Migrants seek Europe, driven by post-war misery
She had already walked for 60 hours through the wet, dark forests of Poland, trying to make her way to Germany, when the 29-year-old Syrian Kurd twisted her knee. It…
Biden says US ‘prepared’ for omicron as Israel calls for 4th shots
President Joe Biden on Tuesday told Americans worried about the rapidly spreading omicron coronavirus variant that the country was “prepared” to fight it, as Israel — which pioneered the use…
Lebanon needs $12-15 bn to kickstart recovery: central bank chief
Lebanon needs to receive $12-15 billion from its partners to kickstart its economic recovery and shore up fast-diminishing foreign currency reserves, Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh said Tuesday. Lebanon is…
Libyan candidates talk and militias mobilize
Libya’s political crisis deepened on Tuesday as some presidential candidates met in Benghazi to discuss how to tackle a collapsing electoral process that was meant to help end a decade…
Iran, unlike West, upbeat about nuclear talks, say experts
TEHRAN: Iran believes it has scored points in the Vienna talks meant to revive its tattered 2015 nuclear deal by managing to include sanctions relief in discussion documents for the…
Sudan’s PM Hamdok intends to resign within hours, say sources
KHARTOUM: Sudan Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has told a group of national political and intellectual figures that he intends to resign in the coming hours, two sources close to Hamdok…
Palestinian tries to ram Israel soldiers in West Bank, shot dead
A Palestinian who tried to ram Israeli soldiers with his car in the Israeli-occupied West Bank late Tuesday was shot dead by the soldiers, the army and Palestinian sources said.…
Philanthropist covers bills for thousands of poor families in Turkey
ANKARA: Long queues in major cities for cheap bread are not the only sign of the financial pains that Turkish households are experiencing after prices skyrocketed in recent months. Ilhami…
Tear gas fired at opposition supporters in Sudan’s capital
KHARTOUM: Tear gas was fired at thousands of supporters of Sudan’s opposition Forces for Freedom and Change movement who had gathered in the capital Khartoum on Friday, witnesses said. The…
Lebanon imposes curfew for unvaccinated to prevent new holiday outbreak
Lebanese security services have imposed a three-week curfew for unvaccinated residents, with fines for those who break it, from 5 p.m. to 6 a.m. until Jan. 9, 2022, amid rising…