At long last, an expert mission from the World Health Organization traveled to Turkmenistan this week. A visit had been flagged up as early as April, but unspecified problems got in the way. ( read original story ...)
Lebanon’s elites scramble to avoid the reckoning for its debt crisis
One broadcaster prefaced newscasts with harrowing clips of food queues from Venezuela to Iran, asking viewers if this is the Lebanon they want. On its current course, that is where the country is ... ( read original story ...)
Lebanon’s rising power cuts add to gloom of economic crisis
said Salim Abi Saleh, a gynecologist and the head of the physicians union in the northern city of Tripoli. Lebanon has been shaken by a severe economic and financial crisis, made worse in recent ... ( read original story ...)
Lebanon’s economic crisis is spinning out of control
Lebanon's economic crisis is fast slipping out of control, driven by a currency collapse that's decimating businesses and plunging families into destitution. While politicians and bankers trade blame ... ( read original story ...)
Lebanon music festival holds empty concert in ancient ruins
News Agency Lebanon music festival holds empty concert in ancient ruins. Posted . The usually grand Baalbek Music Festival, set among 3,000-year-old Roman ruins in Lebanon, was re ... ( read original story ...)
In long-awaited step, Lebanon appoints board at state-owned power firm
The Lebanese government appointed a new board of directors at the state-owned electricity company on Tuesday, a ministerial source said, a long-delayed step that is one of a number of measures awaited ... ( read original story ...)
Date Set for Kyrgyzstan’s Parliamentary Election: October 4
The October 2020 parliamentary elections will take place within the context of a tumultuous political moment in Kyrgyzstan and a pandemic. In order for parties to contest the election ... ( read original story ...)
Israel pushes back creation of sovereign wealth fund as gas revenue trickles in
Israel has pushed back the creation of a sovereign wealth fund because tax revenue from natural gas has not yet hit the minimum needed to begin investing, and fund managers have not yet been chosen, ... ( read original story ...)
In the COVID-19 sea, Israel is a ship without a rudder
Netanyahu’s was absent from Tuesday's press briefing just as the public was looking to him to lead them out of the chaos created by the second COVID-19 spike and added to mounting confusion. ( read original story ...)
Iran, Proxies Threaten Israel Over ‘Evil’ West Bank Annexation Plan
The Israeli government is poised to annex up to 30 percent of Palestinian West Bank territory as part of President Donald Trump's controversial "peace plan." ... ( read original story ...)