European countries have a fundamental role in supporting the Middle East peace process after the signing of the so-called Abraham Accord, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in an interview on Friday. “I believe that European leaders have a strategic role...(also in) stemming and...

Lebanese stained glass artist Maya Husseini had hoped to retire after decades spent designing colourful windows, but she has been flooded with work since the blast that ripped through Beirut. "I can't possibly not try to restore what is gone," said the 60-year-old woman, her bright red...

Iran’s currency dropped Thursday to its lowest value ever at 300,000 rial for each dollar amid severe US sanctions against the country. The rial has tumbled from a rate of around 262,000 in mid-September, a 12 percent drop. Iran’s currency was at 32,000 rials to the dollar at the...

Lebanon’s parliament speaker said on Thursday that a framework had been agreed for talks with Israel to end a long-running border dispute between the two nations that are formally at war. Nabih Berri, who said the army would lead the Lebanese team, told a news conference negotiations...