The Lebanese government approved the draft 2019 state budget in a session which had been held Monday at Baabda palace, referring it to the parliament. Speaker Nabih Berri is scheduled to call for intensive parliamentary meetings to approve the final draft of the state budget law.
Russia has expressed readiness to play a role in a new round of peace talks between the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and the US-backed opposition slated for next week in Norway’s capital, Oslo. The Norwegian government announced Sunday that delegates from the Maduro government and the opposition will ...