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France threatens sanctions for Libyan groups blocking political process

Those jeopardizing the Libyan political process could face sanctions, the French foreign minister has warned. ...

اليمن: 45 قتيلًا حوثيًا بمعارك مأرب

أعلن مصدر يمني عسكري، اليوم الخميس، سقوط 45 قتيلا في صفوف مسلحي الحوثيين، إثر معارك مع قوات الجيش اليمني الموالي للحكومة الشرعية في محافظة مأرب، شرقي البلاد. ...

Iraq hospital fire: Protests as Covid ward blaze kills at least 92

At least 92 people have died after a fire in a Covid isolation ward at a hospital in the Iraqi city of Nasiriya. ...

Iran unveils state-approved dating app to promote marriage

Iran has unveiled a dating app that aims to facilitate lasting marriages in the Islamic Republic, where the divorce rate is rising and birth rate falling. ...

French official: Lebanon’s ruling elite ‘not committed to reforms’

 Lebanese officials received another scolding on Tuesday, this time from Franck Riester, French minister delegate for foreign trade and economic attractiveness, in response to their inability to form a government. ...

Tunisian parliament speaker Ghannouchi contracts COVID-19, adviser says

The speaker of Tunisia’s parliament and the leader of the Islamist Ennahda Party, Rached Ghannouchi, has contracted COVID-19, an adviser to Ghannouchi told Reuters on Tuesday. ...

43 missing off Tunisia after migrant boat sinks: Red Crescent

At least 43 people were missing off the southeastern coast of Tunisia after a boat carrying more than 120 migrants sank, the Tunisian Red Crescent said on Saturday. ...

Iran fears ‘fifth wave’ of COVID linked to Delta variant

President Hassan Rouhani expressed fears on Saturday that Iran will be hit by a new wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, due to an outbreak of the Delta variant. ...

Hashd Al-Shaabi mourns comrades killed in US strikes

Thousands of members of Iraq’s Hashd Al-Shaabi paramilitary alliance gathered in Baghdad on Tuesday to mourn comrades killed in US airstrikes along the Syrian border. ...

Iran says executing child offenders not a rights violation

Iran’s use of the death penalty for crimes committed as minors does not mean it violates human rights, a senior Iranian official has insisted to AFP in response to UN criticism. ...

Senior Hezbollah-linked leader assasinated in Southern Syria

A prominent Hezbollah-affiliated official was assassinated in southern Syria on Saturday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported. ...

‘Catastrophe’ warning as Lebanon's fuel crisis hits hospitals

Dr. Samer Saade’s car ran out of fuel this morning while he was on his way to work at Hammoud Hospital University Medical Center in Sidon, southern Lebanon. ...

Army soldiers, protestors injured after night of violence in Lebanon

Calm prevailed in Lebanon after a night of violence that left scores injured as hundreds of protestors took to the streets across the small Mediterranean country to decry deteriorating living conditions. ...

Iran: Nuclear site images will not be given to UN watchdog as deal has expired

The speaker of Iran’s parliament said on Sunday Tehran will never hand over images from inside of some Iranian nuclear sites to the UN nuclear watchdog as a monitoring agreement with the agency had expired, Iranian state media reported. ...

US, France warn Iran that time running out to revive nuclear deal

The United States and France on Friday warned Iran that time is running out to return to a nuclear deal, voicing fear that Tehran’s sensitive atomic activities could advance if talks drag on. ...

US linguist sentenced to 23 years for exposing classified information to Hezbollah

Lebanese-American Mariam Taha Thompson was sentenced to 23 years in prison on Wednesday after she admitted to turning over classified national defense information to Hezbollah, designated by the US as a terrorist organization based in Southern Lebanon. ...