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Lebanon goes bankrupt: Deputy prime minister

Lebanon as a state and its central bank have gone bankrupt, according to Deputy Prime Minister Saadeh al-Shami. "The state has gone bankrupt as did the Banque du Liban, and the loss has occurred, and we will seek to reduce losses for the people," Al-Shami told the local Al-Jadeed channel....

Israel to host top Arab diplomats during Blinken's visit

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel said Friday it would host the foreign ministers of the United Arab Emirates, Morocco and Bahrain during U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit early next week, in what would be the latest in a flurry of high-level meetings held across the Middle East. The...

Knife-wielding Arab man kills three in Israel

A knife-wielding Arab man on Tuesday killed three people and seriously wounded two others in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba before he was killed. Officials called the rampage a nationalistically motivated terror attack. Police gave few additional details. But Israeli media...

Iran says U.S. has to make decision on reviving nuclear deal

DUBAI, March 14 (Reuters) - The United States needs to make a decision to wrap up a deal to salvage Iran's 2015 nuclear accord with world powers, the Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday amid fears that talks in Vienna might collapse. Efforts to clinch a new deal were left in...