US on pace to complete Afghan pullout by Aug 31, Biden told G7
President Joe Biden told G7 leaders on Tuesday that the United States is on pace to complete the U.S. pullout from Afghanistan by Aug. 31 depending on cooperation from the ...
UK’s Johnson says G7 agreed Taliban must allow people to leave after Aug. 31
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday the G7 had agreed their number one condition for the Taliban was granting safe passage to Afghans who wanted to leave the ...
Taliban name head of central bank; banks, shops, businesses closed in Kabul
The Taliban have appointed an acting head of Afghanistan’s central bank to help ease growing economic turmoil, more than a week after the Islamist movement seized the capital Kabul, ...
Israel bombs Hamas sites in Gaza over fire balloons
Israeli warplanes bombed Hamas sites in Gaza in response to incendiary balloons launched from the Palestinian enclave that caused brush fires in southern Israel, its military said early on Tuesday.
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Israel’s COVID-19 vaccine boosters show signs of taming Delta
Less than a month into a Covid -19 vaccine booster drive, Israel is seeing signs of an impact on the country’s high infection and severe illness rates fuelled by ...
Syria opens first café run by people with Down syndrome
Wearing brown uniforms with orange rims and matching hats, several young Syrians with Down syndrome served between the tables, while some others stood behind a bar, preparing food and beverage ...
Lebanon to raise fuel prices in bid to ease crippling shortages
Lebanese fuel prices are expected to double after the state decided on Saturday to change the exchange rate used to price petroleum products in a bid to ease crippling shortages ...
US urges Americans to keep clear of airport as chaos grows
The United States advised Americans in Afghanistan to avoid travelling to Kabul airport on Saturday as thousands gathered trying to flee the country almost a week after the Islamist militants ...
Tunisia could cancel trade agreement with Turkey
Tunisia is seeking an urgent review of a trade agreement with Turkey in order to cut a widening deficit, two Tunisian trade ministry officials said on Friday.
Nabil Arfaoui, director ...
Taliban killed relative of DW reporter, German broadcaster says
Taliban fighters hunting a journalist from Deutsche Welle have shot dead one member of his family and severely injured another, the German public broadcaster said, adding that three more of ...
Libya offers $100bn in reconstruction projects
An asphalt-paved road runs for 2,000 kilometers along the Mediterranean linking up the most important cities of Libya, Tunisia and Egypt.
The conflict in Libya has left this key artery broken ...
Lebanon at risk of sanctions; war between Iran and Israel feared
Lebanon is now at the centre of a confrontation between Israel and Iran over fuel deliveries. US sanctions could also follow a delivery of fuel from Iran – Lebanon could face ...
Afghan footballer dies in fall from plane at Kabul
An Afghan national team footballer died in a fall from a U.S. plane at Kabul airport on Monday, the Afghan news agency Ariana said on Thursday.
Crowds of people ...
Hezbollah announces ships with fuel for Lebanon — US sanctions feared
A shipment of Iranian fuel organised for Lebanon by Hezbollah will set sail on Thursday, the Shi’ite group said, cautioning its US and Israeli foes against any moves to ...
Islamic scholars to decide role of women in Afghanistan
A senior Taliban leader has said that the role of women in Afghanistan, including their right to work and education and how they should dress, would ultimately be decided by ...
Russia’s Lavrov discusses Afghanistan crisis with US, China
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed the situation in Afghanistan by phone and agreed to continue talks with China, Pakistan and the ...
Gaza militants fire rocket at Israel, Israeli military says
Israeli forces on a raid in the occupied West Bank exchanged fire on Monday with Palestinian gunmen, Israeli police said, while a Palestinian local official said at least four Palestinians ...
At least 28 killed in Lebanon fuel tank explosion (Update 3)
At least 28 people were killed and 79 injured when a fuel tank exploded in northern Lebanon early on Sunday, the health ministry said.
Military and security sources said that the army ...
Lebanese central bank decries chaos; hospital lacks power, puts 15 children at risk of death
‘Nobody’s running the country’ said Lebanon’s central bank governor Riad Salameh complained on Saturday decrying the chaos and violence that are spreading right across the nation.
At the ...
US troops arrive in Afghan capital to assist evacuations
American troops have flown into Kabul to help evacuate embassy personnel and other civilians in the Afghan capital, a US official said on Saturday, a day after Taliban insurgents seized ...
Israel now has $700mn in trade with UAE, sees 3bn in three years
Bilateral trade between Israel and the UAE now stands at €712 million, according to Israeli government data.
Trade between the two countries is expected to hit $1 billion by the end of ...
Kuwait’s economic makeover under threat as small businesses suffer
Thousands of small and medium Kuwaiti businesses could go to the wall after being walloped by the pandemic, potentially torpedoing a private sector central to the country’s efforts to ...
Lebanon central bank can no longer subsidise fuel imports
Lebanon’s Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh announced on Wednesday that the central bank will lift subsidies on fuel imports, al-Jadeed local TV channel reported.
“The Central Bank of Lebanon ...
Turkey still keen to run Kabul airport despite Taliban advances, officials say
Turkey is for now still intent on running and guarding Kabul airport after other foreign troops withdraw from Afghanistan, but is monitoring the situation after rapid advances by Taliban insurgents, ...