BEIRUT: The six Sunni deputies allied with Hezbollah have opposed the candidate Jawad Adra, whom they had agreed earlier as their representative in the next Lebanese government, which has hampered the formation of the
moreBEIRUT: The six Sunni deputies allied with Hezbollah have opposed the candidate Jawad Adra, whom they had agreed earlier as their representative in the next Lebanese government, which has hampered the formation of the
moreJEDDAH: The US envoy to the global coalition fighting Daesh has resigned in protest at President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw US forces from Syria. Brett McGurk was appointed by Barack Obama in 2015 and
moreThe US Senate adjourned on Saturday with no deal to end a partial government shutdown, which is now expected to last until at least Thursday. US President Donald Trump, who is demanding Congress allocated
moreThousands of people took to the streets of the Serbian capital Belgrade for the third consecutive week to protest against the government of President Aleksandar Vucic. More than 5,000 people marched towards the Serbian
moreSaudi Prince Talal bin Abdulaziz, a vocal supporter of reform in the kingdom, has died aged 87, the royal court said on Saturday. Prince Talal, the senior member of the al-Saud family and father of
moreSudan lost most of its oil revenues when the South seceded in 2011, and it has since struggled to recover. Inflation has skyrocketed, prices have more than doubled and the value of the Sudanese
moreBritain's opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn would push ahead with Brexit and seek to renegotiate the terms if he won a snap election next year, he said in an interview on Saturday, a blow to
moreADEN: The head of a United Nations advance team tasked with monitoring a ceasefire between the Iranian-aligned Houthi militia and Saudi-backed government forces in Yemen's Hodeidah has arrived in Yemen, UN and local officials
moreISTANBUL: Nearly 300,000 Syrians have returned to their country after Turkey’s two cross-border operations in northern Syria, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu was quoted as saying on Saturday.Turkey has carried out two operations, dubbed “Euphrates
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