President Michel Aoun on Thursday specified Lebanon's starting point for demarcating its sea border with Israel under U.S.-mediated talks, in the first public confirmation of a stance sources say ... ( read original story ...)
Former Wallabies coach Cheika makes code switch to lead Lebanon
Former Wallabies coach Michael Cheika has switched codes to take charge of Lebanon's rugby league side with an eye on next year's Rugby League World Cup in England. Cheika coached the Wallabies for ... ( read original story ...)
What’s in Kyrgyzstan’s Proposed ‘Khanstitution’?
Kyrgyz are set to vote on a controversial new constitution and for a new president on the same day, January 10. ( read original story ...)
4 European states, Laos confirm first cases of avian flu in poultry
Denmark, France, Germany, and Sweden — have officially registered the season’s first outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in poultry. The disease has returned to Laos, where a human ... ( read original story ...)
Pompeo sets off debate on boycott of Israel, calling it an anti-Semitic ‘cancer’
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced two policy shifts in what is widely considered the Trump administration’s departing gift to the Israeli government. ( read original story ...)
Golan Heights ‘a central part of Israel’, Pompeo says
Mike Pompeo has become the first US secretary of state to visit the occupied Golan Heights. Israel seized the strategic plateau from Syria in the 1967 Middle East war and later annexed it. In 2019, ... ( read original story ...)
Azerbaijan’s Fizuli A Ghost Town After Karabakh Battles
Under a light drizzle, Azerbaijani forces reclaim Fizuli three decades after they lost control of the town, finding homes left in ruins and overgrown with foliage. An Azerbaijani flag was freshly ... ( read original story ...)
Jordan, once a model of virus control, is now a hot spot.
Jordan, which was commended worldwide for its early efforts to counter the pandemic, has now become one of the hardest-hit countries in the region, along with Lebanon and Iran. The country has ... ( read original story ...)
Why Michael B. Jordan was chosen as People’s Sexiest Man Alive
Chief Dan Wakeford has been working remotely -- and that means putting together the magazine's Sexiest Man Alive issue with his team virtually, while a politically divided nation battles the ... ( read original story ...)
Syria Condemns U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo’s Visit to ‘Occupied Golan’: State Media
Syria condemned U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's visit to the occupied Golan Heights on Thursday in the "strongest language", state media said. Pompeo became the first U.S. secretary of state to ... ( read original story ...)