by Charbel Lebbos | Aug 17, 2022 | Arab Economy, Arab News, World News
Lebanese authorities on Tuesday released without charge a gunman who held up a bank in Beirut last week and demanded access to his trapped savings so he could pay for his father’s medical treatment. Bassam Al Sheikh Hussein was detained after the incident on...
by Charbel Lebbos | Aug 17, 2022 | Local News, World News
Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, Donald Trump’s fiercest Republican adversary in Congress, was defeated in a GOP primary Tuesday, falling to a rival backed by the former president in a contest that reinforced his grip on the party’s base. The third-term congresswoman and her...
by Charbel Lebbos | Aug 16, 2022 | World News
In a nondescript white plastic bag, Ammar carried a clutch of papers that are among his most precious belongings right now. It would’ve attracted too much attention for us to visit his home, so on his motorcycle, he’d come to meet us at a secure location,...
by Charbel Lebbos | Aug 16, 2022 | Health, World News
The body of an Indian soldier who went missing in the Himalayas 38 years ago has been found. Chandrashekhar Harbola and 19 colleagues were caught in an avalanche during a patrolling operation in the Siachen glacier along the India-Pakistan border in 1984. Fifteen...
by Charbel Lebbos | Aug 15, 2022 | Health, World News
Covid-19 infection numbers have surged in the Marshall Islands, just days after the Pacific nation recorded its first local spread of the virus. In the capital city of Majuro, total cases have nearly doubled since Friday. These latest figures mean one in ten of the...
by Charbel Lebbos | Aug 12, 2022 | World News
A dolphin has bitten two more swimmers on the arm, in what is believed to be the latest in a string of attacks on a Japanese beach. According to local media, at least one man was taken to hospital on Thursday after encountering the sea mammal. Japanese officials...
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