Wed, 2020-09-09 23:07 BEIRUT: So you’re the president of a country with a ruling elite widely held to be inept and corrupt, the economy is collapsing, and swaths of your capital city have been reduced to rubble by a devastating … read more
Author: Wed, 2020-09-09 01:28 BEIRUT: Cypriot authorities on Tuesday repatriated 90 Lebanese, including women and children, to Tripoli after they tried to enter the country illegally. “Those repatriated were tested for COVID-19 and quarantined in preparation for their return home,” … read more
Author: Wed, 2020-09-09 00:33 ANKARA: Turkey has been urged to release human rights defender Osman Kavala following a European court ruling that said his detention was unlawful. The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and the Turkey … read more
Author: Wed, 2020-09-09 00:25 CAIRO: The run-off round for the 2020 Senate elections in Egypt began on Tuesday to determine 26 individual system seats in the country. Fifty-two candidates for the runoff round come from 14 governorates: Giza, Qalyubia, Port Said, … read more
Author: Tue, 2020-09-08 23:24 AMMAN: Jordan resumed regular international flights on Tuesday after being suspended for nearly six months because of the novel coronavirus epidemic, officials said. They said Queen Alia international airport would initially handle six flights a day … read more