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As Saudi-Iran tensions grow, Lebanon pays the price

Caught in the middle of tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran, Lebanon is paying the price for the growing rivalry between the Middle East's...

ISIS oil trade 'worth more than $500m'

The so-called Islamic State (IS) has made more than $500m (£330m) trading oil, a US treasury official has said. Its "primary customer" has been the...

Trump suspends immigration to US because of virus

Almost all visa processing by the State Department has been suspended for weeks. Travel to the U.S. has been restricted from much of the globe,...

Brussels mosque powder scare turns out to be false alarm

Firecrews and decontamination teams attended a major mosque in Brussels close to the European Union headquarters on Thursday to investigate a suspect powder that...

Security Council to vote on Libya peace deal

The U.N. security council on Wednesday is expected to vote on a resolution supporting a new U.N.-brokered deal to form a unity government in...

British Prime Minister seeking vote to carry out Syria airstrikes

British Prime Minister David Cameron has not dropped plans to seek parliamentary support to bomb Islamist militants in Syria, a source in his office...

French national team to play England in act of defiance

The Wembley Arch will be illuminated in the red, white and blue of the French flag. The French motto, "Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite" will be...

Yemen delegations pledge to leave for peace talks in Kuwait

Members of warring Yemeni factions who had stayed in the capital Sanaa two days past the start date of United Nations-backed peace talks announced...

Former Lebanese spy chief testifies at Hariri murder trial

A Lebanese spy chief once jailed in connection to the assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri gave testimony Tuesday to the international tribunal...

Putin: Western sanctions 'severely' harming Russia

President Vladimir Putin acknowledged Monday in an interview with German daily Bild that Western economic sanctions over the Ukraine crisis are affecting Russia. "Concerning our...

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