The Lebanese pound rose against the dollar Thursday, trading at LL8,750 on the black market, as an initially positive development in the Cabinet formation process was shut down by certain political factions.

The U.N. special envoy for Syria announced Wednesday that the next round of talks toward revising the war-battered country's constitution will start in Geneva on Jan. 25 and urged the parties to move to actual drafting. Geir Pedersen told the U.N. Security Council he views the meeting...

Leaders across the globe welcomed the arrival of U.S. President Joe Biden and the end of the often confrontational presidency of Donald Trump, noting the world’s most pressing problems, including the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change, require multilateral cooperation, an approach Trump...

Storms and heavy rains have affected thousands of displaced Syrians living in camps throughout the country's northwest. Children's advocacy group Save The Children says that more than 40,000 people have been affected by the recent storm. More than 2,500 tents have been destroyed...