BEIRUT: Following a meeting chaired by President Michel Aoun on Wednesday, Lebanon’s Supreme Defense Council has decided to extend the current general mobilization period until the end of March 2022. It also announced measures to

A New Orleans-based oil firm agreed to pay a $432m clean-up trust fund and fork up an additional $43m to settle the federal lawsuit.A New Orleans-based oil company has agreed to turn over a

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Permanent ‘Year Zero’: Red Cross chief paints bleak picture of Mid-East conflict zones NEW YORK: Although to outside observers the Middle East might appear to be experiencing a period of renewed, active diplomacy, including

Countries across Europe considered new curbs on movement on Tuesday while US President Joe Biden appealed to all Americans to get vaccinated to fight the Omicron variant sweeping the world days before the second

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Deputy mayor of Cap-Haitien says death count ‘still unfortunately incomplete’ as several victims remain in hospital.The death toll from a fuel tanker explosion in northern Haiti last week has risen to 90, the deputy

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has pledged to set up a humanitarian trust fund for Afghanistan as millions face hunger and poverty. The crisis is causing alarm with billions of dollars in aid

British Brexit Minister David Frost has resigned over disillusionment with the direction of Boris Johnson’s government, dealing a severe blow to the embattled prime minister as the Omicron variant sweeps the country. The resignation

Digitized war records of Indian troops killed in WWI Iraq highlight long forgotten Kut Al-Amara siege LONDON: The beautifully handwritten note on the yellowing service record, compiled by the Punjab government in 1919 and