Middle East

Lebanon exceeds budget, needs a new government: finance minister

Lebanon exceeds budget, needs a new government: finance minister

  BEIRUT (Reuters) – Highly-indebted Lebanon has exceeded its budget for 2018 and authorities are taking steps to make sure…
Afghan president forms team to negotiate peace with Taliban

Afghan president forms team to negotiate peace with Taliban

  GENEVA (Reuters) – Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani has formed a 12-strong negotiating team to seek a peace agreement that…
Saudi crown prince arrives in Argentina for G20

Saudi crown prince arrives in Argentina for G20

  BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman landed in Buenos Aires on Wednesday for the ahead…
Turkey to offer Sudanese land for agricultural investment in 2019

Turkey to offer Sudanese land for agricultural investment in 2019

  Turkish Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Bakr Pakdemireli announced on Tuesday that Turkey would offer Sudanese agricultural land for sale to…
US could unveil peace plan at start of 2019: Israel’s UN envoy

US could unveil peace plan at start of 2019: Israel’s UN envoy

  UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States has spoken with Israel about possibly presenting a long-awaited Middle East peace…
Hundreds of bodies exhumed from mass grave in Syria’s Raqqa

Hundreds of bodies exhumed from mass grave in Syria’s Raqqa

  BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian workers have exhumed more than 500 bodies from one of the largest mass graves near…
Lebanon minister: Syrian abuses slow return of refugees

Lebanon minister: Syrian abuses slow return of refugees

  BEIRUT (AP) — Some refugees who have gone back to Syria from Lebanon have been killed, detained or forced…
Israeli leader to visit Chad and restore relations

Israeli leader to visit Chad and restore relations

  (AP) — Israel’s prime minister says he will soon travel to the central African nation of Chad to officially…
Briton jailed by UAE for spying returns to London

Briton jailed by UAE for spying returns to London

  British academic Matthew Hedges returned to London on Tuesday, his family said, a day after the UAE pardoned his…
Chemical arms watchdog wants to probe alleged Aleppo gas attack

Chemical arms watchdog wants to probe alleged Aleppo gas attack

  The head of the OPCW says the watchdog agency is mulling a mission to Syria to probe an alleged…
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