Lebanon, whose currency has been pegged to the dollar for 23 years, is ready to float the pound only after it secures billions in aid, Finance Minister Ghazi Wazni said Friday. Speaking to AFP after talks started Wednesday with the International Monetary Fund on a plan to rescue Lebanon's...

A record 9.3 million people are now food insecure in Syria as spiralling prices and the coronavirus pandemic compound the damage of a nine-year war, the World Food Programme said Thursday. "Record high food prices & now COVID-19 have pushed families in Syria beyond their limits," the...

The United States accused Tehran Wednesday of defying the U.N. resolution endorsing the 2015 Iran nuclear deal with a satellite launch last month and also argued it is continuing to violate a U.N. arms embargo. The U.S. Mission to the United Nations made the allegations at an informal...

 Lebanon’s government agreed on a “full closure” of the country for four days, the presidency said as the cabinet met on Tuesday to try to ward off a second wave of coronavirus infections. The closure starts on Wednesday night. Authorities have warned of a resurgence in...