Category: 2. World

BEIRUT — Amid the turmoil surrounding what the Lebanese government concealed on Tuesday after more than five hours of “extraordinary” consultations, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam succeeded in sabotaging President Joseph Aoun’s agreement with…

Rome has given final approval to a €13.5bn ($15.6bn) project to build the world’s longest suspension bridge, connecting the island of Sicily to the region of Calabria, on the tip of Italy’s boot.

The designers claim the bridge – which is due…

Israeli forces have killed Suleiman Ahmed Zaid al-Obaid, former captain of the Palestinian national football team, as he was attempting to collect humanitarian aid.

“Suleiman Al-Obaid, a former Palestine national team…

Apple is planning to boost investments in its home country by another $100bn (£750m) as it comes under pressure from the Trump administration to do more manufacturing in the US.

The White House said the money would be used to encourage firms to…

A military base in the US state of Georgia is on lockdown as officials search for an active shooter.

A Facebook post from the military base said the site was locked down at 11:04 EST (16:04 GMT) and said “casualties have been reported”.

It is…

A group of 35 UN special rapporteurs has demanded the immediate dismantling of Israel’s US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).

They described the so-called aid group that has cost the lives of hundreds of…

TEHRAN — An alleged humanitarian aid initiative backed by the United States and Israel — the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) — is drawing sharp criticism from UN human rights experts, who say the program conceals military and political…

Ghana’s ministers of defence and environment have died in a military helicopter crash in the central Ashanti region, along with six other people, a government spokesperson says.

Chief of Staff Julius Debrah told a press conference that Defence…