BEIRUT: Interpol has issued an international warrant for a Lebanese man suspected of trafficking stolen antiquities, weeks after he was questioned in Lebanon, judicial officials said Friday. The Red Notice was unsealed 10 months after a criminal court in New … read more
NEW YORK: The UN on Friday warned that the situation in Darfur province is “rapidly spiraling into a humanitarian calamity,” with intercommunal violence that has left hundreds dead in the town of El Geneina town alone threatening to revive ethnic … read more
BEIRUT: At least 125 Syrians were on board a migrant ship that sank off Greece this week, relatives and activists said Friday, as rescuers scoured the waters for hundreds feared missing. A blind 15-year-old boy and his 28-year-old sister from … read more
BEIRUT: A Lebanese tourism chief has called on the country’s political and security leaders to work together in helping create the conditions for a bumper summer season. Pierre Al-Ashkar, head of the Federation of Tourist Syndicates in Lebanon urged authorities … read more
The Jordanian army said on Friday that units on the country’s eastern border shot down a drone carrying weapon parts from Syria. Border guards, in coordination with other security agencies, spotted the drone and downed it on Jordan’s side of … read more