Lebanon's central bank governor inflated the institution's assets by over $6 billion in 2018, its audited annual accounts show, underlining the extent of financial engineering used to help prop up the country's economy. The financial statements for 2018, a copy of which was seen by Reuters,...

Emirates, the largest airline in the Middle East, will cover customers' coronavirus-related medical costs in a bid to "boost travel confidence", the Dubai Media Office said Thursday. "Emirates will cover its passengers for COVID-19 related medical expenses and quarantine costs when they...

Two civilians were killed in a bomb attack in the northern Ras Alayn region near the Turkish border, local security sources said Thursday. A car bomb detonated near the local assembly building in the center of Ras al-Ayn (Kobani), a city near the Turkish border, also wounding seven...

Saudi Arabia's 84-year-old ruler, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, underwent a successful operation to remove his gallbladder, state news agency SPA reported Thursday, after he was admitted to hospital this week. The king, who has ruled the world's largest oil exporter and close U.S. ally since...