The French health ministry reported 4,711 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, a new post-lockdown record and a level last seen during the height of the epidemic in France. Germany confirmed 1,707

BEIRUT: Lebanon has been left shocked and disappointed by the UN-backed tribunal’s findings on the 2005 assassination of former prime minister Rafik Hariri.While supporters of the Future Movement largely accepted the Special Tribunal for

A Thai rapper, whose music went viral for its anti-military government lyrics, was arrested on Thursday, according to a group of human rights lawyers, just hours after police re-arrested prominent activist Arnon Nampa for

DUBAI: The verdict comes at a difficult moment even by Lebanon’s standards, barely two weeks after a blast left nearly half of the capital Beirut destroyed or damaged. Public outrage forced the government to

A second team of Japanese experts left for Mauritius on Wednesday with special oil-absorbent materials to help clean-up tonnes of oil that leaked from a Japanese-owned ship after it ran aground earlier this month.

CONCORD, N.H.: Amer Fakhoury, an American who was jailed for months in Lebanon and later released over decades-old murder and torture charges that he denied died Monday, his family said. He was 57.Fakhoury, a

  Hopes are growing in Australia that a second wave outbreak in Victoria may finally be easing after the state reported the lowest number of daily cases in a month. New Zealand has ruled

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe entered a hospital on Monday for a medical check-up, a government source said, after a top official voiced concern the premier was suffering from fatigue because of his workload

DUBAI: Jordan’s northern Ramtha district will be isolated starting Monday due to an increase in the number of coronavirus infections, state news agency Petra reported citing the Coronavirus Crisis Cell Operations Director Brig. Gen.

JERUSALEM: World leaders on Friday voiced hope that a historic deal between the UAE and Israel could kick-start moribund Middle East peace talks, even as the Palestinians and some of their allies denounced the