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Economic crisis, severe shortages make Lebanon 'unlivable'

 Ibrahim Arab waits in line several hours a day in the hot summer sun to buy gas for his taxi. When he's not working, the 37-year-old father of two drives from one Beirut pharmacy to another, looking for baby formula for his 7-month-old son — any he can find — even though the infant...

After Gaza war, lawyer builds Palestinian case files

Overlooking war-battered Gaza from the tenth floor of a tower block, Palestinian human rights lawyer Raji Sourani has a new bundle of files -- on victims of last month's war with Israel. For years, he has been building cases in the Israeli-blockaded enclave to be submitted to the...

Israeli foreign minister in UAE on first official visit

Israel's foreign minister landed in the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday in the first official visit by an Israeli minister to the Gulf state since the two countries established diplomatic relations last year. During the two-day visit, Yair Lapid is set to inaugurate Israel's embassy in Abu...