Dutch masters into World Cup quarter-finals as USA downed
The clinical Netherlands ended the United States' World Cup dream on Saturday, sweeping into the quarter-finals with a ruthless 3-1 victory. First-half goals from Memphis...
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Tunisia union chief slams elections as pointless
Tunisia's powerful UGTT trade union chief took aim Saturday at legislative elections due later this month, claiming they serve no purpose in light of constitutional reforms that neutered political...
3 December 2022
Thousands of Islamists protest UN mission in Sudan
Thousands of Islamists in Sudan rallied Saturday against efforts by the United Nations to solve the political crisis sparked by last year's coup, AFP journalists said. The...
3 December 2022
UN refugee agency chief: Help Lebanon's most vulnerable
The United Nations' refugee agency chief on Saturday called for sustained support for Syrian refugees in Lebanon and vulnerable Lebanese citizens, three years after the country's economy began...
3 December 2022
US Navy intercepts fishing boat smuggling ammunition in Gulf of Oman
CAIRO — The US Navy's Fifth Fleet said announced Saturday that it had intercepted a fishing trawler smuggling "more than 50 tons of ammunition rounds, fuses and propellants for rockets" in the Gulf...
3 December 2022
Protest-hit Iran reviewing mandatory headscarf law
Iran said Saturday it is reviewing a decades-old law that requires women to cover their heads, as it struggles to quell more than two months of protests linked to the dress code. Protests have...
3 December 2022
Water Authority employee arrested in Kesrouan for stealing fuel oil
BEIRUT — State Security announced Saturday that it arrested an employee, S.S., who works for the Beirut and Mount Lebanon Water Establishment, on suspicion of theft and illegal resale of fuel oil...
3 December 2022
Turkey jails outlawed PKK member extradited from Sweden
A Turkish court on Saturday jailed a convicted member of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) a day after Sweden extradited him, state media reported. After Russia invaded Ukraine, Finland...
3 December 2022
Hezbollah sets out to conquer the Sunni scene
Hezbollah appears to be quietly trying to pull strings within the Sunni community. Hezbollah is in fact trying to make up for the opportunity it missed in the May legislative elections, during...
Mounir RABIH, 3 December 2022
Iranian security body says 200 people lost lives in recent riots
Two hundred people lost their lives in Iran during nationwide riots that started in mid-September, an Iranian state security body said on Saturday, a figure significantly lower than that given by...
3 December 2022
UK's Sunak discusses defense alliance, Ukraine with heads of Qatar, Turkey
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak had calls with the emir of Qatar and the president of Turkey on Friday afternoon to discuss defense collaboration and the Ukraine crisis, Downing Street announced...
3 December 2022
Two kilograms of cocaine seized at Beirut airport
BEIRUT — The customs bureau of the Beirut International Airport announced Friday evening that it had intercepted an attempt to smuggle more than two kilos of cocaine into the country, the state-run...
3 December 2022
Charbel Nahed and Bechara Lahoud, the pinball wizards
This is not Las Vegas. Far from it. In this corner of Khalil Badaoui street, the heart of old Beirut beats slowly and passionately—always with resolute nostalgia. The neighbors' laundry...
Carla HENOUD, 3 December 2022
Cameroon stun Brazil but go out of World Cup
Vincent Aboubakar headed in a stoppage-time winner and was then sent off as Cameroon claimed a memorable 1-0 victory over favourites Brazil at the World Cup on Friday, but still failed to go...
3 December 2022
Switzerland edge Serbia in feisty clash to make World Cup last 16
Switzerland booked a last-16 showdown with Portugal at the World Cup on Friday after a 3-2 win over Serbia in a bad-tempered match secured them second place in Group G....
