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UK to deploy military to prevent migrant Channel crossings
LONDON: The UK has announced it will use the military to prevent migrants entering the country from France via the English Channel, but the plans have drawn criticism from French ... -
Troops from Niger and France hunt for killers of aid workers in Niger nature reserve
GENEVA: There is a “vast global gap” between funds needed to fight the coronavirus pandemic and funds committed, World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday, and the ... -
Tunisia PM designate will form a technocrat government without political parties
GAZA CITY: The Gaza Strip’s rulers Hamas fired rockets into the sea on Monday after repeated exchanges of fire with Israel in recent days, Palestinian security sources and eyewitnesses said.At ... -
Hamas fires rockets into sea in ‘message’ to Israel
TEHRAN, Iran: Iran shut down a newspaper on Monday after it published remarks by an expert who said the official figures on coronavirus cases and deaths in the country account ... -
UK pledges £20m aid for Beirut blast recovery
LONDON: The UK has pledged an additional £20 million ($26.09 million) in humanitarian aid to Lebanon in response to last week’s massive explosion in Beirut. International Development Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan ... -
Pope urges international solidarity for Lebanon
ROME: The confirmed number of coronavirus cases in the US reached 5 million Sunday, by far the highest in the world, according to the tally kept by Johns Hopkins University.However, ... -
Dubai airport hands out roses to Beirut passengers in a show of support
RIYADH: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has asked the UN to extend an international arms embargo on Iran. A letter sent by the GCC’s secretary general, Nayef Al-Hajraf, to the ... -
GCC urges UN to extend Iran arms embargo
BEIRUT: Lebanese protesters enraged by official negligence blamed for Beirut’s enormous and deadly explosion vowed Sunday to rally again after a night of street clashes in which they stormed several ... -
Lebanese diaspora in London protest in support of Beirut protesters
LONDON: The Lebanese diaspora in London gathered in Hyde Park on Saturday in a protest showing solidarity for those demonstrating in Beirut. At least 100 people — both Lebanese and ... -
Several German health offices hit by bomb threats
LONDON: A mosque in northwest England is donating 20 new beds to a young people’s homeless charity.Masjid E Ghosia had originally planned to open its doors to end-of-life patients in ... -
Lebanon prime minister Diab to call for early polls after deadly Beirut blast
LONDON: Leading Lebanese opposition figure Bahaa Hariri, son of former prime minister Rafiq, has blamed Hezbollah and Lebanon’s political elite for the devastating explosion in Beirut that killed more than ... -
Rafiq Hariri’s son blames Hezbollah, ‘corrupt’ elite for Beirut explosion
LONDON: Leading Lebanese opposition figure Bahaa Hariri, son of former prime minister Rafiq, has blamed Hezbollah and Lebanon’s political elite for the devastating explosion in Beirut that killed more than ... -
At least 16 dead as India airliner crashes on landing
PARIS: The armed man who seized six hostages in a French bank on Thursday spoke to negotiators of hardships facing Palestinians but made no reference to extremist groups.The 34-year-old suspect ... -
Le Havre hostage-taker consumed by plight of Palestinians, say police
NEW DELHI: Almost 700 tons of ammonium nitrate, the substance that caused the mega-explosion in Lebanon, has been stuck in an Indian port since 2015, officials confirmed.At least 153 people ... -
‘No way we can rebuild’: Lebanese count huge losses after Beirut blast
DUBAI: A resource crunch and the expansion of new economic sectors in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic could have a major impact on the availability of venture capital (VC) ... -
Coronavirus crisis creates opportunities for venture capital entrepreneurs
ANKARA: On Thursday, two years after the historic currency crisis of August 2018, the Turkish lira hit a new record low against the US dollar and the euro despite the months-long ... -
Greece begins migrant repatriation flights
Trump says coronavirus vaccine possible around Nov. 3, election day WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Thursday it was possible the United States would have a coronavirus vaccine before the Nov. ... -
Trump says coronavirus vaccine possible around Nov. 3, election day
Trump says coronavirus vaccine possible around Nov. 3, election day /node/1715606/world Updated 13 sec ago August 06, 2020 17:05 Trump says coronavirus vaccine possible around Nov. 3, election day Asked ... -
European body criticizes prison conditions in Turkey
ISTANBUL: Prison conditions and police brutality in Turkey have been criticized by the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT). Overcrowding in prisons prompted the Turkish government to ... -
US Iran envoy Brian Hook standing down, Elliott Abrams to take on the role
ISTANBUL: Prison conditions and police brutality in Turkey have been criticized by the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT). Overcrowding in prisons prompted the Turkish government to ...
