'First' Captagon lab found in Iraq: Ministry
Iraq said Sunday it has found a site in a province bordering Saudi Arabia where Captagon is produced, a rare discovery in a country that has become a transit route for the illicit drug....
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Hamas unable to pay salaries in Gaza after Qatari aid delay, officials say
The Gaza Strip's Hamas rulers have been unable to pay salaries for 50,000 public sector workers, with officials in part blaming a delay in a monthly payroll grant from Qatar, a crucial aid donor...
16 July 2023
Israel returns boat to Gaza fisherman after court order: NGO
Israeli authorities returned a boat to a Gaza fisherman it had seized for allegedly breaching the limits of the Palestinian enclave's fishing zone, an NGO said Sunday, following an Israeli court...
16 July 2023
Demolition of 300-year-old Iraq mosque minaret for road expansion enrages locals
The demolition on Friday of a 300-year-old minaret of a mosque in Iraq's southern city of Basra to make way for road expansion has enraged locals as well as religious and cultural authorities,...
16 July 2023
Sudan violence rages as paramilitaries deny Darfur war crimes
Air strikes pummelled Khartoum on Sunday and fighting raged in Sudan's western Darfur region, witnesses said, as a three-month war between the army and rival paramilitaries showed no signs of...
16 July 2023
Rai, once again, calls for MPs to elect president, end stalemate
BEIRUT — Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai on Sunday criticized what he described as "submission to personal and sectarian interests" that are blocking the country's presidential election. Lebanon...
16 July 2023
North MPs, mayors urge 'coexistence' after Qornet al-Sawda killings
BEIRUT — This month's deadly shooting at Qornat al-Sawda is a "separate issue" from an ongoing water and land dispute between residents of Bsharri and Dinnieh, several northern MPs, along with...
16 July 2023
Five jailed for deadly Jordan port gas leak
A Jordanian court Sunday sentenced five people to three years in jail for a gas leak in the port of Aqaba last year that left 13 dead, a judicial source said. A tank of...
16 July 2023
Four groups bid in latest Israeli offshore exploration bid
Four groups of energy companies have made bids in Israel's latest tender for offshore exploration blocks, the Israeli Energy Ministry said on Sunday. The ministry said the groups...
16 July 2023
Iran relaunches police patrols against veil violations, local media report
Iranian police on Sunday relaunched patrols to catch the increasing number of women leaving their hair uncovered in public in defiance of a strict dress code, state media reported. ...
16 July 2023
British actress and singer Jane Birkin dies, French media report
British-born actress and singer Jane Birkin, a 1960s wildchild who became a beloved figure in France, has died in Paris aged 76, the French Culture Ministry said on Sunday. Le Parisien newspaper...
16 July 2023
'Risk is high': Ship arrives to pump oil from Yemen tanker
A UN-owned ship arrived off war-torn Yemen on Sunday for a risky operation to pump more than a million barrels of oil from a decaying tanker and prevent a catastrophic spill....
16 July 2023
Netanyahu discharged from hospital after doctors give all-clear
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was discharged from a hospital on Sunday after being admitted the previous day for dehydration, with doctors saying he was in good health....
16 July 2023
Iraqi PM visits Syria in first trip since Syrian war
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani held talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on Sunday in the first such visit by an Iraqi premier since the outbreak of the Syrian war...
16 July 2023
Foreign Ministry: Bou Habib left refugee repatriation committee due to upcoming travel
BEIRUT — "Relevant authorities" from Lebanon's Foreign Ministry will follow up on plans to repatriate Syrian refugees, the ministry said Sunday, after news circulated in local media that caretaker...
16 July 2023
Lebanon economic crisis means more work for craftspeople
Among meandering alleyways in the historic market of Lebanon's southern city of Saida, cobblers and menders are doing brisk business, as an economic crisis revives demand for once-fading trades....
16 July 2023
Iraq patriarch leaves Baghdad as tensions with president soar
A prominent Iraqi Christian leader announced Saturday he would leave Baghdad for the autonomous Kurdistan region, denouncing the president's role in a "disgusting" campaign against him....
16 July 2023
Syrians who fled Assad fear he will soon choke off aid
Syrians who fled President Bashar al-Assad's rule fear he may soon be able to choke off badly needed aid as Damascus acts to establish sway over UN assistance into the rebel-held northwest, the...
16 July 2023
So you’ve been bitten by a snake: What should you do?
Lebanon is experiencing record-breaking temperatures this summer, pushing many to escape the heat in the mountains. The country offers hundreds of miles of world-class hiking trails and nature...
