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Macron accuses Lebanese leaders of 'betrayal' over failure to form a government

French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday accused Lebanon's leaders of betraying their promises over the failure to form a government in the wake of the Beirut port blast. He gave the country's political class four to six weeks to implement his roadmap but ruled out immediate sanctions. ...

Libya: 15 migrants die after boat sinks off Libyan coast

At least 15 people died when rubber boats carrying irregular migrants sank Saturday in the Mediterranean Sea near Libya, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). ...

US continues to reinforce military bases in Syria

The US Army has sent 70 trucks to Syria through the Al-Waleed border crossing with Iraq, local sources said Friday. ...

Amman coordination meeting to support the Middle East peace process concluded

The foreign ministers of Jordan, Egypt, France and Germany on Thursday held talks here to maintain coordination and consultation on ways to support the Middle East peace process to achieve a just, comprehensive and lasting peace. ...

US envoy : another Arab state will recognise Israel in 2 days

The US Ambassador to the UN said yesterday that another Arab state will recognise Israel within the next couple of days, following the recent normalisation agreements made by the UAE and Bahrain. ...

Rishi Sunak defends emergency jobs scheme

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has said it is "impossible" to predict how many jobs the government's new wage subsidy scheme will save. ...

Explosion rocks Hezbollah weapons cache in southern Lebanon

A Hezbollah-owned weapons cache in southern Lebanon exploded yesterday afternoon as a result of a “technical error”. ...

Large fire at dairy factory near Tehran

A massive fire broke out last night at an Iranian dairy factory in the city of Eslamshahr, south-west of the capital Tehran. An investigation is currently underway although authorities have said that there are no casualties. ...

Iraq Judicial Council demands details of corruption probe outcomes

The President of the Supreme Judicial Council of Iraq, Judge Fayeq Zaidan, yesterday called on the government to disclose the outcomes of its investigations into corruption. ...

Lebanon on verge of crisis as medicines in short supply

Lebanon is facing a new crisis, as medicines are in short supply and supplies are taking more than four weeks to secure. ...

Lebanese patriarch points at Shia leaders for cabinet delay

Lebanon’s top Christian cleric took a swipe at leaders of the Shia Muslim community on Sunday for making demands he said were blocking the formation of a new government and causing political paralysis in a nation in deep crisis, Reuters reports. ...

Russia: US sanctions on Iran ‘will not work’

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday criticised the US’ “demonisation” of Iran and stressed that US sanctions on the country “will not work”. ...

Syria war: US deploys reinforcements to Syria after Russia clashes

The US has ramped up its military presence in Syria after a number of skirmishes with Russian forces intensified tensions in the country.US officials said six Bradley Fighting Vehicles and about 100 troops were part of the deployment to north-east Syria. ...