Libyan Minister of Justice Halima Abdurrahman has stressed the Ministry’s keenness to end all kinds of torture inside detention centers nationwide. The minister made the pledge during an anti-torture seminar in the capital Tripoli at [Read More]
A visiting ministerial delegation from Poland said on Thursday that it is preparing a plan to offer more support for Lebanon in the next few years, a statement by Lebanon’s Presidency reported. “Poland is currently [Read More]
A military official of the Jordanian Armed Forces on Wednesday denied reports that a Jordanian soldier opened fire on Israelis near the northern borders, state-run Petra news agency reported. On Tuesday morning, a suspected smuggling [Read More]
Saroj Kumar Jha, World Bank’s regional director for the Middle East, said on Wednesday that vulnerable families in Lebanon will receive financial support from the World Bank starting March 2022, according to a statement by [Read More]
The Lebanese pound on Tuesday hit a new historic low on the black market as the exchange rate plummeted to 28,500 Lebanese pounds for one U.S. dollar, local news website Elnashra reported. The dollar had [Read More]
The total number of confirmed cases of Omicron COVID-19 variant reached 8 in Lebanon, Lebanese Health Minister Firas Abiad said on Tuesday. Abiad noted that his ministry suspects the presence of 16 additional Omicron cases [Read More]
United Nations special envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen said on Monday that the UN is working on finding appropriate ways to allow Syrian refugees to return to their homeland, a statement by Lebanon’s presidency reported. [Read More]
The second phase of an Egyptian reconstruction plan has kicked off in the Gaza Strip to help rebuild the territory following an Israeli offensive earlier this year. Ibrahim al-Shuniqi, head of the Egyptian reconstruction committee, [Read More]
Three armed people were killed and eight others injured on Sunday in clashes between the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and Fatah, the two major rival Palestinian factions, at Burj al-Shamali camp in southern Lebanon, the [Read More]
Palestine is seeking to increase the annual trade exchange with Jordan to 500 million U.S. dollars, authorities announced on Sunday. “Palestine seeks to raise the volume of trade with Jordan following understandings reached recently between [Read More]
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