JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday he will “neutralize” a recent maritime border deal with Lebanon if he is elected prime minister. “I will behave as I did with the Oslo Accords,” Netanyahu said in an interview with Army Radio. He said that the Oslo Accords with the Palestinians “were not […]...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk completed his $44 billion purchase of Twitter on Thursday. The richest man on the planet is now in control of one of the world’s most widely used social media and communication platforms. Musk swiftly fired several top executives including CEO Parag Agrawal. “The bird is freed,” Musk tweeted late Thursday....
ANKARA (AA) – Egypt announced Thursday a 3-billion-dollar agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to shore up its economy. “The IMF’s $3 billion loan is part of a $9 billion finance scheme that is expected to include $1 billion from the sustainability fund and $5 billion by the country’s development partners,” Finance Minister Moh...
BEIRUT (AA) – Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Thursday signed a maritime border demarcation deal with Israel as mediated by the United States. Deputy Speaker and chief Lebanese negotiator Elias Bou Saab told a press conference that Aoun signed a letter relating to the demarcation of Lebanon’s southern maritime boundary. He added ...
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (AFP): Saudi Arabia is putting on 240 flights a week and easing overland travel to attract tens of thousands of football fans attending the World Cup in neighbouring Qatar, the kingdom’s tourism minister told AFP. Saudi Arabia has offered multi-entry 60-day visas to holders of the World Cup’s Hayya pass, the co...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US and Israeli presidents discussed a wide range of global and regional issues of mutual concern Wednesday and vowed to deepen cooperation between their two nations. The meeting between Joe Biden and Isaac Herzog at the White House tackled Iran, the Palestine question and the Lebanon-Israel maritime deal, among othe...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Saudi Arabia’s support of a UN resolution condemning Russia and providing aid to Ukraine were positive but do not compensate for a decision by OPEC+ to cut oil production, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday. Speaking in an interview with Bloomberg, Blinken said the decision by OPEC+ had not advanced [&h...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – The World Bank has said it is ready to provide Lebanon with a finance package valued between $300 million and $500 million to cover social and sustainability needs. “This is very important in light of the increasing poverty rates. The funds also cover other sustainability-related projects,” Ferid Belhaj, the ...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Syria said Tuesday a planned visit by a Lebanese delegation for talks on demarcating their maritime border has been postponed. “The visit was postponed, not cancelled,” Syrian Ambassador Ali Abdel Karim Ali told a press conference in the Lebanese capital Beirut following his meeting with Lebanese President Michel Aoun. H...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – A delegation from Lebanon will visit Syria on Wednesday for talks on demarcating their maritime border. A statement by the Lebanese Presidency said the delegation, led by Parliament Deputy Speaker Elias Bou Saab, will hold talks with senior Syrian officials on delineating maritime border between the two countries. A disp...
