Iraq says it wants to keep oil stable, not above $100 per barrel
BAGHDAD — Iraq is keen to maintain stable oil prices at more than $100 per barrel, the country's prime minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani told reporters on Saturday. Iraq, a member of...
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Iran indicts 11 over Basij agent's death, basketball team skips anthem
DUBAI — Iran's hardline judiciary has indicted 11 people over the killing of a Basij security force member during unrest, state media reported on Saturday, as authorities sought to quell nine...
12 November 2022
US working for release of Egyptian hunger striker, security adviser says
SHARM EL-SHEIKH — The United States is doing "everything it can" to secure the release of Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah from jail in Egypt and President Joe Biden raised the case...
12 November 2022
Two injured in armed clash between Palestinian factions in Ain al-Hilweh camp
BEIRUT —Two people were injured, with one in critical condition, after an armed clash broke out Saturday in Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in Saida, in southern Lebanon, between two...
12 November 2022
Two more French citizens likely held in Iran, foreign minister says
PARIS — Two more French citizens are likely being held in Iran, bringing the total number of detained French nationals to seven, France's foreign minister said in remarks published...
12 November 2022
Turkey's Black Sea gas field still to go online next year, Erdogan says
ISTANBUL — Turkey's Black Sea gas field is on track to go online next year, as promised, and work has sped up to connect the field to the national infrastructure, President Tayyip...
12 November 2022
Mikati briefs Berri on Arab Summit, COP27
BEIRUT — Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati met with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri in Ain El-Tineh on Saturday to brief him on his participation in the Arab Summit held in Algeria and the...
12 November 2022
Turkey seeks Ukraine peace talks despite Western actions
ISTANBUL — Turkey is committed to seeking a peace dialogue between Russia and Ukraine, Turkish media cited President Tayyip Erdogan as saying on Saturday, as he accused the United...
12 November 2022
19 dead after bus falls into canal in Egypt
CAIRO — Nineteen people were killed and six others were injured when a bus fell into a canal in northern Egypt on Saturday, the Health Ministry said. The bus was carrying some 35...
12 November 2022
Cholera vaccination campaign launched in the north, Bekaa
BEIRUT — A vaccination campaign against cholera began Saturday morning in the Bekaa and Akkar governates, where the illness has been most severe over the last several weeks. The campaign, launched...
12 November 2022
White House: Biden has no plans to meet with Saudi crown prince at G20
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE — US President Joe Biden does not plan a sit-down meeting with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman when the Group of 20 industrialized nations meets in...
12 November 2022
Erdogan: A Republican Senate control would help Turkey buy F-16s
ISTANBUL — Turkey's effort to complete its purchase of F-16 jets would be "much easier" if Republicans controlled the US Senate, President Tayyip Erdogan was quoted by Turkish media as saying on...
12 November 2022
Resticted rights weaken Egypt's climate talks, campaigners say
SHARM EL-SHEIKH — In a fenced-off area guarded by police on the fringe of the global climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, around 30 Egyptian youths stood in a neat line holding up...
12 November 2022
Gas tank explodes in Tripoli, injuring several
BEIRUT — A domestic gas tank exploded at a station in the al-Qubba neighborhood of Tripoli, North Lebanon, on Saturday, causing a number of injuries, according to L’Orient Today’s...
12 November 2022
Archer says she did not notice fallen headscarf
DUBAI — An Iranian archer has said she did not notice her hijab falling from her head during an awards ceremony in Tehran, after a video appeared to show her allowing the headscarf to...
12 November 2022
Bahrain holds parliamentary polls; rights groups slam 'repressive' climate
MANAMA — Bahrain held parliamentary elections on Saturday in an environment that rights groups describe as "political repression" after the US-allied Gulf Arab state dissolved main...
12 November 2022
Albert Mansour, master of the oud
He works with his senses and his heart, observes, listens, touches and builds ouds as others would build cathedrals. Albert Mansour cherishes his instruments as much as the children he never had,...
