Vietnam will from Monday impose strict curbs on movement in 19 cities and provinces throughout its south for another two weeks as the country battles its worst COVID-19 outbreak, the government said in a statement on Saturday. Source: National Read More …
Tunisian security forces placed a judge, accused by human rights groups of being close to Islamists and hiding terrorism-related files, under house arrest for 40 days, local Radio Mosaique FM said on Saturday. The decision against Judge Bechir Akremi Read More …
Hundreds of black-clad Malaysian youth rallied Saturday in central Kuala Lumpur to demand the resignation of the prime minister over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, as new cases soared in a surge that has also become a political crisis. Read More …
The amount of ammonium nitrate that blew up at Beirut port last year was one fifth of the shipment unloaded there in 2013, the FBI concluded after the blast, adding to suspicions that much of the cargo had gone missing. Read More …
President Biden warned Friday that increased COVID-related restrictions could again become a possibility as the U.S. sees spiking coronavirus cases nationwide. In response to questions by reporters about whether Americans can expect more restrictions, the president answered, “In all Read More …
China and India have missed a United Nations deadline to submit fresh targets for cutting their greenhouse gas emissions, officials said Saturday. The world’s two most populous countries are among dozens that ignored the deadline of July 30 set Read More …
Forest fires were renewed in the town of Nayir in the region of Mount Akroum due to strong winds, NNA correspondent said. Residents called on the concerned authorities to intervene quickly and send a military helicopter to prevent the Read More …
Algerian ambassador to Lebanon, Ahmed Bouziane, toured, on Saturday, the Lebanese-Palestinian border, where he visited Fatima Gate in Kafr-Kila for some time, and then moved to the Panorama area of Adaisseh, where he took souvenir photos and left after that. Read More …
Head of the Lebanese Kataeb Party, the resigned MP Sami Gemayel, said that the fate of Lebanon for future generations will now be decided. “Either we surrender defeated or we stand with all our strength against this political class Read More …
Lebanon has recorded 984 new coronavirus cases and three more deaths in the last 24 hours, as reported by the Ministry of Public Health on Saturday. Source: National News Agency
