Saudi Arabia executes 3 over officer's killing
Saudi Arabia on Sunday put to death three of its citizens convicted of having killed a security officer and creating a "terrorist cell," the Interior Ministry said. Since...
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Israeli military deploy tear gas near southern border
BEIRUT — The Israeli army tear-gassed half a dozen young men Sunday near Lebanon's southern border, Kafr Shuba’s municipality head Qassem Ghader told L’Orient Today ’s correspondent in the south....
11 June 2023
Frangieh vs. Azour: Political, spiritual leaders weigh ahead of Wednesday's parliamentary session
BEIRUT — Lebanese MPs and political parties remain divided days before the 12th parliamentary session dedicated to electing the country's next president — not only on the candidates for whom...
11 June 2023
Fady Dagher, a Lebanese-Canadian leading the Montreal police force
Fady Dagher, pronounced Daguère, is nearing the age of 55 and is no longer in need of introduction in Canada, where he arrived 38 years ago. He was appointed as the head of the Montreal Police...
Anne-Marie El-HAGE, 11 June 2023
Two Yemen soldiers killed in al-Qaeda attack, officials say
Suspected al-Qaeda militants Sunday killed two Yemeni soldiers during an attack in the south of the country, officials said. The dawn attack targeted a military checkpoint...
11 June 2023
Cholera epidemic officially over in Lebanon: Ministry
BEIRUT — The Lebanese Health Ministry on Sunday announced "the end of the cholera epidemic in Lebanon," after "more than 12 weeks" without a single confirmed case of the...
11 June 2023
Iran's Khamenei urges cooperation with UN nuclear watchdog
Iran's supreme leader on Sunday urged continued cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog, while warning against succumbing to "bullying" based on "unfounded claims." "Cooperation with the...
11 June 2023
Jihadists kill 3 Iraq soldiers: Military official
Three Iraqi soldiers were killed and four others wounded Sunday in a pre-dawn attack in the country's north blamed on the Islamic State group, a military official said. The assailants used...
11 June 2023
Syria's Kurds to begin trials for IS detainees
QAMISHLI, Syria — The Kurdish-led administration in northeast Syria said it would begin trying thousands of suspected foreign Islamic State (IS) fighters who have been its custody for years,...
11 June 2023
Clashes resume in Sudan as 24-hour cease-fire ends
Shelling and gunfire resumed Sunday in the Sudanese capital, witnesses said, at the end of a 24-hour cease-fire that had given civilians rare respite from nearly two months of war....
