Mikati to visit Paris for Macron talks this week
Lebanon’s Prime Minister Najib Mikati will visit Paris this week for talks with French President Emmanuel Macron on his first foreign trip since he formed his Cabinet earlier this month.
Biden renews offer to ‘return to full’ nuclear deal ‘if Iran does the same’
US President Joe Biden told the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday that the United States would return to the Iranian nuclear deal in “full” if Tehran does the same.
Iran says nuclear talks with world powers to resume in a few weeks
Iran said on Tuesday that talks with world powers over reviving its 2015 nuclear deal would resume in a few weeks, the official Iranian news agency IRNA reported.
UN chief urges US-China dialogue, warns of divisions
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday urged the United States and China to engage in dialogue, warning of an increasingly divided world.
Germany warns of lost U.S. trust as France wins EU support
Germany joined France on Tuesday in berating the United States for negotiating a security pact in secret with Australia and Britain
Lebanon records 652 COVID-19 cases, six deaths in last 24 hours
Lebanon registered 652 coronavirus cases and six deaths in the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry reported Tuesday.
Iron curtain falls on Hong Kong cinema as censors demand cuts
In June, authorities announced all films would now be scrutinised for ‘national security’ breaches. Mok Kwan-ling’s latest film – 27-minute drama inspired by the many young couples she encountered during … Read More
Blast judge summons three MPs for questioning
Judge Tarek Bitar has ordered the three MPs to submit themselves to questioning over the Beirut Port explosion
Foreign creditors urge Lebanon to begin debt restructuring talks
A group of Lebanon’s bondholders, including some of the world’s biggest investment funds, urged the new government on Tuesday to begin debt restructuring talks as soon as possible to help … Read More
Libya parliament withdraws confidence from unity government
Libya’s eastern-based parliament on Tuesday passed a no-confidence vote in the country’s unity government, in a new blow to UN-backed peace efforts.