and medical sources told AFP Friday.
UN issues new Syria war death toll, says 350,000 is an ‘undercount’
At least 350,209 people have been killed in the decade-old war in Syria, the United Nations human rights office said on Friday in its first report since 2014 on the … Read More
Argentine artist reflects Parana River drought in giant murals
The two 40-meter-high paintings on the sides of buildings in the city center were spurred by the artist’s desire to stir debate over the river’s decline. Hit by a lack … Read More
Oldest bone tools for clothes-making found in Morocco
These bone tools had been ‘intentionally shaped for specific tasks that included leather and fur working’, the team wrote in a study published in the journal iScience. The discovery could … Read More
Aoun tells UN big challenges await government, help needed
President Michel Aoun told the United Nations General Assembly on Friday big challenges awaited his country’s new government and asked the international community for funding to revive its crisis-stricken economy.