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Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri (AFP/ File Photo)

March 12th, 2019 - 09:10 GMT

Brussels Meet on Lebanon Starts Tuesday, Refugees on Top Agenda

Lebanon will attend a conference Tuesday in Brussels to call on the international community to push for refugee returns and support local host communities.

German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel, right, and German Ambassador to Israel, Clemens von Goetze, lay a wreath at the Hall of Remembrance at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem, April 24, 2017. (AFP/Gali Tibbon)

April 25th, 2017 - 12:00 GMT

German minister says Israeli ‘ultimatum’ regrettable, but won't bow to threats

Tunisian protesters hold placards and shout slogans during a protest against a controversial draft law on amnesty for corruption offences in the capital Tunis on Sept. 12, 2015. (AFP)

April 23rd, 2017 - 03:00 GMT

Tunisia TV channel linked to President: 'Insult, defame' anti-corruption watchdog

Egyptian President Sisi (L) and US President Trump (R) talk at the White House, 3 April 2017. (AFP/Brendan Smialowski)

April 20th, 2017 - 01:00 GMT

Trump told Sisi to free American in Egyptian jail

Turkish protesters who supported "no" in the country's constitutional referendum demonstrate in Istanbu;, April 17 2017. (AFP/Bulent Kilic)

April 18th, 2017 - 09:00 GMT

Turkey’s Erdogan rejects European observers’ criticism of referendum

After registering a healthy surplus for 16 consecutive years, Kuwait posted its first budget shortfall of $15 billion in the 2015-2016 fiscal year, following a slump in oil prices. (AFP/File)

April 13th, 2017 - 12:04 GMT

Kuwait turns to reserves, international borrowing to reduce budget deficit

Lebanese President Michel Aoun. (AFP/file)

April 13th, 2017 - 08:00 GMT

Lebanon’s President suspends parliament for one month in face of crisis

The absence of a state budget since 2005 has left the country’s battered economy burdened with over $74 billion in public debt. (AFP/File)

March 31st, 2017 - 12:00 GMT

Lebanon releases first state budget since 2005, vows to reduce deficit

Palestinian women, 2015. (AFP)

March 23rd, 2017 - 03:00 GMT

Disabled people and women face abuse and torture in protective custody in Jordan

Bahraini protesters have clashed with police on a regular basis since an uprising in 2011. (AFP/File)

March 20th, 2017 - 11:00 GMT

UAE summons Swiss envoy over negative remarks on human rights in Bahrain

Lebanese demonstrators scuffle with riot police during a protest against the government's decision to raise taxes to cover a salary increase for teachers and other public servants, in downtown Beirut, on March 19, 2017. (AFP/Stringer)

March 20th, 2017 - 09:00 GMT

Lebanon’s Hariri vows to end corruption following a week of street protests

Demonstrators protest against the government's decision to raise taxes to cover a salary increase for teachers and other public servants, Beirut, March 19, 2017. (AFP/Stringer)

March 20th, 2017 - 05:06 GMT

Lebanon: Angry tax protests continue for fourth consecutive day

The United Nations special envoy for Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed (AFP)

March 19th, 2017 - 06:00 GMT

UN Special Envoy to Yemen calls for political settlement and humanitarian support