Wed, 2023-03-01 20:57 BEIRUT: Escalating political confusion sent the Lebanese pound plummeting to a new low on the black market, trading at 90,000 pounds to the dollar on Wednesday. The latest plunge in the local currency means the exchange rate … read more
Wed, 2023-03-01 20:44 IDLIB: Damage from last month’s Turkiye-Syria earthquake is exerting new pressure on northwestern Syria’s already strained education sector. Harem, a city in Idlib, an opposition-held territory, was hit particularly badly by the quake. Mohamed Al-Khatib is a … read more
Wed, 2023-03-01 02:32 BAGHDAD: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived in Iraq for his first visit in six years Tuesday in a show of “solidarity” after a drawn-out political crisis in the country. Guterres said he wanted to demonstrate “solidarity with … read more
Wed, 2023-03-01 00:22 JERUSALEM: Israel’s controversial far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said on Tuesday police had arrested a Palestinian who planned to assassinate him. A statement from his office said the man, who was not identified, was arrested several … read more
Tue, 2023-02-28 22:40 SAN JUAN: Human Rights Watch on Tuesday called on Trinidad & Tobago to repatriate more than 90 of its citizens who have been detained as Daesh suspects and family members in war-torn Syria, noting that at least 56 … read more