Arabic and international

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati confirmed on Friday that “Lebanon has joined the Green Middle East Initiative, launched by Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.” Mikati described the step as “essential for Lebanon,…
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The United States is imposing visa restrictions on 14 Syrian officials, the State Department said on Friday, citing their connection to enforced disappearances. These restrictions are in addition to the 21 Syrian officials announced by…
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Human Rights Watch has accused both sides in Sudan’s more than 16-month conflict of committing war crimes, including summary executions, torture, and the mutilation of bodies. Since April 2023, Sudan’s army, led by Gen. Abdel Fattah…
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Israel has agreed to a series of three-day “humanitarian pauses” in Gaza to allow UN health officials to administer polio vaccinations in the territory, the World Health Organization said Thursday. “The way we discussed and agreed, the…
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Iran’s production of highly enriched uranium continues and it has not improved cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog despite a resolution demanding this at the agency’s last board meeting, watchdog reports seen by Reuters showed on…
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An Algerian court on Thursday released opposition figure Fethi Ghares and his wife under judicial supervision pending an investigation into the alleged insulting of President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and other charges, his lawyer said.…
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The European Union’s mission in the Red Sea said on Wednesday there was no oil spill in the waters near the Greek-flagged tanker hit by a fiery Houthi militant attack off Yemen’s coast. The mission, called Aspides, added that the Sounion…
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The World Food Programme said Wednesday it was pausing movement of its staff in Gaza “until further notice” after one of its vehicles was struck by gunfire at an Israeli military checkpoint. “This is totally unacceptable and the latest…
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Tunisian authorities have arrested an Italian man suspected of building a boat for irregular migrants trying to reach to Europe, a judicial source told AFP on Wednesday. The 45-year-old who was not named “works in a boat building…
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Traffic was temporarily suspended in both directions in Turkiye’s Bosphorus on Sunday after a tanker had an machinery failure, the Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry said. The tanker passing the strait that runs through Istanbul…
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