The Lebanese government on Thursday approved a long-awaited plan to rescue the debt-saddled economy from its worst crisis in decades, following a fresh wave of angry streets protests. Demonstrators in ... ( read original story ...)
How a family tree brought one lone soldier to Israel and the IDF
A family tree that dates back 500 years. A meeting with a long-lost relative on a stopover between flights in Frankfurt, Germany. A legendary hero who gave up his place on the last ship to Palestine ... ( read original story ...)
Chalk marks, discipline aid mass protest in virus-era Israel
Social distancing doesn’t come naturally in Israel. But the country, known for its informal, in-your-face mentality, seems to be setting a new standard for public protests in ... ( read original story ...)
UAE Calls on All Libyan Parties Commit to Political Process, Renews Support to Haftar
The UAE "commends the Libyan National Army for conducting anti-terror operations", a statement by the Emirati Foreign Ministry said, expressing "its categorical rejection of the T ... ( read original story ...)
UAE risks inclusion on money laundering watch list, watchdog warns
UAE must take increased measures to stamp out money laundering or face inclusion on an international watch list, the world’s main dirty money monitoring group has warned. The Financial Action Task ... ( read original story ...)
President Nixon’s invasion of Cambodia 50 years ago spurred Congress to act
While many have wrung their hands over Congress’s inability to check the Trump administration or provide adequate oversight of its handling of the covid-19 pandemic, there is one area where Congress ... ( read original story ...)
Syria: Al-Assad accused of disrupting medical supplies
The UN has condemned Tuesday's attack in northern Syria, and reiterated his call for a nationwide ceasefire to combat the coronavirus. ( read original story ...)
The world is celebrating the valor of health workers. But in Syria, they’re still being killed
While Covid-19 prompts daily cheers for medical workers, in northwest Syria, airstrikes continue to target hospitals--and the international community needs to take notice, according to two experts wit ... ( read original story ...)
Sailors become biggest cluster of infections in Sri Lanka
Sailors at a Sri Lankan naval base have become the biggest cluster of coronavirus infections in the Indian Ocean island nation with 248 testing positive for the disease ... ( read original story ...)
Outsiders consider possibility of chaos in North Korea
TOKYO -- North Korea’s collapse has been predicted — wrongly— for decades. Some said it would happen after fighting ended in the Korean War in 1953. Others thought it would be during a 1990s famine or ... ( read original story ...)