Lebanon currency in free-fall amid political impasse
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's currency continued its downward spiral Wednesday, reaching a new low before the dollar and raising such alarm that it prompted...
Israel warned at UN against annexation but US gives green light
United Nations (AFP) - The United Nations and European and Arab powers on Wednesday warned Israel that its plans to annex Palestinian land would...
Iran, Venezuela will not change position on countering U.S. sanctions
(Reuters) - Iran and Venezuela will not back down from countering American sanctions, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi wrote in a tweet.
U.S. Secretary...
Egypt news outlet says police raid office, arrest editor
CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian news outlet said security forces arrested its editor Wednesday following a raid on its offices in Cairo, in the...
Journalists accused of revealing secrets on trial in Turkey
ISTANBUL (AP) — Seven journalists went on trial on Wednesday, accused of revealing state secrets for their reports on the funeral of an intelligence...
Turkey says Bolton’s book ‘misleading’ on Erdogan-Trump conversations
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey said on Wednesday that a book by former U.S. national security adviser John Bolton had "misleading" and "manipulative presentations" of...
Arab League: “Israeli annexation could ignite a religious war”
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The head of the Arab League warned a high-level U.N. meeting Wednesday that Israel’s annexation of parts of the West...
WHO warns of a Virus second-wave
A top world health official Monday warned that countries are essentially driving blind in reopening their economies without setting up strong contact tracing to...
COVID-19 vaccine might soon come to light
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a U.N. Economic and Social Council video briefing the original thinking two months ago was that it may...
Full lockdown across Egypt
The head of Egypt’s Doctors’ Union has called for a full lockdown across the country to help fight the new Coronavirus pandemic. It comes...
