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Donors say Beirut's recovery will cost $2.5 billion

International donors Friday laid out a $2.5-billion response plan to the devastating port blast in Beirut in August, urging reforms in the crisis-hit country. The European Union, United Nations and World Bank published the plan four months after the country's worst peacetime disaster on...

Islamic State shadow follows families as Iraq closes camps

Tuqqa Abdullah and her Iraqi family have wandered from one displaced people's camp to the next in the past three years, buying time and hoping they will one day be able to go home. Just 14 when her father took the family to the then Islamic State (IS) stronghold of Mosul, she has inherited...

Turkish president says he can get COVID-19 vaccine

In addition to China, Turkey is in contact with Russia on COVID-19 vaccine, the Turkish president said on Friday, adding he can be vaccinated to set an example for the nation. “We have [ongoing] talks with Russia, as well as China. On this issue, I personally have no problem with being...