BEIRUT: The vice governors of crisis-hit Lebanon’s central bank urged authorities on Thursday to name a successor to embattled bank chief Riad Salameh, whose mandate expires at the end of July. Despite reeling from nearly four years of economic meltdown, Lebanon … read more
NABLUS, Palestinian Territories: A Palestinian gunman shot dead an Israeli soldier near a settlement in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, the army said, in an attack claimed by a Palestinian militant group. Shilo Yosef Amir, 22, was the second … read more
RAMALLAH: Palestinians on Thursday began counting the cost of the damage inflicted by the Israeli offensive on the Jenin refugee camp and its infrastructure. The most intense Israeli military operation in the occupied West Bank in nearly two decades left … read more
NEW YORK CITY: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday condemned Israeli authorities for their excessive use of force during a two-day raid on the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank this week. At least 12 Palestinians were killed … read more
CAIRO: The Arab Organization for Agricultural Development has requested Egypt’s support to strengthen fish farming in Lebanon. The matter came up during Thursday’s talks between Egyptian Agriculture and Land Reclamation Minister El-Sayed El-Quseir and an AOAD delegation led by Director … read more