Beirut port’s customs chief has been arrested in a drug-smuggling case involving a Saudi Arabian prince, Al-Jazeera has reported. Badri Daher was arrested on suspicion that he accepted bribes, wasted public funds and misused his position, allowing a Saudi prince involved in drug-smuggling to...

The Libyan army on Friday called for a withdrawal of warlord Khalifa Haftar’s forces before a meeting of the Joint Military Commission in the city of Sirte in the next few days. “The supporting forces of the Sirte and al-Jufra operations [of the Libyan army] welcome holding the Joint...

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden took a narrow lead over President Donald Trump in the battleground state of Georgia for the first time early Friday, putting the White House within his reach as it and other undecided states continue to count ballots. Biden has a 253 to 214 lead...

Election officials in several states said Thursday they are worried about the safety of their staffs amid a stream of threats and gatherings of angry protesters outside their doors, drawn by President Donald Trump’s baseless claims of widespread fraud in the race for the White House....