Cash-strapped Lebanon names team for IMF talks
Lebanon said Thursday it has formed a new government delegation to resume talks with the International Monetary Fund aimed at rescuing the country from an economic meltdown. The government of…
Merkel ‘has congratulated Scholz on his election win’
BERLIN: Germany’s outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel has congratulated Finance Minister Olaf Scholz from the rival Social Democrats on his election victory, a government statement said Wednesday, as Merkel’s conservatives remain…
Joint Chiefs chairman calls Afghan war a ‘strategic failure’
WASHINGTON: The top US military officer called the 20-year war in Afghanistan a “strategic failure”. He acknowledged to Congress that he had favored keeping several thousand troops in the country…
Biden’s defense secretary says concerned about Afghan pilots in Tajikistan
WASHINGTON: US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin expressed concern on Wednesday about US-Afghan pilots and other personnel being held in Tajikistan after fleeing there last month, during a hearing where a…
London’s Muslim mayor details stress of threats, police protection
LONDON: London Mayor Sadiq Khan has described his “horrible” life of constant security after enduring years of threats over his race and Muslim faith. “The mayor of the greatest city…
Historic court ruling on FGM case in Egypt
CAIRO: A criminal court in Egypt has given a historic ruling in the case of a nurse and a father whose teenage daughter underwent female genital mutilation. The father was…
Families of Beirut blast victims protest against suspension of the probe
BEIRUT: Relatives of people killed in last year’s Beirut port explosion protested on Wednesday against the suspension of a probe into the tragedy. The blast killed more than 200 people,…
Scores killed as fighting intensifies near Marib city
AL-MUKALLA: More than 150 Houthi and Yemeni government troops have been killed in fierce clashes outside the central city of Marib. Rashad Al-Mekhlafi, a military official at Yemen’s Armed Forces…
Vehicle collision in Israel leaves five dead, dozens hurt
JERUSALEM: A bus collided with two vehicles on a highway in northern Israel on Wednesday, leaving five people dead and dozens more injured, according to paramedics. The bus crashed into…
UN special envoy slams Israeli destruction, seizures in occupied territories
Israel has continued to destroy structures in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Tor Wennesland, UN special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, told the Security Council on Wednesday. The council…