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A Lebanese judge overseeing a local case against central bank chief Riad Salameh has rejected the defenses presented by Salameh’s lawyers, Salameh’s lawyers had objected to the presence of another Lebanese judge prosecuting the central…
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Syrian intelligence on Friday detained Beirut’s Civil Defense chief for four hours after he crossed overland into the country en route to Egypt. Walid Hashash, 57, director-general of the Civil Defense in the Lebanese capital, was…
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The Guardian has issued an apology following the publication of a satirical cartoon of outgoing BBC chairman Richard Sharps which was widely condemned as antisemitic. The newspaper apologized over the weekend and removed Martin Rowson’s…
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Countries must do more to avert the costly consequences of growing global trade fragmentation, and help avert a “second Cold War,” the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) managing director said Thursday. “I am among those who know what…
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A Lebanese judge will lift a travel ban imposed on the country’s embattled central bank chief, who has been summoned for a hearing in Paris next month, two judicial officials said Wednesday. Riad Salameh is part of a political class…
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Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit on Sunday expressed his concerns at mounting violence in the occupied Palestinian territories. His comments regarding Israeli government actions came during a meeting in Cairo with Russian…
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A new judge took over leadership of the US trial court in Washington on Friday, inheriting oversight of secret proceedings involving special counsel criminal investigations into former President Donald Trump’s retention of classified…
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Lebanese central bank governor Riad Salameh maintained his innocence Friday following a second day of questioning before European investigators in Beirut as part of a probe into his personal wealth. Salameh, 72, is part of the Lebanese…
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Sameh Shoukry, the Egyptian minister of foreign affairs, met the UN’s special envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, in Cairo on Monday. Ahmed Abu Zeid, a spokesperson for the ministry, wrote in a message posted on Twitter that there is…
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The new UN human rights chief said Tuesday that his office has opened “channels of communication” to help follow up on concerns about the rights of minorities in China, including Uyghur Muslims and Tibetans. But this fell short of…
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