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Israeli gunfire martyrs 149 Palestinians in 2019

Israeli forces martyred 149 Palestinians during the year 2019 in both the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian group said Tuesday. The National Gathering of Palestinian Martyrs' Families said the martyrs include 33 children and 12 women. According to the group, the Israeli...

'The banks don't care': Lebanese scream for their dollars

Inside a Lebanese bank, a woman screams for her salary. A man pounds his fist on the marble counter, demanding the teller release $200. In crisis-hit Lebanon, this is the new normal. "It's a shocking experience," said Khaled Taki, a 68-year-old consultant whose bank last week refused to...

Macron set to stand firm in pension strike standoff

French President Emmanuel Macron will address the nation Tuesday in a bid to win support for a pension overhaul that has prompted the biggest transport strike in decades, upending travel plans for thousands over the holidays. The strike -- now the longest such transport stoppage since the...