BEIRUT – Lebanese caretaker Health Minister Firas Abiad said on Wednesday that the cholera outbreak in Lebanon is under control given the limited number of confirmed daily cases, the National News Agency reported. In the [Read More]
ATHENS – Greece’s economy grew by 2.8 percent in the third quarter (Q3) of 2022 compared with the same period in 2021, the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) said on Wednesday. On a quarterly basis, the [Read More]
ISTANBUL – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Wednesday that the sale of U.S. F-16 fighter jets to Turkey “needs to be finalized as soon as possible.” Cavusoglu made the remarks at a joint [Read More]
NICOSIA – Cyprus has lost 20 percent of its oil tanker tonnage as a result of the European Union’s (EU) sanctions on Russia relating to crude oil, Shipping Deputy Minister Vasilis Demetriades said here on [Read More]
TUNIS – Tunisia’s tourism revenues grew by 85 percent at the end of November compared to the same period last year, the Tunis Afrique Presse (TAP) reported on Tuesday. The total tourism revenues amounted to [Read More]
TEL AVIV – Israel said on Tuesday it concluded a joint aerial exercise with the French Air and Space Force (FASF) and Navy in the Mediterranean Sea. In the so-called Eastern Breeze drill, the French [Read More]
AMMAN – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on Tuesday launched the Green Economy Financing Facility program in Jordan to support the country’s transition to a greener economy, the bank said in a [Read More]
JERUSALEM – Israeli champions Hapoel Holon defeated Polish side Legia Warsaw 101-79 in Group C of the FIBA Basketball Champions League at the Toto Arena on Tuesday evening. It was Holon’s fourth win in five [Read More]
LIMASSOL – Akrotiri village school students were full of excitement in November after the Bases started providing free swimming lessons at the RAF Akrotiri swimming pool for all school grades. Each grade will receive six [Read More]
TRIPOLI – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Monday that 633 migrants were rescued off the coast of Libya and sent back to the North African country over the past week. “In the [Read More]
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