Lebanon's parliament Thursday passed a law to lift banking secrecy for public officials, including over corruption or funding "terrorism", a lawmaker said, after months of protests in the crisis-hit ... ( read original story ...)
Lebanon County revolts against Gov. Wolf as no other county in Pennsylvania has done
The state representative for much of this county wrote a resolution to end Gov. Tom Wolf's shutdown. That comes to a vote today in the state House. And while other counties threatened to revolt ... ( read original story ...)
Cannabis was used for religious rites at a biblical site in Israel, study finds
Materials on altars from a religious shrine in Beer-sheba Valley, in Israel's biblical site Tel Arad, contained cannabis and frankincense, a study found. It's the first time physical evidence of ... ( read original story ...)
Tajikistan Accuses Kyrgyzstan Of ‘Destabilizing’ Border Situation After Another Shooting
Tajikistan's Border Guarding Directorate has accused Kyrgyzstan of "attempting to destabilize" the situation at a disputed segment of the border between the two Central Asian nations after fresh ... ( read original story ...)
Azerbaijan takes back control
After Nikol Pashinyan gained power in Armenia in May 2018, there were quite a few voices in favor of real progress in the negotiation process, a breakthrough towards a peaceful settlement of the ... ( read original story ...)
Justice Department says $2.5B funneled into North Korea’s nuclear program
The U.S. Justice Department has accused 28 North Korean and Chinese nationals of violating U.S. sanctions to prevent Pyongyang from developing nuclear weapons, an indictment unsealed Thursday ... ( read original story ...)
COVID-19 Spreading ‘Fast and Wide’ Across Yemen
Overwhelmed by war and a dire humanitarian crisis for the past five years, Yemen, already on the brink, now faces COVID-19, which the United Nations says is spreading “fast and wide” across the ... ( read original story ...)
U.N. Seeks $2.4 Billion for Yemen, Warns Aid Operation Nearly Broke
U.N. agencies trying to help the millions at risk from the conflict in Yemen are nearly broke, U.N. aid chief Mark Lowcock said on Thursday, announcing a drive to raise some $2.4 billion next week to ... ( read original story ...)
Trump Officials Consider Defying Congress to Sell More Weapons to Saudi Arabia
The administration has informed lawmakers that it intends to allow the sale of munitions worth $478 million to the kingdom, setting up a potential clash with Congress. ( read original story ...)
Pompeo is trying to do another arms deal with Saudi Arabia. Congress must stop him.
Senator Bob Menendez writes that Americans have the right to know that while the Trump administration cannot seem to be bothered to build a political coalition to combat the biggest pandemic in a ... ( read original story ...)