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Lebanon

Sayyed Nasrallah Speaks Friday on Latest Developments

Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah is to deliver a speech on Friday night. Hezbollah Media Relations office announced late Wednesday that Sayyed Nasrallah will speak at 8:30 p.m. Friday. The office said Sayyed Nasrallah’s speech will be on latest developments, without adding further. Sayyed Nasrallah’s speech comes a week ...

March 12, 2020

Live News

President Aoun stresses importance of precautionary measures aimed at confronting coronavirus

March 12, 2020

Middle East

Iran Applies for $5 Billion Loan from IMF to Battle Coronavirus

The Governor of the Central Bank of Iran said he has asked the International Monetary Fund for a $5 billion loan that would help the country deal with the outbreak of COVID-19, saying the IMF’s response will be a litmus test for claims about relief aid for containing the disease. ...

March 12, 2020

World

IFRC, UNICEF, WHO Issue Guidance on Protecting Children and Schools from COVID-19

The International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) today issued on Tuesday new guidance to help protect children and schools from transmission of the COVID-19 virus. The guidance provides critical considerations and practical checklists to keep schools safe. It ...

March 12, 2020

Middle East

Gulf Stock Markets Slide on Virus, Oil Fears

Stock markets in energy-rich Gulf states tumbled Thursday with Saudi shares down more than 4.0 percent following worldwide losses amid fears over the coronavirus pandemic and an oil price war. Dubai Financial Market dived more than 7.0 percent at the open on the last trading day of the week. Abu ...

March 12, 2020

World

EU Warns against ‘Economic Disruption’ after Trump Europe Travel Ban

The EU will on Thursday assess the travel ban on Europe imposed by US President Donald Trump, European Council President Charles Michel said, adding: “Economic disruption must be avoided.” The tweet by Michel, who coordinates action by the leaders of the EU’s 27 member states, followed an overnight decision by ...

March 12, 2020

Middle East

Two US, One British Personnel Killed in Iraq Rocket Attack: Officials

Two American personnel and one from Britain were killed, and about a dozen people were wounded when 15 small rockets hit Iraq’s Taji military camp north of Baghdad on Wednesday, two US officials told Reuters, citing preliminary information. The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, declined to quantify the number ...

March 11, 2020

Middle East

10 Rockets Fired at Iraqi Base Holding US Troops

10 rockets were fired at Camp Taji near Baghdad, which houses U.S. troops, causing no deaths or injuries. “Ten Katyusha rockets landed inside the Camp Taji, without losses,” said Iraqi military officials on Wednesday. A truck with a missile platform was located with “three missiles remaining south of the Rashidiya ...

March 11, 2020

Lebanon

Lebanon Bans Flights to China, Italy, South Korea and Iran

Lebanon’s premier Hassan Diab announced the suspension of flights to and from China, Italy, South Korea and Iran, granting the Lebanese in France, Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Germany, Spain and the UK a four-day deadline to return home. PM Diab’s announcement followed a meeting for the Lebanese anti-coronavirus committee, which also ...

March 11, 2020

World

World Health Organization Declares Coronavirus Outbreak a Global Pandemic

The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic on Wednesday as the new coronavirus, which was unknown to world health officials just three months ago, has rapidly spread to more than 121,000 people from Asia, to Europe, the Middle East and now parts of the United States. “In the ...

March 11, 2020