Sat, 2020-05-23 00:11 ANKARA: Turkey’s controversial, decades-long Ilisu Dam project reached a milestone on Tuesday when its first turbine began generating power. When fully operational the dam, on the river Tigris in the southeastern Mardin province, is expected to generate … read more
Author: Fri, 2020-05-22 20:28 LONDON: The murder of Lebanese student Aya Hachem in a drive-by shooting in the UK on Sunday has shocked her compatriots worldwide. “Honestly, it hit really close to home,” Gabreille Antar, a student at London’s School … read more
Fri, 2020-05-22 16:45 CAIRO: A Lebanese artist is about to set a new world record with a massive mosaic image of the Ramadan crescent moon she made with a million bottle caps. Caroline Chaptini, who is a Christian, said she … read more
Author: Reuters ID: 1590053863299560400 Thu, 2020-05-21 09:17 DUBAI: Iran’s top health official appealed to Iranians to avoid traveling during the Eid Al-Fitr religious holiday later this month to avoid the risk of a new surge of coronavirus infections, state TV … read more
Author: Reuters ID: 1590045301699210600 Thu, 2020-05-21 06:37 BEIRUT: Lebanon is at risk of a major food crisis and many Lebanese may soon find it hard to afford bread because of an acute financial crunch and the fall-out of COVID-19, the … read more